Category: For Your Mind
Articles for your Mind
Do You Have to Be Mentally Sharp to Be a Happy Older Adult?
Think about this for a moment or two. Do you believe that mental sharpness directly relates to being happy as you age? […]
Silence is More Golden Than We Think
We all know the saying, silence is golden, a belief expressed throughout history. It’s also the title of a 1964 mega-hit recording […]
Let’s Talk About Preventing Alzheimer’s!
We all have sad stories about Alzheimer’s, a disease like none other. I watched my beloved grandmother’s mind evaporate into the ethers […]
Sleep Suggestions, Part II
Continuing our discussion from last time on good ideas for getting our much needed shut-eye, here are more sleep suggestions for you […]
Good Sleep Suggestions Part I
We’ve learned how important sleep is to our whole body and mind. So how can women over 55 get the healing slow […]
Sleep and Women: At Midlife and Beyond
The National Sleep Foundation Senior Health website recommends for adults ages 65 and older, 7-8 hours of sleep per night for better […]
Let Me Sleep on That
“Taken together, the results of studies looking at the role of sleep in hormonal, immunological and memory functions suggest that if you […]
It’s Never Too Late to Help Our Aging Brain!
Did you know, when we take our first breath, there exists no difference in the length of our telomeres between those newborns […]
Tapping Into a Better Brain
A number of years ago, before I went back to school to study gerontology, I began noticing articles in a variety of […]