The Mind-Body Connection
Recent years have proven to be a renaissance for the integration of Mind-Body medicine. The idea that our thoughts, feelings, beliefs,...
Practical Tips to Achieve Peace of Mind
There are definitely times in your life when we feel overwhelmed and confused. The political climate and the 24/7 news or fake news...
Some Practical Tips to Help Your Brain Stay Healthy
Here are some eye-opening statistics about Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S. in 2017, courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Association. Someone...
What's Going On with My Aging Brain?
I was helping my 11-year-old granddaughter with her homework last night and I was blown away by the speed in which she learns. I had to...
Brain sets a unique learning rate for everything we do, by self-adjusting to the environment
Each time we get feedback, the brain is hard at work updating its knowledge and behavior in response to changes in the environment; yet,...
The Neuroscience of Resilience
I was reviewing what I wanted to write about for this blog. It has been a very distressing month for many people that I love. And then...
4 Ways to Retrain Your Brain to Be Smarter, Happier, and Healthier
A lot of people may assume the secret to success and becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or Richard Branson requires starting a...
Decision-Making Abilities of Older Adults
We make decisions everyday. It is what we do to remain highly functional and independent. We don’t question those decisions. And...
Risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia
People with dementia have problems thinking, remembering, and communicating. They may repeat the same question over and over, get lost in...
The Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon
I originally published this article in January of 2015. I thought I would look at new research and update this a bit. Well not much has...
