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All we are saying… is give sleep a chance… (all together now)

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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Take that Tim Lott !!

I am quite sure Tim Lott woke nervously yesterday morning knowing that this weekend’s edition of QWeekend magazine would contain letters to the editor about his article on 24 August. (See post below) Oh yes….. he needed to be nervous. He needed to be shaking in his little journalist boots. Because this tenacious, separate sleeping

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“But it’s not a marriage.”

So says Tim Lott. Tim Lott – Relationship Expert….. nott!! Tim Lott has given his view on what constitutes (or not) a marriage in both The Guardian in the UK (8 June, 2013) and then the QWeekend magazine, part of Saturday’s local rag here in Brisbane, The Courier Mail (24-25 August, 2013). (Unfortunately no link

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Alertness, Safety and Productivity – now get to sleep!

I discovered today that the Australian Government has invested $14.5m to conduct research into the effects of sleep deprivation on the safety, productivity and health of Australians. My question is – will the research consider the effects on sleep deprivation of a disturbing partner? Alongside all the other clinically recognised sleep disorders – a disruptive

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