As they say - you are what you eat! The foods we eat or don’t eat impact our brain, mental health and mood. That is a lot to comprehend....

Well you know the boomers have arrived into their later years! I have seen quite a few commercials for brain health vitamins and...

Feeling gratitude is a core piece of a brain healthy life. There is much written about it, and many suggestions of how to do it properly....

Thanksgiving is next week. Those of us in the US set aside a day to express gratitude for all that life brings us. How can you find that...

Love Thanksgiving? So Does Your Brain! Thus is Thanksgiving week in the United States. Gratitude is then an obvious topic to reflect on. ...

It seems absurd to think that our brains are on duty twenty-four hours a day. Even though this might be an exaggeration, our brain gets...

It is not the strongest of the species that survived, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to...

Our brain is all about protecting us and helping us survive. This is the hardwiring that we have received from our prehistoric ancestors....

BOO!! Did I scare you? Not likely but I am sure that you have experienced some bone chilling fear at some point in your life. Your brain...

Burnout: a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel...

Our brain is constantly assessing our environment. When our brain senses threat it automatically starts a cascade of brain functions...

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...

Finally – RETIREMENT! The chance to kick back, relax and get out of the rat race. It is a goal we all share, especially on very stressful...

How You Make Memories There isn’t much thought given to memory when you are younger. It just seems to happen. If you are in school, you...

Memory is our life story, our solace, our joy. The thought of losing memory is also our biggest fear. There is a normal pattern of...

Have you ever had the experience of everything around you seem to fall apart? It could be deadlines looming, holidays happening, or end...

Do you feel that the stress response is just hard-wired in your brain? Most times I feel that way because my reactions to stressful...

Our Brain Has Its Own Cleaning System If you have been following my blogs for any length of time, you know that I am the brain’s biggest...

Recently, the standards for car emissions were relaxed which would then threaten air pollution standards. Thankfully, the automobile...

Essential oils play a large part in my life. I find that I am partial to different scents at different times. The seasons play a role in...