Janet Kinosian

Janet Kinosian

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Janet Kinosian, M.A., a 25 year veteran Los Angeles-based print journalist, writes for The Los Angeles Times, Reader's Digest, People and dozens of publications. She provides Media Mentoring and Consulting at www.janetkinosian.com. She's also the author of The Well-Rested Woman: 60 Soothing Suggestions for Getting A Good Night's Sleep, [Conari 2002] and is a Sleep Counselor in private practice. "The Well-Rested Woman" and her Sleep Counseling service have been featured in Daily Candy, Health, Redbook, Essence, Woman's World, Body and Soul and Angeleno Magazine. www.WellRestedWoman.com for Sleep Counseling information.

Blog Entries by Janet Kinosian

A Short Guide To Understanding Your Nightmares

18 Comments | Posted June 9, 2008 | 05:21 AM (EST)


Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. - Dr. William Dement

Many restless sleepers have highly active dream lives. Nightmares are great psychic teachers, but also big obstacles to restful sleep. And I know-- nightmares and vivid...

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The Sound Of Silent Retreats

9 Comments | Posted May 2, 2008 | 07:59 AM (EST)


My silent treatments started 15 years ago. Stressed out, worn out and wigged out, I wanted out - of town, that is. But I was in no shape to make travel plans, so a friend of mine took one look at me and, over my feeble protestations, signed me up...

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What Your Sleep Position Says About You

16 Comments | Posted April 24, 2008 | 07:32 AM (EST)


When I am alone, I can sleep crossway in a bed without an argument. - Zsa Zsa Gabor

Do you know what position you regularly take up in bed when you drop off to sleep? According to veteran sleep researcher, Dr. Samuel Dunkell, the position you...

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Q&A With The Late Coretta Scott King

Posted April 4, 2008 | 07:34 AM (EST)


The family of Martin Luther King has survived a great deal since the following 2004 interview took place in Atlanta. Coretta King had moved from her longtime Atlanta home (where she and Dr. King raised their children) and in August 2005 suffered a heart attack and stroke; she died in...

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Wide Awake In America

Posted March 4, 2008 | 07:44 AM (EST)


We've all heard the adage if a butterfly flaps its wings in Hong Kong, there's a hurricane in Manhattan. Today, quantum physics says yes, the world is kept spinning by an unending energy spiral intermingled and never lost.

At the same time, as a sleep counselor women often ask...

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Why The World Needs More Well-Rested Women

Posted January 15, 2008 | 12:05 AM (EST)


Houston, we have a problem.

There was a day when I - and many women I know - slept soundly, dreamt sweetly, and awoke triumphantly. Sleep was pure pleasure back then - as well as something I was good at - and each morning I took myself away from...

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John Wayne; In Sickness and In Health

Posted August 8, 2007 | 04:55 PM (EST)


John Wayne, one of the most famous movie stars in the world, stands in the middle of my father's Newport Beach pharmacy in 1973 shocking the daylights out of a group of Japanese tourists.

According to the dozen or so middle-age businessmen, cameras slung everywhere and who oddly jump...

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