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October 2008 Blog Posts (5)

National Sleep Foundation and The Big Sleep Show

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce its acquisition of The Big Sleep Show, the first-ever consumer health event solely devoted to sleep and alertness, which debuted last year in Chicago. In collaboration with NBC television and its popular, regional health event, the Healthy Lifestyle Expo, NSF will launch "The National Sleep Foundation’s Big Sleep Show" at Chicago’s Navy Pier on Saturday-Sunday, March 21-22, 2009.

Supported by NBC–Chicago's (WMAQ-5) on-air… Continue

Added by sleepfoundation on October 31, 2008 at 2:34pm — No Comments

Books in Bulk Programs for sleep professionals

Do you have a clinic program for insomnia patients? Do you spend time describing the same sleep hygeine or cognitive behavioral therapies over and over to patients with sleep disorders?

Would you like to reduce the clinic time you currently devote to educating patients about these issues?

Dr. Krakow's books have been successfully used by sleep professionals, psychiatrists, primary care doctors and others as invaluable clinic time-savers. They are also easy reads for… Continue

Added by Dr. Barry Krakow on October 23, 2008 at 12:57pm — No Comments

changing nightmares into dreams

Okay, I bought the book and CDs on Turning Nightmares Into Dreams and am stuck on section 16; changing nightmares into dreams.

The instructions say change the nightmare anyway you wish, change a little, change a lot so you have a new dream.

The traumatic event that led to the nightmares was the death of a close friend. How do I change the "reality" of his death? My perception is that I would have to "pretend" he didn't die and paint a happy ending to the unfortunate series… Continue

Added by Noel on October 16, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Night Terrors

I am the mom of a 15 year old son who suffers from night terrors since he was an infant. We never slept. He would be running screaming through the house easily 4 times a night. He would fight me, leave the house, jump on me in the middle of the night. It was horrible to watch what he would go through. Some nights I would have to tackle him so he didn't hurt himself, other times I could talk him into going back to bed without incident. When he went into grade 8 all of a sudden they stopped. We… Continue

Added by Tara on October 9, 2008 at 3:55pm — 2 Comments

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Added by sleepfoundation on October 7, 2008 at 4:25pm — 2 Comments