In early fall, we can feel the transition from summer to fall and winter. The fall equinox, a day with equal number of day and night time hours, this year on September 22, reminds us of natural rhythms: days get shorter and nights become longer, the leaves are turning colors. I personally like this change of season because I more fully appreciate that each day offers less and less daylight. In my own quest to better understand my relationship with sleep and sleep problems, I

A slave master walking through the fields comes upon a slave woman. The slave master approaches her and her children and remarks, “Well now, that Mary of yours is really coming along.” The slave mother, terrified that the slave master may see qualities in her daughter that could merit being raped or sold, says, “Naw sir, she ain't worth nothin’. She can't work. She stupid. She shiftless.” Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, by Joy DeGruy, Ph.D. p.14. This passage from Joy DeGruy i