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Better Sleep for Shift Workers
If you’re a shift worker, or know someone who is, you probably already know how bad it can be for sleep. But there is room for improvement.

Lorraine Irlam, Registered Clinical Counsellor
10 min read


How Quality Sleep Can Transform Your Social Life
Research confirms that lack of sleep causes loneliness. If you find your couch wins over social plans after a bad sleep, you're not "alone".


End Daylight Savings Time For Sleep’s Sake
Daylight Savings Time (DST) has been an integral part of the lives of people across the globe. But is it actually beneficial?


Could insomnia be fuelling your relationship conflicts?
Insomnia is hard on relationships. When we're well-rested, it's much easier to cope and tackle any arguments in a calm, collected manner.


Expert sleep care at your fingertips!
One-on-one guidance from a sleep expert without having to schedule appointments. Our new digital insomnia program is the best of both worlds


Top gifts for the insomniac in your life
Gift ideas for the insomniac in your life
Maybe that’s even you! My top picks to help ease the struggle of life with chronic insomnia


Is your overactive mind keeping you up at night?
Is your overactive mind keeping you awake at night? How to calm your busy or anxious mind and get to sleep. Free downloadable worksheet.


When Sleep and Pain Collide: The Vicious Cycle of Chronic Pain and Chronic Insomnia
Can’t sleep due to chronic pain, or is poor sleep making your pain worse?
Could improving sleep reduce pain or the need for pain meds?


Michael Jackson's Death Changed My Life
While watching Michael Jackson’s This is It on Netflix recently, I was transported back to that June 2009 day in the dentist’s chair,...
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6 min read


Brain injury and sleep – It’s not all bad news!
People living with long-term effects of concussion and other brain injuries may not realize that improving sleep can help many symptoms.
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2 min read


Sleep, Fatigue and Multiple Sclerosis
May is MS Awareness Month Insomnia and daytime fatigue are common problems (and much of what follows applies to anyone struggling with...


Happy International Women's Day
It’s no coincidence that 2/3 of my clients are women. Though I work with many men to get their sleep back on track, insomnia is more...


Top 5 tips for adjusting to Daylight Savings Time
If you dread Daylight Savings Time (DST), you’re not alone. The struggle is real, folks! We’re all about to have a mild case of jet lag.


LET’S TALK ABOUT CHRONIC INSOMNIA. THE CAUSES MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
If you find yourself struggling to get out of bed and function normally after losing an hour sleep on the weekend, don’t feel bad –...
lorraine92919
1 min read


It’s not your mattress!
Bring on the wild goose chases. Studies in both Canada and the U.S. have estimated the average annual cost of chronic insomnia at close...
lorraine92919
1 min read


Why is it so hard to recover from chronic insomnia?
Up to 45% of the world’s population struggle with sleep. What most people don’t know is that many of the things we typically do to catch...
lorraine92919
1 min read


There is a way out!
The American College of Physicians strongly “recommends that all adult patients receive cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)...
lorraine92919
2 min read
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