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Can't Shake the Blues? Let's Find Some Joy
I have to admit, the past year and a half has been challenging. And even though we are in the process of experiencing social events,...

Patricia Faust
Jul 1, 20214 min read
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The Biggest Financial Risk for Boomers - Cognitive Decline
A few years ago, I wrote about the dilemma of money and dementia. The boomers had not moved into the older years of old age just yet....

Patricia Faust
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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Real Memory, Fake Memory – the Pandemic Has Changed Even Our Memories
pxfuel.com The stress and emotional turmoil we have experienced over the past year have exacerbated our tendency to remember things that...

Patricia Faust
Jun 10, 20216 min read
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Science Alert! Science Alert! The Science of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Brain
theconversation.com Since this is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Week, I thought I would go back to the basics of how Alzheimer’s alters...

Patricia Faust
Jun 10, 20215 min read
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Taking a Negative Brain to a Positive Brain
Have ever considered that you need to work at making your brain see the positive side of life? After all of the fear and angst that we...

Patricia Faust
May 27, 20216 min read
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Where Are We in the Chaos of Change
We have jumped – or been pushed – into the huge chaos of change. There is no established normal currently. Everyone has to adjust or...

Patricia Faust
May 27, 20214 min read
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Forever Changed
We are approaching the midway point of 2021! If you made any goals at the beginning of the year – have you made any progress on them?...

Patricia Faust
May 13, 20214 min read
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This Is Our Moment to Transform Our Brains
Just as we were beginning to experience quarantine fatigue (an indifference and lack of fear) over the coronavirus, we in the United...

Patricia Faust
May 13, 20212 min read
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Follow Your Dream - Even This Year
The start of this year has been nothing like new beginnings every other year. And because all norms have been shattered, we may not have...

Patricia Faust
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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Time to Develop Emotional Fitness
Quite a few years ago I was working as a clinical laboratory technologist. Even though the lab would probably look primitive now compared...

Patricia Faust
Apr 29, 20212 min read
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Breaking the COVID Anxiety Cycle
It goes without saying that COVID-19 put us in a precarious situation unlike anything we had ever experienced. It has turned out to be a...

Patricia Faust
Apr 15, 20213 min read
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Do You Believe in Yourself?
How does your normal day go? Do you get into the groove and move along and get everything done – stress free? What do you think about as...

Patricia Faust
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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When the Teacher Becomes the Student
Over this past year, I have been teaching and coaching about being resilient in the time of COVID. Writing, speaking, and coaching about...

Patricia Faust
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Empathy - Closing the Gap Between Us and Them
Like resilience, empathy is a skill that can be honed and refined. In this time of social unrest, political upheaval, climate change, and...

Patricia Faust
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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And in the End, The Brain Takes a Hit From COVID
Throughout the entire last year, the effects of COVID 19 became abundantly clear. It was a respiratory virus that was highly contagious...

Patricia Faust
Mar 18, 20214 min read
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The Value of Patience and Perseverance
Many years ago, I received a gift of Rune cards. What are Runes? Wikipedia (everything is in Wikipedia it seems!) states that Runes are...

Patricia Faust
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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The Complex Emotions of Anger and the Brain
The past year living through all of the turmoil of Coronavirus, our brains have experienced all kinds of emotions. I have talked about...

Patricia Faust
Mar 4, 20215 min read
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Commitment to an Ageless Brain
When we throw ourselves into a project and know every detail about it, do we expect others to be just as excited over the outcomes? In my...

Patricia Faust
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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New Year / Fresh Start Social Connections
This is the last domain of the Virtual Brain Wellness model. These overarching domains have encompassed brain wellness in a doable...

Patricia Faust
Feb 18, 20213 min read
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Wisdom or Emotional Response? Wisdom Wins!
If you have been following my articles, you know that I am working on the way the brain functions. Behavior is pretty cut and dry, until...

Patricia Faust
Feb 18, 20212 min read
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