Call it brain fog. The post-lunch haze. The 2 p.m. slump. This sudden whoosh of exhaustion is your body telling you that it’s time for a mental rest ASAP. One set-it-and-forget-it way to take ...

I'm a serial napper who loves getting as much sleep as I can, but last year shone a spotlight on how much sleepmaxxing wasn't helping me. Between fighting insomnia and waking up with my stress ...

When taking piano lessons in elementary school, I was introduced to the concept of the rest note—an interval of silence within a piece of music. A rest note creates a deliberate pause, a temporary ...

For a long time, our default answer to the question “How are you?” has been “fine,” or some variation of it. But over the past few years—and especially during the pandemic—another response is becoming ...

Cognitively, we know we need rest for our well-being. But as Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD, reveals, it’s a bit more nuanced than that. As part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, Dalton-Smith ...

If you’re anything like me, achieving holistic rest is hard. You might’ve received a good night’s rest consistently, but burnout is always lurking around the corner due to your never-ending to-do ...

Feeling tired? It may not be a lack of sleep Rest is more than just getting eight hours of sleep—it's about knowing when your mind, emotions, creative energy, or social battery are tapped out and ...