Do you suffer from some sort of addiction? Read this article and take the quiz to help you identify your addiction and the steps needed to help overcome it. Step #1: KNOW YOUR MOTIVATION To Drive Your Desire to Change For most people, it takes something drastic to inspire change. Jenna, thirty-six, was no different….
Read about the consequences of trauma to your brain, what research has to say about brain health in relation longevity, and steps to increase your conscientiousness. Then What? Optimizing Your Prefrontal Cortex to Fuel Conscientiousness and Make Better, Healthier Decisions “I don’t tell lies, because I can look into the future and see that it…
The more you understand about your brain the healthier you can become, and the more you can help others to be their healthiest as well. This article discusses the importance of understanding the female brain and the necessity of keeping it healthy. “I have an idea that the phrase “the weaker sex” was coined by…
Becoming a lifelong learner benefits your entire life, so Dr. Amen suggests picking up your reading speed in this excerpt from his New York Times best-selling book “Use Your Brain to Change Your Age.” Since reading can help work out your brain, let’s enhance it with speed reading. Jim is an expert on teaching people…
The dairy industry wants to spike your children’s milk with aspartame and other chemical sweeteners and keep it a secret from parents. In a truly mind-boggling petition now before the FDA, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) contend that adding aspartame, sucralose and other chemical sweeteners to flavored milk…
Read about Dr. Amen’s 8 steps to help improve your social skills, and surround yourself with people who will lift you up instead of bring you down. Professor Howard Markman, Ph.D, director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver can predict with 90% accuracy who will get divorced and…
Cravings never go away. You just have to learn to outsmart them. Trevor, thirty-nine, was doing really well in a twenty-eight-day treatment program for cocaine addiction. By the time he reached graduation day, he thought he had kicked the habit and would never again be a slave to the drug. But then he went home,…
What are your goals? What does success mean to you? How do you feel about what you have done so far? Use this article to help you answer these questions and motivate yourself to keep going, even when times are tough! Use Your Brain to Define Your Dreams and Make Them a Reality “If you…
Interview with Dr. Amen shares what keeps him motivated, and other tips to maintaining your motivation. Let’s face it, choosing between a donut and a diet is a matter of motivation. Want to live healthy, feel better and enjoy life, or satisfy a short-term desire to chomp on foods that are a waste and end…
Dr. Amen discusses how the Prefrontal Cortex affects us, and suggests tips on how you can take charge and be more in control. Strengthen Your Brain’s Internal Controls “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” – Tony Blair On a recent trip to Maui, I watched…