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the shows where I sold matching bedskirts and curtains and could go on for an hour describing the various fabrics and options, selling a plain, white pillow and mattress can only be done by selling the concept of sleep itself.
Some of my buzz phrases were, “You spend a third of your life in bed. Don’t you think you owe it to yourself to invest in a good night’s sleep?” Or “Create a sanctuary and refuge you can retreat to at the end of every day.” Buzz phrases or buzz words were statements hosts could say that would make the phones ring. While you were speaking on-air, you were alsolistening to the producer in your earpiece, who would tell you what phrases were working for you with today’s viewers. Unlike you, the producer knew when the phone lines were lighting up and could draw conclusions as to why.
Another buzz phrase of mine was, “How long do you toss and turn before finding your sweet spot at night, and what if you could find it sooner?” Clever, huh? I guess you could say I was preying on people’s fatigue, but if it was a 3:00 a.m. show, then it did not take a rocket scientist to figure out that my viewers were either insomniacs or afraid of the dark. What was the major selling point of the products in those bedding shows? Was it the fabric thread count? Was it the “NASA technology” in the spring foam that absorbed G-forces so well that they started making mattresses out of it? No, it was rest. The idea of a good night’s rest was what made the bedding shows work. The phones rang when I talked about sleep. Why?
Because people are not getting enough of it.
Scientists do not understand why we sleep, much less why we dream, but I have decided to devote two entire chapters in this dreams and visions book to the very practical and physical topic of sleep so that you can get more of it. I can just hear my husband and children now, cackling because they know I have always thought that sleep is such a whopping waste of time. Nonetheless, although I hate to sleep, I love to dream, and I know the two go together like a horse and carriage. If I cannot help you sleep, I cannot help you dream—and I do think I can help you dream if you say you are not having dreams.
I also believe I can help you remember your dreams if you normally cannot. I cannot sell you dreams the way I can sell you a mattress, but I am sure going to try, and sleep is the mattress of dreams. In this chapter, we will discuss the stages of sleep, dream sleep, the ramifications of sleep debt and my ABCs for ZZZs guide for a good night’s sleep. Then for fun, we will reviewsome free downloadable sleep and dream apps for your iPhone or Android that track your sleeping habits.
Simply put, I have jam-packed the next two chapters with every helpful hint that doctors and studies have confirmed will help you sleep and help you remember your dreams better. (You are welcome.)
Doctor’s Orders
Upon making the decision to write this book, I had to look no further than my own biblical research from the last twenty years of eating, sleeping (literally) and breathing this topic. I had taught “Hearing the Voice of God” classes more than a decade before and had even created an eight-part audio series for that. But it was when I began teaching “Seeing the Voice of God” classes in 2005 that people really started responding at a greater level. People who felt unworthy or too intimidated to say “I had a word from the Lord” or “I heard God speak” felt more comfortable saying “I had a dream last night,” and then edifying their listeners with what they saw about them in their dream.
But, although I had seen the self-proclaimed spiritually deaf begin to “see” God’s voice for themselves and others, and although I had created endless computer files and workbooks on the subject that I could have adapted easily for this book, I knew that to make a book like this complete, there was one thing missing from my research—a medical
Some of my buzz phrases were, “You spend a third of your life in bed. Don’t you think you owe it to yourself to invest in a good night’s sleep?” Or “Create a sanctuary and refuge you can retreat to at the end of every day.” Buzz phrases or buzz words were statements hosts could say that would make the phones ring. While you were speaking on-air, you were alsolistening to the producer in your earpiece, who would tell you what phrases were working for you with today’s viewers. Unlike you, the producer knew when the phone lines were lighting up and could draw conclusions as to why.
Another buzz phrase of mine was, “How long do you toss and turn before finding your sweet spot at night, and what if you could find it sooner?” Clever, huh? I guess you could say I was preying on people’s fatigue, but if it was a 3:00 a.m. show, then it did not take a rocket scientist to figure out that my viewers were either insomniacs or afraid of the dark. What was the major selling point of the products in those bedding shows? Was it the fabric thread count? Was it the “NASA technology” in the spring foam that absorbed G-forces so well that they started making mattresses out of it? No, it was rest. The idea of a good night’s rest was what made the bedding shows work. The phones rang when I talked about sleep. Why?
Because people are not getting enough of it.
Scientists do not understand why we sleep, much less why we dream, but I have decided to devote two entire chapters in this dreams and visions book to the very practical and physical topic of sleep so that you can get more of it. I can just hear my husband and children now, cackling because they know I have always thought that sleep is such a whopping waste of time. Nonetheless, although I hate to sleep, I love to dream, and I know the two go together like a horse and carriage. If I cannot help you sleep, I cannot help you dream—and I do think I can help you dream if you say you are not having dreams.
I also believe I can help you remember your dreams if you normally cannot. I cannot sell you dreams the way I can sell you a mattress, but I am sure going to try, and sleep is the mattress of dreams. In this chapter, we will discuss the stages of sleep, dream sleep, the ramifications of sleep debt and my ABCs for ZZZs guide for a good night’s sleep. Then for fun, we will reviewsome free downloadable sleep and dream apps for your iPhone or Android that track your sleeping habits.
Simply put, I have jam-packed the next two chapters with every helpful hint that doctors and studies have confirmed will help you sleep and help you remember your dreams better. (You are welcome.)
Doctor’s Orders
Upon making the decision to write this book, I had to look no further than my own biblical research from the last twenty years of eating, sleeping (literally) and breathing this topic. I had taught “Hearing the Voice of God” classes more than a decade before and had even created an eight-part audio series for that. But it was when I began teaching “Seeing the Voice of God” classes in 2005 that people really started responding at a greater level. People who felt unworthy or too intimidated to say “I had a word from the Lord” or “I heard God speak” felt more comfortable saying “I had a dream last night,” and then edifying their listeners with what they saw about them in their dream.
But, although I had seen the self-proclaimed spiritually deaf begin to “see” God’s voice for themselves and others, and although I had created endless computer files and workbooks on the subject that I could have adapted easily for this book, I knew that to make a book like this complete, there was one thing missing from my research—a medical
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