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Last night, I put a kettle of water on for a cup of hot green tea before heading off to bed. If you’re familiar with green tea, you know that it’s best to “catch” the water just before it...
For far too long, mental illness has been stigmatized and those stigmas have served as a barrier to innovation. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Rethinking Mental Health” competition offers...
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
I’ve been thinking a great deal about habits lately. The addition of a new, positive habit and the continued battle with a not so positive one...
We talk at lengths about challenging our minds and pushing our limits with brain games. Now it’s time to walk the talk! I’m going to begin posting a lot of brain games and mental puzzles and challenges.
I often overhear my husband talking on the phone to people he does business with. A common theme he points out to people is this: You either set yourself up to succeed or you set yourself up to fail. I have no idea which of his favorite speakers or...
If you love berries, grape juice, and walnuts, you already have an upper hand when it comes to protecting the health of your brain. If you aren’t already wild about them, it’s time to fall in love!
The polyphenols in walnuts and berries help quiet...
NEEDED by B. Lynn Goodwin
“When are you planning on going to the grocery store?” my mother asked after our trip to the hairdresser followed by a late lunch at Emil Villa’s. I’d taken her back to her condo, helped her open her mail, and I thought...
Guest post by Adrienne Carlson.
It’s worse than the fattiest of foods in making you fat, and it’s more lethal than most diseases in sending you to the hospital; in fact, stress is one of the most dangerous enemies of good health. All of us are...
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert...
This is pretty cool… you have to try this. It takes just 2 seconds, but I promise you’ll get a kick out of it.
This particular brain game (or challenge?) It is from an orthopedic surgeon and it’ll boggle your mind.
Right now, while sitting at your...
