Radio Show Will Address Rest Deprivation and its Side Effects

Dec. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- Award-winning sleep, rest, and body clock expert, Dr. Matthew Edlund will be the featured guests on North Ohio’s WHBC 1480 Talk Radio Show, Wriggling in the Middle, on Monday, December 6 at 9:10 am (Eastern Time).  “The Rest Doctor”, Dr. Matthew Edlund joins us today to discuss the importance of a good night’s rest and what happens when we become rest-deprived.

After years of clinical research and consultations with hundreds of patients, Dr. Edlund discovered that many people aren't just sleep-deprived, they're rest-deprived.  As a result, our hearts, minds, and central nervous systems are overloaded, our health is suffering, and we've forgotten what it feels like to be truly refreshed.  Just in time for the holidays, Dr. Edlund will share with us the difference between sleep and rest, illnesses that a good sleep can prevent and techniques to aid us in sleeping better now and later in life.

Every Monday from 9-10 a.m. radio hosts Dr. Merle Griff and DeLores Pressley, co-hosts of Wriggling in the Middle (http://www.wrigglingonline.com), discuss the dilemmas and delights of being part of the ‘sandwich generation’ and responsible for the care of multiple generations.  As a special highlight, each show features an expert to add lively discussion and perspective to the show’s topics.  

Dr. Matthew Edlund, M.D., M.O.H., an internationally recognized expert on sleep and biological clocks is “The Rest Doctor”. A former professor at Brown and the University of Texas Medical Schools, he is the current Director of the Center for Circadian Medicine in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Edlund’s work had been featured in O, the Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Shape, Redbook, Real Simple, More, PsychologyToday.com, and hundreds of other magazines, newspapers and websites.  Dr. Edlund is also an author of several books including his latest, “The Power of Rest”, which discusses how rest is a skill that rebuilds, renews, and rewires mind and body, and can increase productivity, health and pleasure.



Dr. Merle Griff is an expert on caring for both children and aging parents.  She has been a delegate to the last two White Conferences on Aging and invited to present at international conferences such as the World Congress of Family and Child and the Annual Conference of the National Council on Aging. She has written extensively on intergenerational dynamics, including LinkAges, a book on intergenerational programs, as well as numerous articles including “Intergenerational Play Therapy: The Influence of Grandparents in Family Systems.”  She is the founder and CEO of Sarah Adult Day Services (http://sarahcare.com), which provides health related care for the elderly in centers so they can remain with their families and socially connected.

DeLores Pressley, motivational speaker and personal power expert, is one of the most respected and sought-after experts on success, motivation, confidence and personal power. She is an international keynote speaker, author, coach and the Founder of the Born Successful Institute and DeLores Pressley Worldwide.  She helps individuals use personal power to live their ideal life, increase confidence and lead a life of significance. Her story has been touted in Glamour, Washington Post, Black Enterprise, Success, Essence, New York Daily News, Ebony and Marie Claire. She is a frequent media guest and has been interviewed on every major network: (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) including America’s top rated shows; OPRAH and Entertainment Tonight.

About the show:
Hosted by Dr. Merle Griff and Delores Pressley, this informative and interactive radio show, Wriggling in the Middle, talks about the dilemmas and sometimes the delights of being part of the ‘sandwich generation’ and responsible for the care of multiple generations.  Whether it’s caring for both your children and elderly parents, or an aging spouse and your grandchildren, the show will discuss not only the challenges seen every day in keeping a family together, but also the lighter side of trying to manage it all.

Wriggling in the Middle can be heard live on WHBC 1480 AM or online at http://www.whbc.com/ each Monday at 9:10 AM (Eastern).  A recording of the show is also available at www.wrigginginthemiddle.com. For more information, contact: LeeAnne Blake, info@wrigglingonline.com, (330) 454-3200.

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This informative and interactive radio show talks about the dilemmas of being part of the ‘sandwich generation’ and responsible for the care of multiple generations. We discuss the challenges you face everyday in keeping your family together