Menopause middle and more

Our hormones influence so much of our lives - our mood, behaviour, body and brain. The menopause transition changes everything including moving fat stores around our middle. This change, and many others, mean women need to start caring for themselves and their health...

Hot flushes

Hot flushes, flashes or power surges are very common symptoms during the menopause transition and can be proceeded by an aura, accompanied by sweats, heart palpitations and a feeling of dread and leave you in a wet mess. We now know they a triggered by the brain. The...

Menopause – the brain body mind connection

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Connect

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. The health benefits derived from being emotionally connected to others are phenomenal and improve physical and mental health as well as your brain. Being socially active is a stimulating and rewarding experience...

Pause

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. High chronic stress is another brain burden.  Take time to relax - even if you have a lot to do - as pausing will improve your performance. Your brain works best when not overwhelmed by stress. Pausing allows...

Detoxify

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. Substance misuse is a brain burden. Alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs all reduce brain function and brain health. For example, smoking cigarettes contributes 16% risk to developing dementia, particularly...

Dream

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. A baby sleeps so well, they feel tired and surrender into sleep.  That is what we need to do for optimal body, mind and brain health. Cutting corners on sleep is a no win habit as chronic lack of sleep increases...

Fuel Your Brain

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. Would you put honey in a car engine and expect it to operate? Probably not. Your brain is no different, and like a car operates best with premium quality highly nutritious food - proteins, healthy fats, vitamins...

Build Your Brain

Brain Awareness Week. Invest in your brain. Increase the level of your brain's resilience by building your brain and cognitive capacity.  This involves the process of neuroplasticity  -  the brain is dynamic and changes with stimulating experiences and...

Invest in your greatest asset

2018 Brain awareness week. Your brain is you and everything you do. But did you wake this morning and think what will I do to boost my brain?  Enhance my body and mind,or reach my optimal performance? Probably not. We take our brain for granted. This week invest in...

Menopause transformation

We enter the menopause transition in midlife and this is a perfect time to take stock of our lives and make changes to improve our physical and mental health, as well affirming positive relationships and setting new goals. We become more unique with age so redefine...

Menopause & Memory

Experiencing brain fog during the menopausal transition is a very common complaint. Unfortunately not enough people - including health professionals - really understand what is happening in the brain during menopause. In the simplest terms for a short post: oestrogen...

Managing the menopause transition

Struggling with changes to your brain, mood, and mental equilibrium? I have spent over a year investigating the brain and mind changes associated with menopause and can tell you brain fog is real. The good news - it will pass. My book will be out 2019 but learn...

Nature boost

Feel relaxed when you are outside, looking at trees or walking along the sea? The latest research confirms what you are feeling. That deep sense of relaxation or revitalisation  is due to amazing positive changes within your body and brain.  We are not made to be in...

Seniors Week

As older adults participate in Seniors week events I suggest we all pause and consider how we want to age.  What we do now - how we live, think and behave shapes who we will be tomorrow and beyond.  I trust people learn to speak to themselves with kindness and respect...

Bloom in 2017

The lotus flower is a symbol of ephemeral life, a precious gift.  Make 2017 a year of increased mindfullness, so you embrace the present, the gift of life each day, and live according to what is important to you.  Remember too that it takes more energy to hang on to...

Get brain fit – fuel to maximise brain function

One of the best ways to get brain fit is to choose the best brain fuel.  A diverse highly nutritious diet will give your brain the energy it needs but also the right ingredients it requires to function.  Feeling sluggish?  Poor attention?  Low mood? these may be signs...

Brain science should be made easy

Do not count your pennies and risk losing your marbles - a simple message that everyone can understand. Starts at 60 on A brain for Life  the review starts at 1'26''.  Thank you Karen for such a lovely review  ...

Manage depression to invest in your brain’s health

Major depression is the most predominant mental illness and is the fourth cause of disability worldwide - costing individuals and society a fortune. Major depression is a complex disorder with diverse aetiological mechanisms such as neuro-biological, cognitive,...

Positive Mindstyle

  Our mind-style is just as important as our life-style for building total optimal health for body brain and mind.  How we think wires our brain and impacts upon our body - influencing our morbidity and mortality. There are multiple mechanisms connecting our thinking...