One of the best and easiest brain exercises is reading. This year, I challenged myself to read more and happily surpassed my goal! To encourage and boost your brain and reading now and into the future, I’ve compiled my favorite books of 2025. Over the past few years, I’ve shared my book lists on my … Read more
We don’t always recognize when using them and have personal preferences. But purposefully applying these more often makes life easier and helps us remember more. Let’s discuss our favorite memory techniques. Since infanthood, we’ve used memory techniques like association to make sense and learn about the world around us. In fact, we use association so … Read more
March has arrived! Winter is (mostly) past and as Spring beckons us to be more active, let’s keep our brains active too. Let’s march into mental fitness in fun new ways just like we do with our physical exercise. Spring blooms slowly in the Midwest, often with winter and spring weather on the same day! … Read more
Historically, new year’s resolutions fade by the second week of January. And here we are, so how are you doing? Life is a journey filled with choices, so let’s resolve to stay focused. If there have been slip ups, less than perfect days or choices, don’t be dismayed, choose differently next time. Just because a … Read more
It’s often the small, yet monumental moments in life we overlook. A nagging desire after my mom died of wanting to honor her and help others has become my life’s work for the past 14 years. Another thought years later has led me to again share the Brain Boost! A rare vascular disease with one … Read more
It’s almost Spring, how are your New Year’s goals or habits? If you’re tempted to give up because progress has blown off course like a springtime wind, don’t! We can spring into better habits with two simple steps and achieve our goals. Many goals/resolutions/intentions fail to fly because we either make our goals too nonspecific … Read more