Most people know by now that the brain continues to change throughout life. This ability—known as neuroplasticity—was confirmed in the 1970s, and since then science has revealed just…
Chronic stress can have a significant impact on both your physical and mental health. While it’s not possible to eliminate stress entirely (and you don’t want to). It’s…
That is a paraphrase of a quote attributed to the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Actually, he said it much more eloquently: “That which does not kill us, makes…
A human baby is born with a staggering amount of neurons — somewhere around 100 billion — but they’re not connected yet. Like all mammals, our brains come…
For my first three decades on this Earth, life went pretty much according to plan. As I achieved major milestones, I smugly checked things off the “how-life-should-be” list in…