And if you don’t believe me, just check out the comments section in response to an article about separate sleeping on slate.com – an American daily, online magazine. I have highlighted the response to the article as it’s one of the highest response rates I’ve seen for an article about separate sleeping (and there are
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WOO HOO…….. Friday, 14 March is World Sleep Day. It’s exciting stuff! A whole day dedicated to reminding people how important sleep is. It’s both inspired and inspiring. Organised by the World Association of World Medicine, this year’s theme is RESTFUL SLEEP, EASY BREATHING, HEALTHY BODY (The pedant in me is marginally irked by the
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Well written article about separate sleeping from a man’s perspective. Not a common event – so I’m excited. So excited I commented.
Well…… maybe. It really depends which parts need saving to be honest. I would never suggest that separate sleeping is a cure all to relationship issues (for those married or otherwise), but it certainly can save your sanity if your partner disrupts your sleep and you are suffering as a result. And following that thought
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Have you ever considered the impact that cultural influences have on decisions you make and social patterns and expectations to which you conform? Enculturation is a mostly invisible process until the expectations and behaviours of said culture no longer work for us. That’s when we might find ourselves ‘breaking bad’ and going all ‘counter-cultural’. We
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Mais ouis… I feel so….. continental. Even the French are in favour of the right to sleep apart when it suits and is needed for good health. Grab a croissant and long black (and maybe Google translate) to find out what those most sophisticated French folk are thinking. Au revoir and avoir un sommeil de
Même les français sont traverses séparées… Read More »
I recently found myself among a group of about 30 people I hadn’t met before, but was a guest of, at a two-day conference. This conference was being held at a location where all attendees were away from home. Attending pre-dinner drinks on the second night in the room of one of the delegates, talk
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So it turns out that the Queen and Prince Phillip aren’t the only royals who have outed themselves as separate sleepers. Princess Michael of Kent recently disclosed in an interview with The Sunday Times how sleeping separately from her husband keeps them ‘fresher for each other’. (Unfortunately one has to subscribe to The Sunday Times
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Why do we care so much about what everyone ELSE is doing? Why do we NEED to know that what we do as an individual or a couple is what other individuals or couples are doing? What is our obsession with others…. when it comes to working out if we are OK? It’s a question
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