There has been a big concern over the effects of social isolation on older adults. The shelter in place mandate has been longstanding now, and even though th...

Global news has been quite grim lately. It is not unusual to hear of the spread of Coronavirus, new terrorist attacks, and mass shootings. How does our brain...

I was looking over some of my past blogs and was struck by how different the world is now. The issues on brain health have not changed but the environment ha...

It has been a few months now since we first learned of the pandemic of Coronavirus. Even though it doesn’t look like we are experiencing a slowdown of the vi...

Way back in 2017 I found an article from 2014 – The Progression of Seclusion. This article was looking at old schools of thought when it came to technology a...

Our brains are hardwired to connect with other people. This all started with our prehistoric ancestors who gathered together in the face of danger. Their sur...

There is something exciting about the start of a crisis. Your brain automatically goes into fight or flight and releases adrenalin. Your body is primed for s...

We normally think that we are generating all of the thoughts and actions that our brains make and take. But that is far from the truth. Our brains are on aut...

There comes a time in most people’s lives when their feet are knocked out from under them. The lives they were living are now not the same – and might not ev...

Common Resilience Factors Through their two decades of work with trauma survivors, Dr. Steven and Dr. Dennis Charney identified 10 common resilience factors:...

I spent the better part of this week looking for toilet paper! Who would have ever imagined that people would find having massive amounts of toilet paper as ...

Global news has been quite grim lately. It is not unusual to hear of new terrorist attacks, mass shootings and Coronavirus.. How does our brain assimilate th...

The impact of burnout can bring a promising career to a halt. All the while, the psychological stress of burnout not only impairs people’s personal and socia...

The Impact of Extreme Stress in the Workplace The workplace is a novel and complex environment and our brains love it. Except - when we are too stressed out ...

Ask someone if they consider themselves a creative person and they might offer a couple of different responses. People who believe that they are creative mig...

Have you ever experienced ‘flow’? That is the time that you are just humming along oblivious to anything other than the project you are working on. It is a w...

A number of years ago I wrote an article about the impact of drinking on older adults. Everyone got nervous about the topic because there is something about ...

One of the crazy things about aging is that so much is happening to our body and our brain that we can’t see. The realization that we just can’t move as well...

Well we are at the end of January already! Has the excitement of the new year with new goals and resolutions worn off yet? And, for all of us in the northern...

There is no lack of information on the process of visualization. I have known about it for a very long time. Mentors and coaches taught me techniques on how ...