I was reading Arianna Huffington’s “The Sleep Revolution” and she mentioned a concept that I have wondered about since the day I started working. It was the notion that as well as calling in sick we should also be able to call in tired. I totally agree with her. Despite her great arguments as to why this…
I have been sitting here all morning frantically trying to get through my “to do list” that seems to keep growing in front of my eyes. Rather than stick to one sheet of paper I use sticky notes with each individual “to do” item. I then find it therapeutic to throw away each piece of…
One of my biggest fears when I decided to start this business was that I would miss the creativity that I was able to have when I worked as a copywriter in advertising. I knew deep down that it didn’t have to be this way and so I set out to find new opportunities to…
On those days, weeks, months when I used to go through bouts of insomnia, it was very easy to sit and think about all the negative aspects to my lack of sleep. It’s only when I got to the other side and started sleeping again that I realised without insomnia I would have taken so…
It’s bad enough feeling like you have to explain yourself for why you are looking so tired and lacklustre without coming up with excuse after excuse for reasons not sleeping. I could always see the look on work colleague’s faces, a kind of “here we go” look at what I was about to say kept…
It’s often said that we need between 7-9 hours sleep a night for optimal functioning. However I know for a fact that some people get by on much less and feel perfectly ok. This was highlighted last night when a naturopathic doctor asked me how many hours sleep I had the night before. I told…
I was walking along Bondi Beach yesterday on my way to deliver flyers to my local coffee shops when I spotted a friend leisurely walking up the hill with a towel over his shoulder. He told me that he noted what a beautiful day it was so decided to make the most of it and…
Even though I was once a very bad sleeper, it’s sometimes hard even for me to remember just how much harder life felt through sleep deprived eyes. Lately I have been kept awake from noisy neighbours. Backbackers who don’t seem to keep the same hours as the rest of the residential population. All the herbs…
I have been trying to understand why some people seem to go from one great experience to the next and I have come to the conclusion that it’s all to do with our state of mind. Not only will a positive state of mind attract a good experience in the first place, it will allow…
Yes I know it’s a bit late for this post but I am reposting some of my favourite posts from my old site. So here goes. Last year was one of the hardest years of my life. I worked so hard that I barely had time to see my friends. Despite telling my patients about…