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Why Sunday Nights Ruin Your Monday Sleep
Why Sunday Nights Ruin Your Monday Sleep A sleep doctor's guide to the Sunday wind-down — and the three moves that hand your week to sleep on purpose. Sunday night insomnia is so common my patients have a name for it: the Sunday scaries. The weekend is ending, the to-do list is blooming, and somewhere between one more scroll and one more episode, sleep quietly slips out of reach. Then Monday arrives and you wonder why you feel like you never slept at all. Here's what I tell my patients:... Read more...
Sleep Divorce: When Sleeping in Separate Beds Saves Your Relationship
Sleep Divorce: When Sleeping in Separate Beds Saves Your Relationship
Sleep Divorce: When Sleeping in Separate Beds Saves Your Relationship No, separate bedrooms don't mean the end of intimacy. Sometimes they're the reason intimacy survives. It's one of the most... Read more...
Sleep Debt: Can You Ever Really Catch Up?
Sleep Debt: Can You Ever Really Catch Up?
Sleep Debt: Can You Ever Really Catch Up? The truth about weekend recovery sleep — and why your brain keeps a running tab. You've been running short on sleep all... Read more...
Labor Day Was a Sleep Movement First: The Forgotten History of the Eight-Hour Day
Labor Day Was a Sleep Movement First: The Forgotten History of the Eight-Hour Day
Labor Day's forgotten history: the eight-hour day was a fight for sleep. Why sleep advocacy is always in style — and how to honor the day by protecting your night.... Read more...
Hustle Culture's Favorite Lie: "Sleep When You're Dead"
Hustle Culture's Favorite Lie: "Sleep When You're Dead"
Hustle Culture's Favorite Lie: "Sleep When You're Dead" You've seen the quote on motivational posters, Instagram graphics, and LinkedIn posts from people who haven't slept since 2019: "I'll sleep when... Read more...
Back to School, Back to Sleep: A Sleep Doctor's Guide to September Sleep Reset
Back to School, Back to Sleep: A Sleep Doctor's Guide to September Sleep Reset
Back to School, Back to Sleep: A Sleep Doctor's Guide to September Sleep Reset August melts into September, and somewhere between buying notebooks and labeling lunchboxes, we forget something fundamental:... Read more...
Sleep and Immunity: Your Nighttime Immune System Upgrade
Sleep and Immunity: Your Nighttime Immune System Upgrade
Sleep and Immunity: Your Nighttime Immune System Upgrade What happens to your immune system while you sleep — and why pulling an all-nighter might be the worst thing you can... Read more...
Why "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" Is the Worst Advice You've Ever Taken
Why "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" Is the Worst Advice You've Ever Taken
Why "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" Is the Worst Advice You've Ever Taken The hustle culture mantra that's quietly destroying your health, your brain, and your future. It's one of... Read more...
The Chronotype Question: Are Night Owls Really Lazy?
The Chronotype Question: Are Night Owls Really Lazy?
The Chronotype Question: Are Night Owls Really Lazy? Why your internal clock might be the reason you can't fall asleep at 10 PM — and why that's not a character... Read more...
Sleep Deprivation Isn't a Flex — It's a Health Risk
Sleep Deprivation Isn't a Flex — It's a Health Risk
Sleep Deprivation Isn't a Flex — It's a Health Risk Challenging the culture that treats exhaustion like a badge of honor. We've all heard it. Someone at the office, on... Read more...
The Glymphatic System: Your Brain's Night Janitor
The Glymphatic System: Your Brain's Night Janitor
The Glymphatic System: Your Brain's Night Janitor What happens inside your brain while you sleep — and why it might be the most important cleaning crew you've never heard of.... Read more...
Beyond the Screen: Crafting a Bedtime Ritual That Signals Safety to Your Brain
Beyond the Screen: Crafting a Bedtime Ritual That Signals Safety to Your Brain
Sleep advocate Dr. Anne Marie Morse shares how to build a soothing bedtime ritual that signals safety to your brain, preparing it for the physiological state of sleep. Let's be... Read more...
📝 A Breakthrough in Sleep Medicine: FDA Approves First Drug to Treat ONE of Underlying Causes of Narcolepsy Type 1 📝
📝 A Breakthrough in Sleep Medicine: FDA Approves First Drug to Treat ONE of Underlying Causes of Narcolepsy Type 1 📝
Sleep medicine has taken a historic step forward. On August 5, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ORZEYFUL™ (oveporexton), a first-in-class oral orexin receptor agonist developed by Takeda... Read more...
The Power Nap Is Not a Productivity Hack — It's Neuroscience
The Power Nap Is Not a Productivity Hack — It's Neuroscience
The Power Nap Is Not a Productivity Hack — It's Neuroscience Board-certified sleep specialist Dr. Anne Marie Morse breaks down the science of napping — why strategic naps restore cognitive... Read more...
Reclaim Your Night: Why Sleep Is the Ultimate Act of Advocacy
Reclaim Your Night: Why Sleep Is the Ultimate Act of Advocacy
As a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist, I'll tell you what hustle culture has been trying to drown out: protecting your sleep is the most radical thing you can... Read more...
Hustle Culture Needs a Nap! Sincerely, DAMM Good Sleep
Hustle Culture Needs a Nap! Sincerely, DAMM Good Sleep
Hustle culture has convinced us that exhaustion equals success, but chronic sleep deprivation is not a productivity strategy. In this blog, Dr. Anne Marie Morse explores why rest is essential... Read more...
Wear Your Sleep Advocacy: DAMM Good Sleep Merch is Here!
Wear Your Sleep Advocacy: DAMM Good Sleep Merch is Here!
Wear Your Sleep Advocacy: DAMM Good Sleep Merch is Here! Dr. Anne Marie Morse announces the launch of her new DAMM Good Sleep merchandise collection, designed to help sleep advocates... Read more...
The Science Behind "Sleep Friends": Why Community Matters for Sound Sleep
The Science Behind "Sleep Friends": Why Community Matters for Sound Sleep
The Science Behind "Sleep Friends": Why Community Matters for Better Sleep Dr. Anne Marie Morse explores the research showing that quality sleep isn't achieved in isolation – it's a social... Read more...