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Patricia Faust
Nov 253 min read
The Gratitude Attitude
Thanksgiving is this week. Those of us in the US set aside a day to express gratitude for all that life brings us. How can you find...
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Patricia Faust
Nov 254 min read
Unconditional Love
We have been dog owners for a long time. The house seems too quiet and clean when there isn’t a dog around. And we miss the...
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Patricia Faust
Oct 314 min read
Elaborating on Anger in America
In November of 2021, I wrote a blog – Does Anger Define Americans Today? I wanted to elaborate on some of the findings in that blog...
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Patricia Faust
Oct 315 min read
The Brainwork of Resilience
No sooner did we get out of the surge of the pandemic, that we now must face inflation, job restructuring in large companies resulting in...
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Patricia Faust
Oct 24 min read
The Political Brain
This election season has been brutal. My brain is overwhelmed and now fried in response to the intensity of the political advertisements...
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Patricia Faust
Oct 25 min read
6 Self-help Tips to Relieve Worry and Anxiety
I originally wrote and published this article in September 2020, a couple of months before the 2020 presidential election. Worry and...
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Patricia Faust
Sep 43 min read
Aromatherapy and the Brain
A couple of weeks ago I recorded a podcast with Dr. Krystal Culler of the Virtual Brain Health Center. She chose the topic of...
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Patricia Faust
Sep 44 min read
Scent and Memory - A Primitive Connection
As you smell a fresh pine tree, cookies baking, bayberry or orange, do flashes of past Christmas holidays come flooding through your...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 54 min read
Wildfire Pollution Increases Risk of Dementia
The news over the past few weeks brought to light the increased risk of developing dementia from exposure to wildfire smoke. Air...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 54 min read
Updates from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2024
It wasn’t all that long ago that there wasn’t much to report on as far as advances in diagnosis and treatment were concerned. The...
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Patricia Faust
Jul 14 min read
Longevity and the Aging Brain
What does living to extended ages mean to the aging brain? Longevity is part of the vernacular now with advances in medical treatment...
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Patricia Faust
Jul 15 min read
The Scourge of the Boomers - Untreated Hearing Loss
Never did we ever believe when we were much younger that we would be discussing hearing loss! That was in the realm of ‘old’ people, and...
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Patricia Faust
Apr 292 min read
Boomers and the Alzheimer's Crisis Part One: The Alzheimer's Crisis
In 2015, I started the My Boomer Brain blog. One of my very first blogs was about the Elephant in the Room – Alzheimer’s disease. ...
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Patricia Faust
Apr 293 min read
Boomers and the Alzheimer's Crisis Part Two: Preventing Alzheimer's Disease
Brain aging and brain health were gaining attention in the mid-2000s. I was starting to experience some brain glitches during that time,...
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Patricia Faust
Feb 294 min read
When Our Body's Defense System Turns Against Us - Chronic Inflammation
When I start to write a new blog, I pay attention to what the most current topic is that is getting a lot of attention. Right now,...
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Patricia Faust
Feb 295 min read
The Vagus Nerve - the Great Connector
There are twelve cranial nerves in the body. They come in pairs and help to link the brain with other areas of the body, such as the...
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Patricia Faust
Jan 306 min read
Control and the Uncontrollable
When I was researching this article, I came across a couple of article titles that I pulled: “Don’t Try and Control the Uncontrollable”...
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Patricia Faust
Jan 303 min read
Finding Peace in Chaos
There is no shortage of chaos, conflict, and uncertainty in the world today. The daily onslaught of crises from here at home to around...
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Patricia Faust
Dec 21, 20232 min read
In Celebration of Our Christmas Memories
The Christmas holidays are such a treasure trove of memories. The sights, the sounds, and the scents of Christmas have very accessible...
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Patricia Faust
Dec 21, 20232 min read
Stop Time from Flying By! Stay in the Present Moment
And then in a blink it is 2024!! Seriously, it feels like I just wrote the blog for the 2023 New Year. I think the most unsettling...
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