The old expression “Let me sleep on it” may actually hold some value. Harvard scientist, Robert Stickgold, has researched how daytime activities affect our dreams. It appears that the brain, both human and animal, is continuously keeping track of the emotional content experienced daily. These experiences are ’flagged’ as important matter and are temporarily put off to the sidelines to be worked on at a later point in time. For example, while asleep, our brain then calls upon these important matters and is able to continue working on them thus giving the brain a chance to process and potentially resolve issues one might be grappling with during the waking hours.