Cognitive performance

Breathing exercises for sleep, stress and relaxation: The link between deep breathing and the parasympathetic nervous system

From our friends at Othership: a guide to how breathwork can improve your sleep, stress, and recovery, and the science behind how deep breathing influences your autonomic nervous system!

Cognitive performance

Guide to Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) and how to get started

NSDR helps slow down your thought-flow and brain wave frequency, allowing your brain and body to rest deeply. It can help with sleep, stress, anxiety ... and even learning.

Biological rhythms

Why the Best Time to Drink Coffee Is Not When You Wake Up

It may sound like impossible advice but there's science behind postponing that first cup of joe.

Cognitive performance

Can Dreams Help You Solve Problems?

When thinking harder doesn't solve a problem, your dreaming mind may dig deep and find a good idea.

Cognitive performance

How Good Sleep Makes You More Resilient

Resilience is key to rebounding from life's setbacks and coping well with challenges. Here's how sleep helps strengthen your resilience muscle.

Cognitive performance

Fact or Myth: Hitting Snooze Provides a Few Extra Minutes of Meaningful Sleep

The inventor of the snooze button did not have your best sleep interests in mind.

Cognitive performance

Jet Lag: East vs West

Under normal circumstances, your circadian rhythm aligns with daylight, promoting alertness during the day and sleep at night. Your geographic location affects your rhythm since...

Cognitive performance

How and why to dream journal

"When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another" ~ Salvador Dali

Latte sitting on a white plate on a bed with white sheets

Cognitive performance

5 Ways to Optimize Your Coffee Nap

Drinking coffee before a short nap has been shown to increase energy levels and productivity better than doing either of those things on their own. These 5 tips will help you maximize those benefits.