Now I want to tell you about a podcast that can help you sleep, created by a dad who couldn't

find any sounds that would play long enough to last through a whole night of his baby sleeping.

12-Hour Sound Machines has episodes that mask outside noises, promote deep restful sleep

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Machines wherever you get your podcasts. This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1478,

Healing the Post Holiday Hangover Blues by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com,

and I'm Justin Malik, your very own personal narrator today and every day.

So it's not a typical podcast, there are no interviews and is short, almost always fewer than 10 minutes,

but for now let's get right to the post and start optimizing your life.

12-Hour Sound Machines has episodes that make you sleep,

healing the post holiday hangover blues by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com.

Do you ever experience a post holiday depression or emotional hangover? This year maybe the

holidays made your expectations exceeded them or depleted you? Whether you're a lover of the

holiday season or you thrash through it painfully, you may experience a dark mood day or dark

mood week that follows the end of the season. This is normal when there's plenty you can do about

it. What does this happen and what can you do about it? First, a personal story.

Two days before Christmas I attended the funeral of my amazing and beloved uncle who died

from pink reatic cancer. He was profoundly loved and admired. I could write many posts about his

impact on the hearts and minds of countless people, including me, but I'll save those words for

another day, my digress. Following the funeral, I was talking with a family friend who was discussing

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