Why Am I Waking Up at 3am? 

Whenever I write about sleep, I hear from a chorus of people who struggle to sleep through the night. Anecdotally, it seems a far more common complaint than difficulty falling asleep in the first place.

These complaints are one of three types:

1. People who have trouble falling asleep
2. People who sleep fitfully, waking multiple times throughout the night
3. Those who reliably wake once, around the same time most nights

Understandably, this is a hugely vexing problem. Poor quality sleep is a serious health concern. Not to mention, sleeping badly feels simply awful. When the alarm goes off after a night of tossing and turning, the next day is sure to be a slog. String several days like that together, and it’s hard to function at all.

I’m going to go out on a limb, though, and assert that waking up in the middle of the night isn’t always the problem we make it out to be. For some people, nighttime wakings are actually something to embrace. As always, context is everything.

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Acid Reflux Symptoms, Causes, and Drug-free Remedies

Burping, disrupted sleep, abdominal pain, nausea, even vomiting and choking … if you’ve experienced these symptoms, you’re likely suffering from chronic acid reflux, also commonly known at GERD.

You’re not alone. Roughly 25%-30% of Americans experience GERD-related heartburn multiple times a week. One Norwegian study surmises that acid reflux is 50% more common than 10 years ago. I personally suffered bouts of GERD and acid reflux during and even after my endurance training years, and my symptoms persisted until I finally gave up grains once and for all.

More debilitating than average, occasional heartburn, GERD symptoms chip away at your daily quality of life, and if left unattended, can even eventually lead to esophageal cancer. The market is flooded with treatment options. How did a condition usually associated with late-stage pregnancy and over indulgence become an epidemic?

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Keto Egg Wrap with Collard Greens, 3 Ways

Keto egg wraps are a keto dieter’s best friend. You can fill them with your favorite taco or burrito fillings, or make a satisfying sandwich wrap without racking up tasteless carbs from a tortilla. Fill and roll to your heart’s content, just like you would any wrap.

Here, you’ll prepare the egg omelette for this collard wrap in a similar fashion to how we prepared the egg “tortilla” in the Keto Burrito. The collard greens add a nice crunch and help the wrap hold together a little better than egg alone.

Try it veggie, spicy, or buffalo style!

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Let Your Body Give You Insight | Stacy Claxton

This week’s guest on the show is Stacy Claxton. Stacy is an Integrative Health Practitioner who helps stuck people find freedom and flow. She guides growth seekers, heart-centered healers, and embodied leaders through their biggest physical, nutritional, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, professional, and financial blocks to discover their boundless inner power. Stacy includes body-centering tools within her practice to rewire the nervous systems of her clients so they can experience lasting change. Her practice is unique because it blends both ancient and modern modalities to help her clients overcome blocks that prevent them from healing from past trauma and moving forward with freedom. In this hands-on episode, we talk through the idea that trauma does not always stem from a life-shattering event, how and why trauma pulls us out of the current moment, the idea that your inner world changes your outer world, and emotional freedom techniques (A.K.A. “EFT” or “tapping”). Stacy even spends some time walking us through a guided tapping session so that listeners at home can experience how powerful and freeing this technique can be. In a word, this episode was POWERFUL. We know you will enjoy learning from Stacy as much as we did.

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