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What is Brain Training?
Brain training is becoming increasingly popular these days, one of the most popular websites in this area is Lumosity.com. Millions of people use this site each day to play games to improve their brain. All of the games on this site are computer based and easily accessible for the entire family. Brain training has been around for decades and was based on doing memory tasks on paper. The renewed popularity today is directly due to being able to use the computer to play these games. The interaction is better and people do tend to be more responsive to visual stimulants. Before we go any further let’s look at the question…
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Is Your Brain Working for You?
Do you feel as though you are losing it? Sometimes you can’t remember what you just said or you just can’t pay attention or focus on something? You start to wonder what is wrong with you. These are signs that your brain may need some stimulation of some kind. It does not mean that you are suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer’s is rearing its ugly head. . Are you challenging your brain? The first thing you want to look at is how often are you challenging your brain. When was the last time you tried to do the crossword puzzle in the newspaper or put together a jigsaw puzzle? It…
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Boost Your Health with Positive Thinking
When most of us think about improving our health, we think about changing our diets, taking vitamin supplements and exercising. But did you know that you can boost your health with positive thinking? I’m not talking about some mysterious power that comes from your mind to influence the outside world, just the simple truth that how you think changes how you act. If you have 100 pounds you want to lose, it’s difficult to look on the bright side. You know it’s going to take awhile and getting started seems like a chore you don’t have the inner resolve for. With the power of positive thinking, you can learn to…
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Easy Breathing Practices
A key component of reducing stress is learning how to relax and clear your mind. Breathing is an important tool to help you along the way. Breathing may seem as simple as breathing in and out; however, this is not entirely the case. For relaxation to be successful, you will need to read up a little, listen to some CDs, and most of all practice a bit of breathing properly. Here are a few easy breathing practices to help you learn to truly relax. Proper Sitting for Proper Breathing First and foremost, make sure that you are comfortable. Sitting upright with a straight spine will help the energy flow and…
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Learning to Relax
Have you ever encountered a friend or family member who tells you to just relax? Don’t you just love that? Telling someone to just relax is like telling someone who is allergic to just stop being allergic. Some of us are more nervous than others and it is just a part of our genetic makeup. However, we certainly do not have to be stuck in that way of being; we can change our focus and perception and truly learn how to relax. For some of us, being relaxed is easy, and for others it is a learned behavior. That is the beauty of relaxing – if you do not know…
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How Does Stress Affect You?
There are ways that stress can affect you – physical, emotional, and behavioral manifestations of stress are all possible. Here are some of the ways that stress can affect you. How does stress affect you? Emotional Stress may affect your emotions. Some of the more common emotional manifestations of stress include: Depression Irritability Anger Mood Swings Anxiety and Worry Feeling Overwhelmed When you are stressed, experts say you tend to react to small things in a big way – in other words, problems seem bigger than they actually are. Each issue you have to deal with, no matter how small, can feel like the straw that broke the camel’s back.…
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How Diet, Exercise, and Confidence Are Connected
Do you struggle with not feeling confident? While therapy and coaching can help, understanding how diet, exercise, and confidence are connected can bring about a real breakthrough in your life. The Connection When you eat well and exercise, it may help boost your self-confidence. Why? Here are some thoughts. Body image While exercising won’t necessarily result in the perfect body, it does tend to give you a sense that you are being proactive about your health; you’re doing the right thing and working toward getting fit. Recognizing this – even if you can’t get rid of those love handles – can help you feel more confident in yourself. Mood Food…
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Habits and Willpower
It’s hard to keep up willpower for any length of time. Yes, we can stick to a low-fat 1,000 calorie diet and go hungry for a week or two, but eventually our willpower fades. And yes, we can do exercise we hate for a while… until we run out of willpower. Understanding the relationship between habits and willpower can help you stick to your resolutions and truly improve your life in the long term. But what about getting up to take the kids to school every morning, brushing our teeth or going to work every day. Those may not be our favorite things to do either, but we do them…
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More Myths About Aging
Have some fun debunking these common myths about aging. Myths And Facts Of Aging Myth: Old People Lose Their Brain Power Fact: Wisdom Comes With Age University of California and Columbia University researchers found that subjects in their 60s and 70s did better on various tests than their 20-somethings counterparts. While the younger group was able to manipulate and process information faster, the older subjects benefited from a long life of education and life experience, and they were more focused, patient. . Myth: Old People Are Cranky Fact: Happiness Grows With Age Levels of life satisfaction often hit bottom in our 40s and then increase as we age to our…
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How to Start Your Day Well
I woke up early this morning, as I usually do. Wanting to get my day off to a good start, I went back and re-read an article that I had posted on 7HelpfulHints.com on How to Start Your Day Well. Here is an excerpt for you to enjoy. Get some ideas for starting your own day off right, then click through to read the rest. Waking up can be hard to do. Maybe you had a rough night, or just didn’t get to bed on time and could have used more sleep. When the morning arrives and you feel like you would rather hibernate than get out of bed, here…
