To tell you the truth, I always felt this was a lacking on my part. I mean after all, I had the very best of intentions, didn’t I? It wasn’t rocket science — I just wanted to drink 8 glasses of water every day, for goodness sake — or something else as simple as that.

So why wasn’t I successful?

It turns out, it wasn’t my fault. Seriously! And it isn’t your fault when this happens to you.

When I was doing my insomnia research last year, I learned that some of the actions we could take to improve our sleep would require that we, gulp, change our behavior. This made me nervous about whether I could help people learn how to get better sleep, because I know how hard it is to do that – change our behavior, I mean. After all, I still wasn’t drinking 8 glass of water every day, even though I absolutely believed it would improve my health.

Thank goodness I learned about Dr. Steve Levinson’s research on why we don’t follow through on our good intentions. He is a clinical psychologist and inventor who has been studying this problem for decades. When I talked to Steve, everything started to make sense – I finally understood why following through on our good intentions is so hard. And, I learned from him that it isn’t our fault. It’s the way our brains are wired.

You really must listen to my interview with Steve to learn the truth about why we fail at keeping our good intentions. It’s only 16 minutes, and believe me, what he has to say can be life changing! I know it has changed mine.

Audio: Why we fail at keeping our good intentions

So – this is pretty amazing stuff, isn’t it? I’ve used what I’ve learned from Steve, along with his great little invention, The Motivator, to finally become a person who actually drinks 8 glasses of water a day!  I’ve also become a person who gets her exercise every day, who meditates every day –and a few other things I’ve always wanted to make part of my life.

You can hear my other interviews with Steve by getting my Insomnia Relief Recipes e-program. Order it now for only $15.95. Order Insomnia Relief Recipes.

You will be able to order the Motivator that Steve developed through Insomnia Relief Recipes as part of creating your own customized sleep program, but it you want to get it now, you can. Just click The Motivator.

I sincerely hope you will decide to take action today – because, as Steve says, “Every time we fail to keep our Intentions, we are breaking a promise to ourselves.” It’s about time we changed that, don’t you think?

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One trend is the ever more rapid change driven by new technologies and global competition that will require us to be sharp, agile, and sure-footed if we are to be successful.

The other trend is the growing frustration of baby boomers as they face the reality of aging and health issues at the same time they are recouping from major financial hits.

Tough times ahead, fellow boomers. . .

We need to be at the top of our game, just when the game is changing and we are feeling a little nervous about our ability to keep up.

So, what happens when we are nervous, maybe anxious, possibly stressed a great deal of the time? Many will very likely have trouble sleeping, and – please listen carefully to what I am about to say – this is precisely when we need to be very smart in our choices about how to “fix” these sleep problems.

Choice A. We can knock ourselves out with sleeping pills – and damage our ability to think clearly and make good decisions during the day.

Choice B. We can tough it out and make do without sufficient, restorative sleep – and we degrade our ability to think clearly and make good decisions during the day.

Choice C. We can take charge of our health, educate ourselves about sleep, and develop strategies to help us get the sleep we need, no matter what the circumstances – so we can think clearly and continue to make good decisions even in turbulent times.

I have been down the road of sleeplessness, and I know first hand what a devastating impact it has on our mental, emotional, and physical well being. I was walking around like a zombie, unable to come up with creative ideas, making costly mistakes, caught in a spiraling trap of frustration, anxiety and stress that just made my sleeplessness worse.

You don’t have to go through the same struggle I did. 2010 looks like it’s going to require your full attention – you can’t afford to be stumbling around in a sleep deprived haze.

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Have you ever wondered why salmon die after battling their way upstream to spawn? It’s because their adrenal glands can’t turn off, so they die from an excess of stimulation. Scientific experiments showed that if their adrenal glands were removed right after they spawned, they could live for another year.

Something similar happens to the adrenal glands of human beings who live in a continual state of “doing.” Like salmon swimming upstream, the more we do, the more difficult it becomes for us to stop doing. I know, I was one of the “doers.” I did myself right into chronic fatigue and depression. Just like those salmon, my adrenal glands were on overdrive.

Fortunately for me, I lived with a very wise cat. As you may have noticed, most cats are not really into doing all that much. You don’t catch them beating their brains out swimming upstream with a zillion other cats. They would much rather take a nap in the sun, or sprawl out on the bed with their belly up.

So when I got sick and continued my pattern by “doing” research to find out how I could get well, my wise cat just slept on my desk, or curled up on the back of the couch next to my shoulder, or sat in his meditative Buddha pose with his paws tucked under his chest.

The problem with my “doing” approach to getting well was that the more I tried to do, the dumber I got. There is scientific evidence to this effect.

When we get stressed, our sympathetic nervous system triggers our adrenal glands to send out cortisol hormones to our brain.

Our heart rate goes up, we breathe faster, our blood  pressure goes up. Watch Out! Something really bad and scary is attacking us! Problem is, that bad and scary thing only has to be a thought, not even a reality.

As we maintain our revved up state, the continued production of cortisol is actually injuring and killing our brain cells, the ones that affect memory and learning. Sure, this can be okay for a little while. We kick into hyper mode, kill the tiger, then relax in the hot tub.

But what if there is no tiger? What if there is constant, ongoing stress, both real and imagined? Then the parasympathetic nervous system can’t perform its balancing act by sending out relaxation hormones, so we remain in an ongoing state of internal imbalance.

If we keep “doing” at this stage, it becomes impossible to regain our balance. We are revving up over and over again, like a hamster in a wheel. Running faster, panting, frantic, oblivious to any other options, like maybe just getting off the darn wheel. Watching a hamster do this makes me really sad for the hamster. Exercise is one thing, but when the wheel is running the hamster, that’s not exercise.

So let’s go back to my wise cat – what does he do? He purrs. Hmmm, self soothing mechanism perhaps? And he sits. For really long periods of time. He probably isn’t ruminating over and over again about stressful, scary thoughts. And he doesn’t watch the nightly news.

Meanwhile, I am getting dumber and dumber – my chronic stress is killing the neurons in my brain that affect learning and memory, and my hippocampus is atrophying as I spiral down into depression. The depression continues to produce more atrophy, the atrophy produces more depression – well, you get where this is going.

This is the state I was in when I turned to my Feline Zen Master to ask him about the idea of “being”. I had been reading the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and came across the concept of the difference between one’s ordinary mind (my stressed out, brain dead mind) and one’s Buddha nature (open and limitless – the birthright of every living being).

I asked Poohbear Degoonacoon, the Feline Zen Master of whom I speak, if he thought this Buddha nature business could be my answer. After all, if this Buddha nature had been with me all along, why was I struggling so? Why was I considering suicide as my only way off the wheel?

Pay careful attention to what he said. He told me that I was thinking this way because I was stuck in ordinary mind. This ignorance was deluding my thinking and clouding my comprehension of what was real. He said that if I was willing to let go of certainty and allow myself to be confused, he could help me find my Buddha nature.

Being as I was at the end of my rope, I had nothing to lose, so Poohbear and I set out on a journey that is chronicled in Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master. I regained my connection with my Buddha nature, learned how to meditate and deal with the stressful thoughts and feelings that were hindering my ability to just be, and ultimately gained a degree of wisdom about this delicate balancing act of being human and spirit at the same time.

Back when I was a little girl growing in Kodiak, Alaska, I watched as my dad and other members of the Civilian Conservation Corps built fish ladders to help the salmon get upstream. They did this so more of the salmon could make it up the river to spawn, and produce more salmon. I thought this was pretty cool, but I didn’t understand that the purpose was not to save their lives. The ladders just made them more effective at “doing” till they died.

Instead of fish ladders, we have cell phones and Blackberries and laptops and ipods and many other new technologies to help us “do” and produce more – but more of what? Are we getting smarter? Or are we engaging in “survival” behavior that overrides true problem-solving, remembering, pattern detection, and other rational processes? Are we helping our parasympathetic nervous systems produce relaxation hormones? Or are we like that hamster in the wheel, getting dumber with every revolution, and atrophying our brain cells faster than ever?

But we argue, we can’t just stop — we must keep doing. Let me suggest that this is our ordinary mind talking. What we need to do is get, really get at a soul level, that “being” is really “doing” of a higher order.

We must set aside time to stop doing — to just sit with our paws tucked under our chests, taking delicious long slow breaths, listening to the sounds around us, sounds that are affecting us without our even being aware of them. We will feel our muscles relax. We will watch the velvety darkness behind our eyelids and see our thoughts pass by like waves. We will allow our parasympathetic nervous system a chance to catch up and provide the “relaxation response” that Herbert Benson wrote about way back in 1975.

And if we are truly fortunate, we will figure out a way to sit for a time with a wise cat. The Japanese know the importance of this. Relaxation is a huge industry there, worth about $30 billion a year. A growing part of the industry in Tokyo includes an animal-therapy center where customers pay $8 to enter a model house full of cats, and more than a dozen “cat cafes” where patrons pay $8-$12 an hour to sip tea with Japanese Feline Zen Masters.

And how is stress related to sleep? Well, estimates are that more than 80% of sleep problems are related to stress. If we learn how to reduce stress during the day, it will have a major impact on how well we sleep.

You too can master the Art of Sleeping. Being a Confident Sleeper means you have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to get the sleep you need, no matter what the circumstances. To learn more about how to do this, please click here.

A long, luxurious stretch helps me wake up and become aware of my body. I lie there for a few moments reviewing my night’s sleep, revisiting snatches of dreams, enjoying the warmth of my bed, the coming back from a refreshing journey.

I open my eyes. How amazing that everything is just as I left it, when I have travelled so far. Stretching myself around slowly to a sitting position, I smile at my slippers, waiting patiently beside the bed for my return. I wiggle my toes, roll my ankles and then slide my feet into those patient foot soldiers. I roll my shoulders to loosen them and rotate my torso to waken my spine, then I stretch my arms up to the ceiling, letting my head fall back, and sigh out loud. Another wonderful day awaits me.

I know this will be a good day because I slept so well. I feel rested, rejuvenated, alert and full of energy. I feel centered, creative, stress-free – ready to tackle anything that comes my way.

And in fact I am ready – my good night’s sleep has massaged my frontal cortex and provided me with a fresh set of resources for today – resources for problem solving, decision making, organizing, reasoning, abstract thinking. I am able to form a sense of who I am, to be self aware. My ability to use divergent thinking, to be flexible, to change strategies when needed have all been enhanced by my healthy sleep journey.

I am a traveler from a distant land, and I return with gifts beyond imagining.

You too can master the Art of Sleeping. Being a Confident Sleeper means you have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to get the sleep you need, no matter what the circumstances. To learn more, please click here.

You probably know that the trillions of cells in our bodies contain and bathe in water, but did you ever picture what this looks like? As a writer, I think in metaphors, often understanding something complex in a flash of intuition from seeing a picture. So when I began musing about how to create a way to help you truly understand the importance of water for your body, I began browsing Google images for ideas.

I was thinking about our cells, putting myself in their place as they went about doing all their good work, wondering how they felt about our often blatant disregard by not providing them with the water they require. Somehow the image of a water theme park came to my mind, so I searched Google and there it was, the perfect image of our cells, struggling for enough water and space to do their work. This is a picture taken at a Chinese water park. Think of each brightly colored inner tube as a human cell.

What are our cells are trying to do and why do they need so much water? Well, it is water that carries the nutrients to our cells and helps them flush out toxins. Look at that little pink inner tube in the lower left with all that wonderful water around it – how happy he is to have so much room to do his work. On the right all the cells are crowded, some barely able to touch the water. How can they do their work in this crowded, water deprived environment?

Okay, so now you are shaking your head at this crazy lady who thinks inner tubes are cells – but tell me, did your relationship with the trillions of cells in your body shift just a little bit? If it did, then my craziness has paid off.

How many times have you been told that you need to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day? Too many to count, I’m sure. When I began researching insomnia, almost every one of the gazillion articles I skimmed that listed Sleep Tips included the admonition to drink water, to hydrate our bodies. And yet, do we?

What is the impact of dehydration on our bodies and minds?

I personally can’t ignore the evidence of dehydration and the impact it has on us, as my own personal experience seared this into my dried out brain in 2003, when I did the Avon Breast Cancer 60-mile walk in Boulder Colorado. This was the first one they held there, and they just weren’t prepared for the heat – three days of cloudless skies, walking on blacktop roads, temperatures over 100 degrees.

I followed the instructions — stopped at all the rest stations, drank the water and Gatorade, ate the lunch and snacks during the 20 mile walk each day. I watched as some of the women opted out and got on the buses that ran by us every half hour, but I had trained for this. My feet were okay, my body felt strong. I was Superwoman.

I made it through the second day, and as I passed the finish I noticed a large group of women lined up at the medic tent. And then, as my adrenalin wore off, I began to feel dizzy and nauseous. Well, I thought, perhaps I should just go over and get something for this before I go to my tent. I made it to the line before I collapsed.

Inside the medic tent was like a war zone. Women throwing up, passed out, stumbling around in a haze of confusion. I started to shiver so hard I felt like my bones would break. It took four IV packets to rehydrate me enough to realize how totally crazed I was. Fortunately, I retained consciousness and no organs were damaged. Other women were not so lucky – a number of them went into comas and were ambulanced to the hospital.

So what happens when we don’t get enough hydration? At 1% dehydration we get thirsty. At 2% we feel anxious, and then fatigue, nausea and dizziness develop as we move toward 4%. At 6% we begin to lack coordination, to speak incoherently, eventually passing out. At 10% we need medical care as our cells are dying and our organs are beginning to be affected.

Interestingly enough, many of us are slightly dehydrated much of the time. Our bodies lose the equivalent of over 8 glasses of water a day, and if we are not replacing this then we are dehydrated – maybe not enough to go to a medic tent, but the subtle effects of constant low level dehydration are there. We just need to look for them — headaches, impaired sleep, poor concentration, joint pain, sore eyes, heartburn, dry skin, lack of energy, constipation – these are some of the signals that our cells are being challenged just like those crowded little inner tubes. They can’t get the nutrition they need. They can’t help our body flush out toxins.

How  much water are we really drinking?

I read a post by a fellow who finally got it, who finally said to himself, “I really need to drink more water each day.” Then his next thought was, “Hmmm, but I think I drink quite a bit just as part of my normal day.”

Aha, this is where we begin to get off track – we imagine that we are drinking more water than we really are. He decided it might be worth finding out how much he was really drinking, so he began keeping a log. Big surprise. He was not even drinking the equivalent of 4 full 8-ounce glasses of water a day. He needed at least 8 glasses to just replace what he lost each day. And – if he was exercising, getting overheated, living in air conditioning, or drinking alcohol and caffeine, he was losing more than that.

How can we truly change our habits regarding hydration? How can we stop saying, “I really need to drink more water” and actually just, well you know, drink more water?

Well, we could invent clever ways to get water into our bodies, use our imaginations to make getting enough water fun, like our feline friend here. But somehow I just don’t see us hanging over the shower door with the grace he exhibits. So we must look elsewhere.

As “dry” as it seems, we must take certain steps if we are to become hydrated, healthy, and happy sleepers. The first step is to figure out exactly how much water you really are drinking each day. Don’t push yourself to drink more – just record what you drink. If you are drinking from a water fountain at times, you need to do a little investigating to figure out how much you really are drinking. Use a cup or glass the next time you go to the water fountain.

You need to keep your log for a week, so you can get a good idea of what is really going on. The first few days you may drink more just because you are paying attention. That’s great, but don’t let this fool you. After a week, take a look and see what your average daily intake of water is. If it is enough, and you don’t have any symptoms of dehydration, then you can stop reading here.

Oh, by the way, how are you sleeping? Often we wake up during the night because we are dehydrated.

So, if you determine you need to drink more water, there are two ways to go. One is discipline, the other is desire. I don’t know about you, but desire wins over discipline as my preferred method. So I decided to focus on creating a powerful desire for water, one that pulls me toward it with joy rather than pushes me at it with dread.

What influences our desire?

Our thoughts, certainly. How about our senses? Of course. How does water taste to us? How does it smell? What does it look like, or remind us of? How do we perceive it – as a chore or as a pure delight?

I wanted water that tastes good to me. I remembered going to a spa where they had a big pitcher of water with cucumbers slices in it. I remembered drinking some alkalized ionic water that I loved. I remembered drinking cool water with lemons in it on a hot day. So I experimented and found what worked for me. It turned out to be simple – I just put drops of an alkaline and ion booster in our well water, and I have water I love to drink. Occasionally for a treat, I will put cucumbers or a little lemon wedge in my glass.

The next step for me was to create something visual – I needed something to draw me toward the water. As you see in the picture, my solution was a beautiful blue bottle and a deep red glass. The bottle is 20 oz, so I drink at least 3 of these each day. I make my ph/ion water by adding drops and then put the bottle in front of my computer screen next to my beautiful red glass. When the bottle is empty, I take a break to make more water. Simple, elegant, and portable. If I go out I take my bottle. If I travel, I take my drops and my bottle.

Drinking good water has become second nature for me now, but it hasn’t always been that way. Even though I truly know how important it is to my body and my sleep, if I didn’t have a way to remind myself about it frequently during the day, I would easily forget. I write a lot in Insomnia Relief Recipes how our mind works and why it is so easy to forget about our good intentions. One of the most important tools in my Intention toolbox is my MotivAider. I used this little miracle to help me internalize my desire for water, and I still use it whenever I want to change a habit or create a new belief or behavior. If you need help remembering to drink water, you may want to consider getting a tiny personal coach to help you.

Here’s a summary of the steps to become “one who always drinks plenty of water” rather than “one who talks about needing to drink plenty of water.”

–Picture your little inner tube cells fighting for enough water. Your body needs it!

–Figure out how much water you are really drinking on a daily basis. Get the facts.

–Pay attention to the symptoms that you are not hydrated enough.

–Set your Intention to drink at least 8 full glasses of water per day.

–Figure out how to create water that tastes good to you.

–Find water bottles, glasses that appeal to you and keep them near you.

–If necessary, enlist a reminding device to remind you to drink water.

–It’s best not to drink liquids 1-2 hours before bedtime, for obvious reasons.

Here are some resources that may be helpful for you:

The Mayo Clinic has a nice website about the impact of water on our health: Mayo Clinic

You can find information about the pHion drops I use for my water here: pHion Water

The little reminder device I use for helping me develop better habits, both sleeping and otherwise is here: MotivAider

You too can master the Art of Sleeping. Being a Confident Sleeper means you have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to get the sleep you need, no matter what the circumstances. To learn more, please click here.

A short while later I was browsing my email, clicked on my Google alert for insomnia, and found this picture – I mean, really, what are the odds?

Obviously, I am meant to explore why cats don’t have insomnia, and in so doing I can hopefully derive some lessons for those of us who walk on two legs instead of four.

Hmmm, where to start? Perhaps best to make a list. What do cats do, how do they live, what contributes to their ability to sleep with such perfection?

Of course, much of it is genetic – they are just born that way. But is it really nature, or nurture? Just for fun, let’s take the point of view that, while sleeping may come naturally to them, they also learn some practices that contribute to their being good sleepers. Create sort of a primer on good sleep practices, as taught by a cat. Drawing on my extensive relationship with them, and my good fortune of spending years with a wise Feline Zen Master who taught me to meditate, I’ll do my best to pass on their innate wisdom.

First, cats don’t worry obsessively. In fact, it may be safe to say they don’t worry much at all, unless their food bowl is empty too long. If that is the case, they take action and do something about it, usually rather loudly, rather than sitting around getting anxious and keeping their worries to themselves.

Cats have a curious, healthy outlook about life. Have you ever seen a bored cat? They get pleasure from a piece of string, or a crumpled piece or paper, or an old teabag. They know how to examine the innate nature of objects, how to see the beauty in everything.

Cats meditate, often. Eckhart Tolle said, “I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.” If you want to learn to meditate, pay attention to cats. They are masters of sitting. If you sit with them, you may be able to absorb some of their wisdom. I would never have become the meditator I am today had I not been so fortunate to learn at the paws of such a wise being, as I wrote about in Choosing to Be.

Cats get plenty of exercise. They prefer chasing live beings, such as mice, crickets, lizards, etc. – but they will chase and attack your bunny slippered feet if that’s all they can get. Climbing, chasing their tail, jumping, stalking, leaping – all part of their extensive and varied exercise regime.

Cats drink plenty of water. Some like it in a bowl, but many prefer running water, fresh from the tap or hose. Some like to lap up the bathwater as you sit in the tub. They are diligent about staying hydrated.

Cats take catnaps. Really, how do you think catnaps got their name? Cats know the  restorative power of a few winks, and will often find a quiet spot to curl up and snooze, often putting a paw over their eyes like nature’s sleep mask to block out the light.

Cats stretch and do yoga frequently. They know the value of stretching,and often find innovative ways to luxuriate in slow and restorative movements.

Cats love to get outside and lie in the sunlight. If they can’t get outside, they find a ray of sunlight inside. They know how important it is to get natural light in their eyes to promote the production of melatonin.

Cats don’t drink coffee. In fact it is probably safe to say that they don’t ingest caffeine in any form. They know that caffeine can keep them awake.

Cats don’t smoke. They know that nicotine is a stimulant that could keep them from getting good sleep. If they are around a human who is smoking, they will often wrinkle their nose, expressing their disapproval before walking haughtily out of the room.

Cats don’t drink alcohol. They are aware that alcohol has a dehydrating effect and could wake them from their slumbers when it wears off.

Cats don’t eat spicy or heavy foods before bedtime. In fact they don’t eat spicy foods at all. And if they do eat a heavy meal, they spend a great amount of time washing up afterwards. This helps them work off the meal.

Cats don’t watch television, or work on computers, or talk incessantly on cell phones. In fact they are not big on electronics or Wi-Fi in any form. All that electromagnetic radiation makes their fur stand on end and gives them a headache.

Cats have a winding down ritual before bedtime. They spend time arranging the pillows, kneading the blankets, and circling around several times to find the most perfect sleeping position.

Cats use natural herbs to promote their health and well being. Eschewing the use of pharmaceutical drugs, cats prefer catnip, delighting in its intoxicating effects, followed by healthy, natural and very deep sleep.

Cats find secluded, quiet places to sleep. Sanctuaries are important, and no one knows this better than a cat. They are always on the lookout for a spot just crying out to be slept in.

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You too can master the Art of Sleeping. Being a Confident Sleeper means you have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to get the sleep you need, no matter what the circumstances. To learn more, please click here.

I’ve known for some time that stress, worry, and anxiety play a major part in our ability to get the rest we need. In fact, many of the sleep experts I’ve talked with say that these three “devils” are the biggest culprits behind insomnia.

My own experience has shown me that the way I think about sleep is as important as anything else I do. That’s why I decided to learn more about sleep and insomnia, so I could develop strategies for getting better sleep – and along the way, I gained competence. I found tools to help me feel that I was not a helpless victim of that dreaded “insomnia.”

What happens when we are afraid? Our stress hormones keep pumping, and cortisol streams through our bodies and minds, damaging our ability to calm down and think clearly. (See my post on “Are you a Salmon, Hamster or Cat” to explore this process more fully.)

I have been focusing on stress, worry and anxiety as the culprits. Then this morning I got an email about FEAR, and that’s when my aha happened. Of course – fear is the source of our stress, worry, anxiety. Plain old FEAR.

What happens with fear? Statistics show that many people have a fear of speaking in public. They feel like they are going to have a heart attack. They get the shakes. They throw up. They sweat. They can’t think. They can’t even remember their name, much less what they were going to speak about.

Now let’s look at sleep. If you have a fear of not sleeping, what happens? You begin to worry and feel anxious as night falls. Will this be another bad night? You approach your bed with trepidation. You anxiously lay your head down on the pillow. Oh no, not another bad night, you think to yourself. What happens? You got it, another bad night.

How do people overcome their fear of public speaking? They learn tricks, they learn techniques, they get support. Same applies to sleeping. Bet you know more about how to write a good speech, or how to paint a room, or how to plant a garden than you know about how sleep works.  Am I right?

So – let’s begin stripping away the mystery of sleep. Let’s pull back the curtain on the “scary monster” of insomnia. We are afraid of what we don’t understand, what we feel is beyond our control. Easy enough to solve, when you think about it. As Winnie the Pooh (one of my favorite philosophers) says: “Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.”

Here’s the key: Stop looking for a quick fix for something you don’t understand. Knowledge comes first, then understanding. After that, you will see clearly that you have been in charge all along.

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You too can master the Art of Sleeping. Being a Confident Sleeper means you have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to get the sleep you need, no matter what the circumstances. To learn more, please click here.