What to Do the Hour Before Sleep: A Simple Plan
What to do the hour before sleep: dim the house, one body move, one quiet thing for the mind, phone out of the room. A plain plan for the last 60 minutes.
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Why Screens Trick Your Brain Into Staying Awake
Screens before bed hold your melatonin down and feed your mind a plot. How the light-and-content double act keeps you awake, and the fixes that cost nothing.
How to Share a Wind-Down Routine With a Partner
A partner wind-down routine sounds cozy until two schedules collide. Here's how to build one evening sequence both of you keep, and what to do when you can't.
The 12-Minute Wind-Down: The Routine That Survives Real Life
The 12-minute wind-down is a short bedtime routine built for busy nights. Here are the exact steps, why short beats long, and what to do when it feels pointless.
Hot Summer Nights: Adjusting Your Evening Routine
A summer evening routine that works when the heat won't break: shift the timing, cool the body the backwards way, and keep the routine's shape through July.
The 12-Minute Wind-Down Routine for Busy Nights
A 12-minute wind-down routine beats a perfect hour you only manage twice a week. Teeth, five minutes of stretching, phone in the kitchen, lights off, done.
Winding Down in Winter: Dark Evenings and Sleep
A winter wind-down routine for dark evenings: dim the house early, take the warm shower, read paper, and let the season work with your sleep instead of against it.
Do Kids Need a Wind-Down Routine Too
Kids need a kids bedtime wind-down even more than you do: why the boring repeatable sequence works on children, and what it quietly does for the parent's own sleep.
Myth vs Fact: Is Reading Before Bed Actually Good
Reading before bed, myth vs fact: does it really help sleep, which format counts, why paper beats the feed, and the two-page effect explained.