Amid the health concerns created by COVID-19, it’s essential to pay attention to keeping yourself and your family healthy, especially as children begin to return to school. While a healthy lifestyle is no replacement for public health measures like wearing a mask when you leave the house, avoiding gatherings with people outside your household, and washing your hands frequently, you can support healthy immune function by taking good care of yourself.
Topics: Family, routine, sleep habits, parents, sleep routine
It’s that time of year again … the time when we make a promise to ourselves that we’ll finally hit the gym, lose weight, or spend more time with friends and family.
Perhaps I’m biased, but it is always surprising to me that “improving sleep” does not show up on more New Year’s resolution lists. Sleep, along with exercise and diet, are part of the three “pillars of health.”
Topics: Sleep, Sleep Tips, routine, new year's resolution, sleep habits
Most of us have a routine we follow. We get up at the same time, go through the same steps to get ready for the day, and even have the same thing for breakfast. There are many reasons we follow routines. We may do it out of habit, or do it because it’s comfortable, or maybe it’s the most effective and efficient way to go about our days. Our habits and routines can even make us more successful according to an article recently published in the Harvard Business Review.
Topics: Sleep, Sleep Tips, electronics, relax, routine, technology, bedtime, unwind
