Good quality sleep is important to restoration and good health, but if you’re waking at night and then irritable and drained in the morning, there are positive changes you can make.   By taking steps to improve your sleep, you’re actually making a substantial investment in your health and happiness. The whole idea of getting a…

Have you ever woken up having had a dream so vivid that, for a moment, you’re surprised to find yourself in your bed in familiar surroundings? Many people have vivid dreams at some point. These dreams can be delightful, cryptic, frightening, or seemingly from out of this world.  What makes a dream vivid is that…

Some believers are dismayed when well-intentioned fellow believers tell them that they shouldn’t need to grieve if they believe. However, this is a shortsighted view of faith. Genuine faith is honest faith and suppressing your feelings of despair, anger and pain is not healthy.  Faith can offer comfort but grief can bring about a faith…

Intermittent fasting, the discipline of restricting dietary intake of calories to 0 for allotted time periods, has gained popularity in the West due to the fascinating research that has explored its many potent health benefits. Essentially, intermittent fasting means alternating between a “fasted” state (no caloric intake) and a “fed” state according to a fixed…

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