Active Body, Active Brain – Best Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy
As we age, we start to notice little lapses in concentration, memory, and movement. We worry about dementia, Alzheimer’s or other cognitive disease stealing our memories from us. Older people are most susceptible to symptoms of dementia, depression, and anxiety. The good news is cognitive deficits can be prevented or alleviated by exercising our brains […]
Top Tips to Improve Clarity and Focus
We’ve all done it. We have an important task or phone call to complete but get a notification or text. We intend to quickly check our Facebook or Instagram account and get back to work but an hour later we’ve accomplished nothing but a personality quiz and an online debate about the usefulness of Q-tips. […]
Sleep Learning? Another Good Reason to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
We know about the brain benefits of a good night’s sleep. Sleeping not only recharges us physically but also helps reduce brain fog, improve clarity, and improve memory and recall. Now, science is discovering that it may be possible for us to learn while we sleep. In the past it was believed that we needed […]
Our Five Steps to Gaining Clarity
Our lives are full of distractions. Distractions can cause confusion and doubt and leave us feeling uncertain about which direction to go in. Daily pressure makes it difficult to focus our thinking, but it’s not an impossible task. Imagine a life free of distractions and confusion, being able to concentrate with laser focus. Learning to […]
The Brain Workout You Need Now
We’ve all experienced the occasional lapse in memory. You go into the kitchen but can’t remember what you wanted or forget someone’s name that you’ve known forever. Even though we call them “senior moments” those incidents can happen at any age and, for some people, they happen quite often. As we get older, we tend […]
Causes of Brain Fog: What Causes Brain Fog in Your Head?
Brain fog is something we’ve all experienced at one point or another. Why does my head feel foggy? Occasionally, people may mistake a feeling of pressure in their head if their head feels light. That feeling of being foggy headed, a groggy, listless feeling usually results in: Poor memory and recall Inability to think clearly or […]
How Long Should I Nap? Five Tips to Effective Napping
Taking a nap midday is still common in many Mediterranean and European countries. As children we frequently napped, whether we wanted to or not. As adults in the United States, we’d love to take a midday break, but rarely take the time for this important practice. With busy lives and schedules, super stress, and our […]
Get Grounded…
As the world stays home, we’ve seen some huge changes in our environment. We’ve seen the canals in Italy clear, the skies clean over big cities and we’ve even seen holes in the ozone close. The earth is a remarkable healer. But, have you ever thought about how the earth can be instrumental in helping […]
Spring Clean Your Brain
Spring is a time of renewal and cleansing. We watch new buds form. We spruce up our gardens and flowerbeds. We clean our homes to make things fresh and new. Drawing inspiration from experts like Marie Kondo, spring encourages us to simplify. We find ourselves with excess clutter and have the urge to streamline our […]
Ways to Boost Your Immune System That May Surprise You
As news escalates surrounding the new coronavirus, COVID-19, online searches for ways to bolster the immune system have surged. Are there foods to boost my immune system? Will vitamins help? If my immune system is deficient, how do I fix it? Am I too late? While eating healthy, exercising, and taking supplements for deficiencies, such […]
