Ever wonder why some seniors retire lonely while others run in retirement with liveliness? Why do some brains favor lonely and bored over lively and boosted? We may think that loneliness is a non-fixable or fatal toxin for seniors who face stepping down from work or careers alone. The opposite… Read more »
How do we seniors thrive emotionally and mentally with immense joy and love in spite of challenges we face as we age? Partly because of serotonin we really are fearfully and wonderfully made! How so? Let’s say we just walked into a setting where we encounter a cranky person on… Read more »
Sadly, we seniors can default into dangerous depression faster than the Roadrunner flew over the edge of a cliff when chased by a coyote around a sharp turn. Whenever we ruminate without any effort to resolve problems that bother us for example, we risk triggering a toxic chemical, called cortisol…. Read more »
“Society often writes off the abilities of the elderly – assuming both body and mind are deteriorating,” according to best selling author, Richard Osman. If we agree with Osman, we’ll also likely agree that the consequences of misjudging and underestimating this population also means we build and support ill fitting… Read more »
Healthy choices are to the amygdala, what healthy food is to the stomach! We ignore our amygdala to our mental and emotional peril. As our brain’s vital processing center for emotions, the amygdala connects our emotions to other key brain abilities, that regulate memories, learning and our senses. An untamed… Read more »
Are we cultivating plastic or petrified senior brains? Plasticity is the brain’s ability to change itself. It’s what keeps us mentally and emotionally healthy by growing, changing, creating and adventuring in ways that we enjoy most. It’s the growth mindset approach to sustaining younger, more agile brains well into our… Read more »
Risk taking need not require seniors to waltz into a bear cave in spring with a steak strapped to our foot. But why do so many seniors lament not taking more risks to enjoy fresh and fun adventures? And that begs the question, what do adventurous seniors have that bored… Read more »
Intelligence is not what most seniors were told – a fixed IQ number. Nor is our IQ defined by any percentage score on a paper-pencil test. So what is an intelligent senior? Let’s begin with interesting newly discovered capabilities in our brains at any age. Are you aware that we… Read more »
Have you slammed onto ruts or slipped into any boring routines lately? Have you insisted on one way only to see memory loss as we age? If so do get ready for a fun new adventure that involves our magnificent working memory at any age! If memory feels more like… Read more »
If we seniors aren’t willing to be a bumbling beginner we’ll never likely become a magnificent master.” Treated as stepping stones, our mistakes become the hallmark of mental growth. Our basal ganglia (one of our brain’s memory systems) opens wonderful windows into past memories, mistakes and events on one hand,… Read more »
