Alexandra Berrie

I attended the same 10-day silent meditation course at age 24 and again at 50; with age comes patience and fortitude"I don't understand your behavior, and I can't forgive you for it," my former friend Grace had written to me. "Don't contact me again." The careless thing I had said at her wedding in 2023 had gotten back to her. Even though more than a year had passed since Grace dismissed me, I hadn't been able to forgive myself. It was sometime after 4:30 in the morning and the vision of her tex...

It takes courage to summon a new human into the world.Anyone who reflects on the human condition can’t help but see the dissatisfaction that lurks behind every decision. There’s a reason that “existence is pain” constitutes the first of the Four Ennobling Truths of Buddhism.If you come to love something, you will eventually lose it. And if you dislike something, you dwell in its suckage. Either way, no happiness exists between the poles of craving and aversion.And yet.Birthing a child is a profo...

Home » I Tried the “Tennis Ball Trick” to Train Myself to Sleep on My Back — Here’s How It Went

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In the quest for a good night’s sleep, many of us have tried numerous remedies, from the “Sleepy Girl Mocktail” to meditation apps. Of course, the mere act of falling asleep doesn’t always equate to a good night’s rest, especially if you’re in the habit of contorting yourself into a

We went on to scream at each other about the bench at the foot of the bed (always useless for sitting down on because it was already full of clothes and papers), the dining room table (unusable due to the pile of mail stacked up on it from the last three months, in addition to multiple partially completed kitchen projects), and the inside of my car (none of his goddamned business, as far as I was concerned).

Researchers observe that hoarding disorder often appears to lie dormant, waiting for pe

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What kind of person spends over $1,000 on a water-cooled mattress pad? Someone with more money than sense, probably. Well, paint me green and call me a pickle; I’m guilty as charged.

As a writer who works from home, my natural habitat is the bed. You can tell me all you like that working at a desk is better ergonomically, but you might as well tell it to my dog, who’s got abou

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I may be a reckless human, but I’m always down to experiment on myself, especially where the possibility of good slumber is concerned. When I heard about the “sleepy girl mocktail,” a drink making the rounds on TikTok that purports to increase both the amount and quality of one’s sleep, I figured it would be perfect to sample. I tried it at night and also, just for kicks, durin