How to Have Better Dreams
ONE OF US (BORIS) STARTED to wonder what was going on, when over a dozen of the CEOs in his executive education class wanted to discuss nightmares during office hours rather than corporate strategy. When people are overwhelmed and the news is full of terrifying images, it’s a perfect storm for nightmares and bad dreams.
Increasingly, leaders are coming to understand the importance of sleep for physical and mental wellbeing—but nightmares and bad dreams destroy sleep quality. The good news? It’s more possible than most people realize to reduce nightmares and have better dreams.
What Are Dreams?
What do you think about when your mind has a chance to wander? Your to-do list? World events? The people in your life? Events from your past? Art, music, stories? That’s what you dream about, too.
Because they’re dreams, they’ll be composed of preoccupations, memories and mental images. Because they happen during sleep, those elements get jumbled together, often making surreal associations your waking mind
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