Playing Offense

Playing Offense

Proactive and Reactive #1 Since it’s March Madness basketball time and the opening weeks of Major League Baseball, I’m thinking about sports. Offense and defense are both crucial to winning. And in your own life, these postures are essential as well. If...
Boost Your Neuroplasticity

Boost Your Neuroplasticity

Try Something New #3 You have probably heard the words neuro and plasticity more in the past 5 years than ever before. Besides research into neurological diseases and cures, loads of work is being done on the potential, capacity, and health of the brain. Dr. Michael...
Nurture Your Brain

Nurture Your Brain

Try Something New #2 Did you know that your brain changes in form and function throughout your life? This is the premise of brain plasticity or neuroplasticity. Consider specific actions in these three areas to nurture your brain’s health: New ConnectionsWhen you...
Shock Your System

Shock Your System

Try Something New #1If your life has begun to feel like the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day or the Andy Samberg movie Palm Springs, it’s time to shock your system. In these movies, the main characters are stuck in a time-loop in which every day is...
The Upward Spiral of Resilience

The Upward Spiral of Resilience

Resilient Life #7 Exercising your capacity for resilience does not exempt you from problems. Neither does it mean that you must be perfect. As Anna Quindlen says, “What is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of...