You wouldn’t believe how many people don’t get enough sleep; 64 million people are walking around tired. It’s absolutely critical to one’s health and yet it can get downgraded so easily. Fact is, most people, on average, want to get at least an hour more of sleep a night because they don’t feel as rested [...]
Seth Roberts is a pretty interesting guy. He’s a bestselling author, a psychology professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. He’s also a big believer in the power of Vitamin D3. Dr. Roberts believes that taking 4000-5000UI of Vitamin D3 in the morning can [...]
You know you want it. You want to get better sleep and you swore that 2012 would be the year to do it. But you also want us to help. You want to make sure you’re going to do this right. So a couple weeks ago, we issued a throwdown for the Zeo Sleep Fitness [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
Falling Back Asleep,
Sleep Promoters,
Sleep Science
It’s no secret that stress can negatively affect sleep. When there are things that are stressing you out – problems at work, financial woes, relationship troubles – it can be tough to shut your mind down at night. When you can’t turn off your mind, the rest of your body has trouble relaxing. When the [...]
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Anxiety,
health & wellbeing,
Sleep Promoters,
Stress,
Zeo Recommended
Woody Allen once remarked: “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” We think he’s onto something. When you show up, you make a commitment. You decide that, however things may turn out, you’re going to at least go along for the ride for a little bit. Learn something. Meet someone new. Experience a new [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
Falling Back Asleep,
Sleep Promoters
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we want you to get some sleep. It’s not an easy thing to do, what with all the lights, activity, and general party atmosphere of Vegas. We at Team Zeo are certainly not immune to the excitement as well; our sleep takes as much of a nosedive as [...]
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Sleep Data,
Sleep Graph,
Zeo
Do you ever notice those folks who can sleep anywhere? They can plop down in the most cramped of airline seats, the noisiest of locations, billions of watts of light and boom! they’re out cold. Whereas for you – and the rest of us mortals – small things like noise and light can take you [...]
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Falling Back Asleep,
Sleep Promoters,
Travel
Sleep has something of a love/hate relationship with light. It hates it when you’re trying to fall asleep and stay asleep but absolutely needs it to help wake you up in the morning. Confusing? Absolutely. Explanatory? You better believe it. Something you can influence to your benefit? Dang skippy. Got Light? The science behind light [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
circadian rhythm,
Feeling Good,
Morning Routine,
Sleep Promoters,
Sleep Science
We hear a lot of stories here at Zeo. Some are straightforward. Some are complex. Some are mindblowing. Recently, a Zeo user named Joel B. wrote to us and told us how his wife’s life improved after her sleep improved. Their story falls into the “mindblowing” category. Here’s Joel’s story: For perhaps 6-8 months, possibly [...]
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depression,
Medication,
quality of life,
REM Sleep,
Sleep Stealers
Hear ye, hear ye! Zeo will be in the greater Washington, DC area on December 5-7! That’s right, Zeo will be attending the 2011 mHealth Summit at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. We’ll be in the Qualcomm Wireless Health Pavilion – kiosk Q29 – along with other companies in [...]
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mhealth,
Society & Sleep,
technology