Right Brain vs. Left Brain Thinkers – Grow Your Strengths

Brain imaging confirms that we use different parts of our brain to remember verbal and visual-spatial information. The right-hemisphere is activated when we engage in visual-spatial tasks while the left-hemisphere processes verbal memory tasks. Right brain thinkers...

Drink Your Milk, Do Your Pilates

Even the US Army is revising their physical training program to incorporate more core strength building exercises like pilates and encouraging their soldiers to drink milk instead of soda. A recent report published in the New York Times indicates the Army is taking...

All About Berries

Since berries are all the buzz, I pulled out the blender tonight to try and create a fabulous smoothie that would appeal to the family but also destroy all those anti-memory toxins building up in my middle age brain. The recipe was a hit: 1/2 cup yogurt 3/4 cup milk...

Connecting With Mom and Dad

As a busy working mom of seven, I don’t often get to drop my multitasking life and concentrate on just one thing  – but in July of this year I was given such a gift. My father asked me to come home to be with them as my mom underwent major surgery. My flight...