Category: Rest
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The art of critical ignoring
A short while ago I wrote about how I was choosing to ignore bad news (in a post called “Identity Crisis“). In that post, I referenced a specific strategy that I was trialing: “critical ignoring”. Today’s post explains the idea. In 2022, psychology researchers Stephan Lewandowsky and Ralph Hertwig published a…
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The healing power of tea (and a party invite)
A quick google search revealed there are MANY books on the healing power of tea. The tea itself has antioxidant benefits, can help with your digestion, and enhance your immune system. But as well as the physical services tea lends you, it also helps you emotionally. Many teas have a…
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Why do I have dark circles under my eyes?
One of my migraine triggers is “lack of sleep”. I know this, so, I aim to get 8 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes, like now, in the Australian Summer, that means I have to go to bed pretty early, because my two fur-babies wake up at dawn (5.30am-ish-grrr) and…
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Unclench your fists
OK, so the heading probably sounds a bit dramatic, something along the lines of “lay down your weapons”… especially given the crazy-scary state of the world right now. But that’s not where I’m coming from. I’m not trying to be figurative, or metaphorical – just purely literal. Throughout the day:…
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The military sleep method
I recently wrote a post (here) about how I help myself fall asleep by saying the alphabet backwards as I practice deep breathing. Well, my computer must have overheard my typing, because it started to feed me news links to other sleep methods. The method I was most intrigued by…
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Breathing backwards
Recently, I have been practicing a breathing exercise that I invented (or if not that – because it’s rare to truly invent anything these days – then, I can promise I genuinely have never heard anyone else talk of it). When I’m lying in bed and trying to calm myself…
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“Not tonight honey – I have a headache”
What a cliche! And yet… where there’s smoke there’s fire… or is there? Today’s post is a little bit long (it went places I wasn’t expecting) and it is also potentially a little bit tricky as it initially treads into an area many people might consider taboo for public conversation.…
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Green light therapy for migraines
A while ago, I was listening to a podcast about migraines when the pain patient said something like, “if I won the lottery, I would build a green light therapy room in my home.” What, I wondered, is green light therapy? According to Time.com, people with chronic pain can be…
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The 7 types of rest
The other day I woke up after 8 hours of sleep and said to my husband; “I’m STILL tired!” And I don’t mean I spent 8 hours in bed tossing and turning and staring at the ceiling – it was 8 hours of deep sleep. I’m almost always so exhausted…
The Mindful Migraine 