“Our culture is all about that ‘rise and grind, entrepreneur!’ mind-set: working, exercising, socializing, partyin," Rich says. "But it doesn’t have to be that way. Learning that I had sleep apnea allowed me to be more gracious with myself.”
North Carolina-based Chessa Rich, wrote the shadowy and aquatic Deeper Sleeper (due out April 7) about the years she spent living with an undiagnosed sleep disorder that dramatically influenced her relationship to sleep, productivity, dreaming, and creativity.