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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...

Patricia Faust
Oct 2, 20245 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...

Patricia Faust
Sep 4, 20243 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...

Patricia Faust
Sep 4, 20244 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...

Patricia Faust
Aug 5, 20244 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...

Patricia Faust
Aug 5, 20244 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...

Patricia Faust
Jul 1, 20244 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...

Patricia Faust
Jul 1, 20245 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. ...

Patricia Faust
Apr 29, 20242 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,...

Patricia Faust
Apr 29, 20243 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,...

Patricia Faust
Feb 29, 20244 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...

Patricia Faust
Feb 29, 20245 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”...

Patricia Faust
Jan 30, 20246 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...

Patricia Faust
Jan 30, 20243 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...

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...

Patricia Faust
Dec 21, 20232 min read


Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks To my readers around the world, I want to talk about a holiday celebrated in the United States, Thanksgiving. The event...

Patricia Faust
Nov 22, 20233 min read


Empathy - The Feelings of Others Does Matter
Empathy – the Feelings of Others Does Matter Creating an ageless brain involves lifestyle habits created to support healthy aging. No...

Patricia Faust
Nov 22, 20233 min read


Things that Go Bump in the Night
The weather is changing, and the winds are howling. Every shadow from the moonlight looks like a monster and your brain goes into...

Patricia Faust
Oct 31, 20234 min read


Moving from Fear to Resilience
We have moved from one crisis to another over these past number of years. The problems have been big and the consequences are even...

Patricia Faust
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Ageism and the Plight of Older Adults
The terms ageism and age discrimination are common knowledge. They have been such an underlying part of our culture, that the negative...

Patricia Faust
Oct 2, 20234 min read
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