My mother died last week. She was 91 and lived her life on her terms until the end. She certainly gave us a gift. In the midst of...

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It seems that there is always a looming catastrophe on the horizon as the huge group of boomers move toward their senior years. With...

Just when you think we have seen the worst of the worst during the pandemic, the alert about scams and frauds against older people is...

There is an overwhelming amount of information related to the process of decision-making and the brain. I will try to simplify the many...

We are flying through the end of summer and charging into the beginning of fall. Usually by now I have written about the benefits of...

The losses we are sustaining during this pandemic are immeasurable. Our lives have changed forever. I remember whining about referring to...

The Brainwork of Resilience Common Resilience Factors Through their two decades of work with trauma survivors, Dr. Steven and Dr. Dennis...

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We are hearing about clinical drug trials to evaluate a possible vaccine for COVID-19. A treatment group is compared to a control group....

I decided we all needed a break from the constant news about COVID-19 so, I wrote something a little lighter. Actually, it is a...

“Change your thoughts and Change your life”. This is a very popular quote and one that I believe in. To those who don’t understand this...

In spite of all the stressful news we get every day, it has been noticed that adoptions of pets have skyrocketed. No doubt, there are...

That’s right, I said GABA – not ABBA! GABA, also known as Gamma-aminobutyric acid, is a neurotransmitter in the brain that inhibits or...

I was sitting here thinking about the past few months and how much our lives have changed. Explaining how the brain works and what you...

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...

There has been a big concern over the effects of social isolation on older adults. The shelter in place mandate has been longstanding...

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

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...

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...