Wellness Mama Queen

Sometime between 1 pm and 2 pm each day, students, stay-at-home parents, and corporate employees all fight the same battle: staving off mid-afternoon, post-lunch drowsiness. If you’ve ever experienced this, you know it can do a number on afternoon productivity. For most people, the solution is simple: load up on caffeine or an energy drink and power through. It gets the trick done, but is there a better way to   cope with afternoon drowsiness? As it turns out, there is! Recent studies suggest that instead of ignoring those heavy eyelids, you should succumb to them. Or, in other words, take a nap. Some countries and cultures have an afternoon nap built into their daily schedule. But for most of us, napping is a rare treat—something to be enjoyed on the weekends or vacations. After all, the nine to five schedule doesn’t really leave time for a nap. As research continues to reveal the health benefits of napping, however, this might begin to change. (In fact some companies have already...

Nothing can ruin your day like a restless night. You go to bed exhausted, hoping for some sweet rest and recuperation, only to toss and turn for hours. And then you wake up, somehow even more exhausted. It’s an awful feeling. After one of   those   nights, you might notice that your vision, hearing, and other senses feel a little, well, off. So what gives? Why does a poor night’s sleep affect your senses? Sleep   is an incredibly complex part of life, though it may not appear that way. Scientists are still trying to reveal a more complete picture of sleep’s vital role for the human body and brain. But there’s already a wealth of research on the subject out there. And some of that research explores the connection between sleep and the senses. As it turns out, this connection between sleep and the senses is a two-way street—or maybe even a multi-road intersection. Poor sleep can reduce the acuity of the five senses, but the five senses can also be responsible for a bad nigh...

If you sleep the recommended eight hours a night, this means you’re spending a third of your day on your mattress. If you sleep that same amount your entire life, excluding naps or the occasional nodding off in a boring meeting, you will end up sleeping for a third of your life. Sleep matters. Without it, your immune system breaks down, your memory malfunctions , and your libido drops, to name a few of the disastrous consequences of not snagging enough z’s.  Furthermore, the type of sleep you get affects your waking hours. If you spend the night tossing and turning, you end up with the same disastrous consequences as if you’d stayed up all night watching tv. What you sleep on affects your sleep quality. Yet people neglect this thought. They’d rather spend thousands of dollars on the comfort features in their new car than invest some money in a quality mattress.  Keep reading to learn about how to improve sleep quality and how your mattress will improve sleep quality.  Hi...

Everyone suffers from mild insomnia at some point in their life. Sometimes, you just  can’t  get to sleep no matter how hard you try. But, while this is a minor, one-night problem for most, others can experience severe sleep deprivation as a result of their insomnia, and this can have a substantial impact on their mental wellbeing. Daily Exhaustion  For adults with careers and families, exhaustion is a part of life that you cannot do much about. However, poor sleep can compound these issues and make it feel like you never have a good night’s rest. Although you might feel like you can  get on with it  at first, the problems will quickly snowball. Failing to cope with your exhaustion can affect your mental wellbeing in numerous ways. You can feel foggy-headed, which can affect relationships. You may also feel like you cannot do  anything  you want to do, which means you miss out on socializing or exercise that can have a mental impact just as m...