Responses to daily exercises from Dr. Daniel Amen’s book “Change Your Brain Everyday” about maximizing brain healthy habits
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog The brains gray matter is like a computers processing chips and the white matter is essentially the circuitry that connects the different chips. Men and women have different areas of concentrated gray and white matter. Exercise: Do not let your kids, boys or girls, hit soccer balls […]
Day 161: Gray Matter vs. White Matter Read More »
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog We rarely think about brain health like we do other types of diseases and ailments because we can’t peer into our skulls and see our brains. The first time Doug saw his brain he fell in love with it. Like a sickly dog at the shelter it
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Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Female brains are more active than men’s in 70 of the 80 areas brain areas observed. Women tend to have greater self control and an appropriate amount of worry. The high amount of activity also can lead to eating disorders, trouble quieting the mind, sleeping issues, and
Day 160: Strengths and Vulnerabilities of the Female Brain Read More »
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog The author tells a short story about when he was 37 years old and scanned his mothers brain. She was 60 years old and her brain scan was much healthier than his. Her brain looked young for her age and his old for his age. He attributes
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Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Male and females brains show different areas of high activity. Women have more active brains than men. Specifically women show greater activity is parts of the brain that regulate focus, impulse control, emotions, empathy, intuition, and collaboration. Men tend to show more activity in the visual cortex.
Day 159: Male and Female Brains are Wildly Different Read More »
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog The brain is probably the most complex structure known to man. It has the capacity to hold over 2 billion copies of The Wall Street Journal, is only 2% of bodyweight but uses 20% of the bodies energy, and requires 20% our oxygen intake to function properly/
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Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog 10 Things Parents Should Never Do Exercise: Which of these behaviours do you use when dealing with your children? Make a plan to stop these harmful behaviors by switching to a behavior from day 157 I’m not a parent. Of all of them I hope I do
Day 158: 10 Things Parents Should Never Do Read More »
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Free will is dependent on brain health. The better your brain health, the more agency you have over your decisions. Conversely the more brain issues you have the less agency you have over your decisions. Exercise: Think of three or four peoplein your life whom you judge
Day 3: When Your Brain Works Right, You Work Right Read More »
Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog 8 Brain based parenting techniques Exercise: Which of these tips can you put into practice today? I am not a parent but many of these rules can still be applicable in other relationships. There are so many good ones that it is hard to choose just one.
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Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog More people are struggling than are “normal.” By definition if you are dealing with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, declining memory, or trouble focusing you are in the “normal” bunch. More than half the population will deal with these issues in their lifetimes. Because there
Day 2: If You Are Struggling, Welcome to Normal Read More »