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The Impact of Parental Depression on Children
by Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Depression affects millions of adults over their lifetime, many of whom are parents...
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The Importance Of Sleep For Brain Function: In Partnership With Neurohacker Collective
By Dr. Gregory Kelly, N.D. Why Is Biohacking the Night Time Important? In the fall of 2018, Neurohacker Collective started to turn some of our...
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Motherhood and Self-Care during COVID
By Dr. Anese Barnett Motherhood is beautiful, but let’s be honest, it also gets demanding. Between the schedules and routines, keeping up with laundry, preparing...
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Discover Your Sleep Ritual with Prospect Farms x Gravity Blankets
by Brad Tipper, CEO of Prospect Farms With all the pressures of our daily lives, it comes as no surprise that more than a third...
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You're Grounded with TUSHY x Gravity Blanket
Just like a teen who came home 10 minutes past curfew, it feels like we’ve all collectively been grounded by the universe this entire year,...
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Treat Yourself to Better Health with International Self-Care Day
Let’s be real, life can get pretty stressful. Between work, home life, families, friends, social gatherings and even daily errands, it can be challenging to...
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Beyond Physical Fitness: The Importance of Sleep & Mental Health for Professional Athletes
No matter where you are in the world, sports are an integral facet of our everyday lives. We watch our favorite professional athletes win games,...
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Helping Your Child Manage Their Anxiety
Kids and teens these days may be living their best life: attending school at home, staying in their comfy clothes, eating snacks all day, and...
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Top Myths about Mental Illness with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
One in five people has a diagnosable mental health disorder, but often fear and shame prevent people from seeking help. Often people are afraid to...
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Snowballing Anxiety And 6 Simple Ways To Stop It
by Gabriel Gonyea, Gravity Blankets Community Member Picture a snowball rolling down a large hill. As it tumbles, it gains momentum and before you know...
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How to support the men in your life that are dealing with anxiety:
Anxiety is a word that has become all too common for all of us; a feeling of excessive worry, restlessness and even sometimes fear. These...
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May is Mental Health Month – How are you doing?
By Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed nationally in the month of May...
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Introducing the Gravity Cares Program
Since our April 2017 launch, Gravity has been a science-backed sleep and wellness brand that believes mental health and wellness should be just as important...
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The Power of Nutrients in Stress Management, In Partnership with Rootine Vitamins
The covid-19 pandemic has turned the world we know on its head, and it’s easy to feel alone, overwhelmed and stressed out. Because stress comes...
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"My Gravity Experience" by a Gravity Community Member!
I’ve had my 15lb Gravity Blanket for over a year now and have had nothing but a positive experience so far. Prior to ordering my...
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Tips for breaking up the monotony of staying inside all-day.
By Justin DoCanto Right now, there are millions of people finishing their first week of being confined to their homes, figuring out how to keep...
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Caring for our Healthcare Workers, First Responders and Each Other
A Letter from Gravity's CEO, Mike Grillo There's not much to say about the COVID-19 pandemic that hasn't already been said. There's the health impact....
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What you can do for yourself during quarantine:
This is probably one of the biggest events in our lifetimes, with most of us having been mandated to self-quarantine in our homes. It’s a...
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World Sleep Day 2020: Better Sleep, Better Life, Better Planet
The 13th Annual World Sleep Day is almost upon us, and it’s a time to remind ourselves of the important role sleep plays in our...
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Spring Forward into Sweet Dreams
These tips and tricks will eliminate difficulty sleeping due to Daylight Savings. It's that time of the year again, the night when we spin the...
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Self-Love and What It Means.
by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., What is self-love? Before a person is able to practice it, first we need to understand what it means. Self-love is...
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The Winter Blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder?
by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. The winter blues are very common, with many of us experiencing a mood shift during the colder, darker days of winter....
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Managing Stress around the Holidays
by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. It’s the most “wonderful time of the year.” Many people look forward to the holiday season and the start of a...
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How to Support Someone with Mental Illness
How to Support Someone with Mental Illness by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. 1 in 5 of us lives with a mental illness. This means every one...
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Every Day Mental Health Tips
by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. When we talk about mental health we are talking about “a...
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Back-to-School Stress Management
by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. The last weeks of summer vacation are beginning to wind down, and as advertisers “back-to-school” campaigns are in full-effect, a sense...
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The Importance of Taking Vacation Time to De-Stress and Recharge
*For additional reading on how anxiety impacts your sleep, visit Sleep Advisor.
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An Insomniac's Guide to Sleep: How Self-talk and a Few Small Changes Can Help you Break the Cycle
By Mike Grillo, CEO and Cofounder of Gravity Blankets. If there’s one thing the health community has taught us over the last few years, it’s...
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Bring the Gravity Wellness Program to Your Business
Employee happiness, health and wellness is no longer a "nice to have," it drives real business results. A 2017 study conducted by the University of...
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$10,000 Raised and New Lessons Learned: Mental Health Awareness Month 2019
For the team at Gravity – and for me personally – mental health and wellness is always top of mind. It’s core to what we...