Being Awake Better

Resilience

What to Do When Self-Doubt Attempts to Sabotage You

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on November 19, 2023

Self-doubt can negatively impact our health and undermine our decisions, but it can also be a doorway to building resilience, self-trust, and inner strength.

Self-doubt can negatively impact our health and undermine our decisions, but it can also be a doorway to building resilience, self-trust, and inner strength.

Spirituality

Chaplaincy and Mental Health

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on October 4, 2023

How do you care for your spirit? A hospital chaplain shares about Spiritual Care Week and whole-person care.

How do you care for your spirit? A hospital chaplain shares about Spiritual Care Week and whole-person care.

Anxiety

A Worry Practice for Better Sleep

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on September 7, 2023

Have you tried a meditation practice but still worry a lot? Create a worry practice in 3 steps to help you sleep, and be awake, better.

Have you tried a meditation practice but still worry a lot? Create a worry practice in 3 steps to help you sleep, and be awake, better.

Sleep

How Your Emotions Can Affect Your Sleep

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on August 26, 2023

Do regret, failure and worry keep you awake at night? Analyzing how we feel and reframing our situation are often not enough. Try this.

Do regret, failure and worry keep you awake at night? Analyzing how we feel and reframing our situation are often not enough. Try this.

Sleep

Sleep: The Power of Dusk and Dawn

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on July 31, 2023

Busting the myth that low-level lights interfere with sleep, and five ways to leverage underestimated sources of light for sleep entrainment.

Busting the myth that low-level lights interfere with sleep, and five ways to leverage underestimated sources of light for sleep entrainment.

Sleep

How to Train Your Gut Clock

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on June 23, 2023

How much do you eat before 3:00 PM? The remarkable results of shifting when we eat.

How much do you eat before 3:00 PM? The remarkable results of shifting when we eat.

Anxiety

Mental Gains From Entraining Brainwaves With Breath

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on May 25, 2023

Our moment-to-moment experience weaves breathing patterns that shift with our expectations and become habits. Can we change our breath to improve our life?

Our moment-to-moment experience weaves breathing patterns that shift with our expectations and become habits. Can we change our breath to improve our life?

Adolescence

What Restores Your Faith In Humanity?

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on April 28, 2023

What is your faith in humanity score today? If it is low, there are simple ways you can increase it.

What is your faith in humanity score today? If it is low, there are simple ways you can increase it.

Sleep

How to Sleep Consciously

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on March 26, 2023

Do you have anxiety at bedtime or feel a flush of anxiety upon waking? Three ways to make these transitions in and out of consciousness easier for a more peaceful day.

Do you have anxiety at bedtime or feel a flush of anxiety upon waking? Three ways to make these transitions in and out of consciousness easier for a more peaceful day.

Depression

Can Assessing Mood Make It Worse?

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on March 1, 2023

4 things therapists and clients can do, and 10 new questions that may lead to better mental health.

4 things therapists and clients can do, and 10 new questions that may lead to better mental health.

Therapy

Getting Better Client Outcomes

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on January 22, 2023

What are the active ingredients in effective therapy?

What are the active ingredients in effective therapy?

Circadian Rhythm

Pain’s Circadian Clock

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on November 14, 2022

Does your pain have a pattern? It may be partly due to naturally occurring biology.

Does your pain have a pattern? It may be partly due to naturally occurring biology.

Circadian Rhythm

10 Early Warning Signs of Circadian Rhythm Disruption

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on November 4, 2022

Daily biological patterns can trend toward depression and illness. How can we live in synchronicity with our deep biology?

Daily biological patterns can trend toward depression and illness. How can we live in synchronicity with our deep biology?

Sleep

Are You a Genetically Short Sleeper?

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on October 4, 2022

You may not need more sleep. Extreme early birds, or natural short sleepers, sleep less and feel better compared to sleeping eight hours.

You may not need more sleep. Extreme early birds, or natural short sleepers, sleep less and feel better compared to sleeping eight hours.

Relationships

Your Right to Heal and Be Whole

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on September 3, 2022

What do you believe about yourself at your core? These nine rights remind us that we must believe in healing and being whole.

What do you believe about yourself at your core? These nine rights remind us that we must believe in healing and being whole.

Sleep

Does Your Relationship With Sleep Need Repair?

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on August 2, 2022

Is sleep just not that into you? You and sleep may have a rocky relationship, but there are ways to improve it.

Is sleep just not that into you? You and sleep may have a rocky relationship, but there are ways to improve it.

Sleep

7 Keys to Finally Getting Restorative Sleep

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on July 2, 2022

Have you tried everything to sleep better? These suggestions go beyond your normal routine.

Have you tried everything to sleep better? These suggestions go beyond your normal routine.

Sleep

REM vs Deep: The Most Important Type of Sleep

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on June 4, 2022

Are you getting both REM and deep sleep? Both are key for our health.

Are you getting both REM and deep sleep? Both are key for our health.

Depression

Depression Is Not a Serotonin Deficiency

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on May 6, 2022

Have you been told depression is a chemical imbalance? Research tells another story.

Have you been told depression is a chemical imbalance? Research tells another story.

Trust

The Benefits of Giving Up Hope

Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D. on April 21, 2022

Have you ever given up hope? Research shows this may not always be a bad thing.

Have you ever given up hope? Research shows this may not always be a bad thing.