Comments on: A Resting Revolution: Insight from Martha

By: Angelita Surage

Angelita Surage — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:59:25 +0000

As a HS teacher and a parent, how do we get public schools to shift their thinking to a more natural, humane day for students…sports practice schedules/games at the end of the school day seem to dictate a too early start. A lot us are inattentive, sick/absent, comatose, and exhausted most of the time…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:10:29 +0000

When I tell people I “worked like a dog” what I really mean is that I ran around in a frenzy for awhile and then took a big fat nap. Like my dogs do.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:52:25 +0000

Although I work a set schedule most of the week, I don’t work my day job on Fridays so I am able to wake up naturally when my body is ready and it is the absolute best feeling. The best thing is that it doesn’t require sleeping until noon…I can sleep until 8 or 9 am and wake up feeling completely refreshed and ready to take on anything!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:29:51 +0000

The picture of the cat says it all. We would do well to learn from them.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:11:08 +0000

My wife picked your latest book at the library and was reading it when she told me to read chapter 1,(we were in the middle of a consciousness discussion). I sat down to read it and couldn’t get thru page ten w/o tears. I will read it , just going to take me a while.Ordered it from Amazon this afternoon.

Thank You
Curt Yeager
Cave Creek, AZ

By: india flint

india flint — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:30:19 +0000

wise words indeed. and while we’re at it, wouldn’t it be lovely if those in power stopped messing with the clocks and having so-called “daylight saving time” which causes far more pain than good!

By: I feel so much better now: | Julie Long Writes

I feel so much better now: | Julie Long Writes — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:56 +0000

[...] rest I seemed to require, until I read the quote above from Martha Beck. It was part of her post, A Resting Revolution. Martha always makes me feel better. Martha, and sleep. This entry was posted in General and [...]

By: Maryann

Maryann — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:00:11 +0000

Love your insights, as always, Martha. I taught for years and coach teens. Schools are not very receptive to research, but oh how I wish they were. My students were zombies during 1st period, and it wasn’t their fault. I won’t coach a teen or young adult until afternoon, because it’s not effective in the a.m. Please spread the word about sleep deprivation and the research on teens. You change the world every day, but that’s one more layer that you could add to world changing.

By: Kyla

Kyla — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:02:51 +0000

Yes, I’d like to foment just such a revolution! Just after my nap . . .

By: Johanna Wright

Johanna Wright — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:37:25 +0000

Thank you, Martha. Sleep, glorious sleep. I appreciate every night of good sleep now, (after spending most of last year sleep deprived after the birth of my daughter.) It makes an incredible difference. After about 10 months of fractured sleep, I could barely function. I was anxious and depressed. Sleep is a life changer.