One of the main reasons I wrote The Sleep Revolution was to examine this ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon from all angles and to explore the ways we can use sleep to help regain control over our out-of-kilter lives.

Before checking that last email before you go to bed, say to yourself, No, I am important. This is important. My body is more important.

Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.

I think especially as women we nned to recognize that feeling pressure is completely selfimposed.

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

Our most meaningful relationships are based on a longing for expansion rather than a preoccupation with comfort and security. To live exuberantly-to fully know and be fully known by another-we must be prepared to illuminate the dark spots in our most intimate relationships and in our selves.

For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or the next hot get. Paradoxically, in these days of instant communication and sixty-minute news cycles, it's actually easier to miss information we might otherwise pay attention to. That's why we need stories to be covered and re-covered until they filter up enough to become part of the cultural bloodstream.