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This might sound like a strange question to ask, but maybe not so strange if you're one of the 30% of the population* who suffer from acute insomnia and 10%* who endure chronic insomnia. When I was going through trouble sleeping, I remember very well how I would start to dread bedtime, and in the few hours leading up to bed time I would start to feel anxious and have thoughts about not sleeping completely consuming my mind, which of course caused more sleeplessness and then m

What does gratitude mean to you? For me it is recognizing the inherent good in all situations, all people and all things. Sometimes I feel grateful for something that has happened to me, or for something someone has done for me and other times I just feel grateful for being alive, for my human experience and being able to see, hear, smell, taste and so on. Have you ever stopped and felt gratitude for the birdsong, or the sunrise and the way it tinges the sky pink and orange

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Do you lie in bed tossing and turning and wondering when it will be your turn to sleep? If so, read on, these 3 tips may just do the trick! There are 2 types of insomnia – primary insomnia, where it has no obvious cause, and secondary insomnia which is caused by an underlying medical or psychological problem such as grief or depression. Insomnia is considered short term if it lasts between one and four weeks, and chronic if it lasts longer than four weeks. I highlight the wor

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