The Night Ritual Journal
A Hard Day's Work and the 3 A.M. Wake-Up
People who work hard for a living are supposed to sleep like logs — and often do, for the first half of the night. Then three o'clock arrives and the...
A Hard Day's Work and the 3 A.M. Wake-Up
People who work hard for a living are supposed to sleep like logs — and often do, for the first half of the night. Then three o'clock arrives and the...
Vitamin B6: Enough in an Ordinary Diet?
Vitamin B6 has a quiet supporting role at night: the body uses it to move the amino acid tryptophan along the pathway that ends in melatonin, the hormone that announces...
Vitamin B6: Enough in an Ordinary Diet?
Vitamin B6 has a quiet supporting role at night: the body uses it to move the amino acid tryptophan along the pathway that ends in melatonin, the hormone that announces...
How Sleep Stages Shift in Your 50s
A night of sleep is not one flat state but a ladder of stages, climbed in cycles all night. In your fifties the ladder stands but the steps rearrange: less...
How Sleep Stages Shift in Your 50s
A night of sleep is not one flat state but a ladder of stages, climbed in cycles all night. In your fifties the ladder stands but the steps rearrange: less...
Apigenin After 40: What Changes at Night
The forties change the shape of a night quietly: sleep runs lighter, drowsiness arrives earlier, and late dinners bill more than they used to. It is also the decade when...
Apigenin After 40: What Changes at Night
The forties change the shape of a night quietly: sleep runs lighter, drowsiness arrives earlier, and late dinners bill more than they used to. It is also the decade when...
A Wind-Down Kit That Travels With You
A hotel room is a stranger pretending to be your bedroom: the wrong light, the wrong hum, a bed that smells of detergent instead of home. The fix is not...
A Wind-Down Kit That Travels With You
A hotel room is a stranger pretending to be your bedroom: the wrong light, the wrong hum, a bed that smells of detergent instead of home. The fix is not...
Weekends for Desk Workers: Unwinding a Racing Mind
The week ends on Friday at five, but the mind does not get the memo. All weekend it files loose ends — the email you did not answer, the meeting...
Weekends for Desk Workers: Unwinding a Racing Mind
The week ends on Friday at five, but the mind does not get the memo. All weekend it files loose ends — the email you did not answer, the meeting...