Lifelong Learning is Important for Mental Health…
A study published in the July 3, 2013 of Neurology showed that seniors who had engaged in reading and other learning activities showed no signs of Alzheimer’s disease, even though an autopsy clearly...
View ArticleGrow Your Brain and Create New Habits Via Consistent Action…
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.” ~Carl Sagan Whenever we engage in a new activity our brain starts to create a new neuroconnection to meet...
View ArticleLiving Healthy Helps to Create a Healthy Brain and Body
“The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons. Although that extraordinary number is of the...
View ArticleIncrease Your Testosterone to Increase the Power of Both Your Body and Brain…
The male hormone testosterone is important in many factors for both men and women. We know that it’s important for helping to increase one’s sex drive in both sexes. It’s also important to help...
View ArticleWant a Stronger Brain? Then Get Quality Sleep!
Sleep is very important for your brain health. In a recent study by the University of Surrey and University College London found that sleep is important for the brain to rest and repair itself....
View ArticleTapping Into Your Subconscious Mind for Creative Ideas and Solutions…
“The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.” ~Earl Nightingale When Napoleon...
View ArticleReprogramming Your Subconscious Mind to Eat Healthier
Dessert seems to have been a part of many of our childhoods, especially in the Western culture. It’s been used as a pacifier and more. Whether it was the fun times at the family dinner table or...
View Article5 Ways to Cultivate Happiness
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ~Dalai Lama I had a conversation with a friend recently and she seems to be stuck in a depressed mode for some time now. She...
View Article5 Keys to Developing a Lightning Fast Mind…
Lately I’ve been kinda sluggish in my mindset and I harken back to a time when it was at it’s highest peak. Those days it was out of necessity for survival purposes. I guess living in more...
View ArticleThe Power of Synergy in Self-Development
syn·er·gy n. pl. syn·er·gies 1. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. 2. Cooperative interaction among...
View ArticleIf You Want to Grow, Then Learn Something New Each Day
I read recently that those who stopped learning actually started to have mental decline. We’ve known for years that learning new things help our brains to grow. And now it’s more important than ever...
View ArticleMake This Year One of Learning and Growing…
As children, we are natural learners. As adults, it seems we’ve stopped for the most part. Yes, there was college in the early years and maybe some stuff you had to do for your job and career. I...
View ArticleUsing the Power of Imagery and Visualization to Help Create a Better You
“I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.” ~Allyson Felix Before I do some of my intense workouts, I will sometimes use the power of my...
View ArticleReaction Time, Brain Processing and Perception
I remember watching an episode of Mythbusters some years ago in which a so-called Ninja was able to catch an arrow out of the air. He was very focused and obviously trained to react to the speed of...
View ArticleMemories and Emotions: How They Can Help or Hinder You in Life
I was in my yard sitting and playing and didn’t notice the ants that had started to crawl all over me. The day was sunny and I lived in Tujunga, CA at the time. Soon, my whole body was covered with...
View ArticleTame Your Fear and Make a Drive Towards Your Dreams!
“If you want to develop courage, do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it until you get a record of successful experience behind you. That is the quickest and surest way ever yet to discovered...
View ArticleFind Your Internal Fitness Motivational Song
Music has been used to help motivate mankind for many millennia. Even today, we will see in some tribal cultures the use of music when preparing for battle. For many men, the use of thundering music...
View ArticleDiets That Are High in Animal Protein May Help Older Men, But Not Women
In a new study (Imai, et. al,, 2014) led by Japanese researcher, Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi, has shown that higher amounts of animal protein may just help elder men function much better in both mental and...
View Article5 Ways Being More Mindful Can Help You in Everyday Life
This is the year of mindful living. More and more people are engaging in mindful practices, such as yoga. Mindfulness has been a part of Buddhist teachings for 2500 years (Siegel, Germer &...
View ArticleLosing Sleep Can Result in Permanent Brain Damage
For years people have known that a lack of sleep leads to problems in cognition. This past week I’ve been pretty much out of it due to a lack of sleep working on projects. I can remember back in my...
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