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#81: What to expect during peri-menopause
Most women say that they “lack the knowledge” or feel “unprepared” for peri-menopause - the transition into menopause, which is when a woman’s periods stop and she comes to the end of her reproductive life. Although...
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#80: 10 Brain-Healthy Foods You Should be Eating in Midlife
What you choose to eat in midlife creates either an environment that nourishes your brain and nurtures your mental health or an environment that damages your brain and creates mental health problems. Today, I am going...
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#79: How to deal with a 'midlife crisis'
Midlife can be a tumultuous time for many women. The words ‘midlife crisis’ can put a negative spin on this period. But it doesn’t have to be all bad. It can be an opportunity to reevaluate your life. It’s the chance...
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#78: Why your teen won’t talk to you
Your teen’s stopped talking to you. They shut themselves away in their room for hours at a time. Any response you do get is an angry one-word answer along with some annoyed eye-rolling. Take a deep breath. Pulling...
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#77: How trauma gets ‘stored’ in the body
When we go through trauma, our brains don’t function like they normally do. We shift into survival mode. Our brains direct all our mental and physical energy toward dealing with the immediate threat until it’s...
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#76: Why teenagers think they know everything
As a parent of a teen, I am sure you do everything you can to help your teenager make good decisions, provide them with guidance, reflect on how that situation made you feel as a teenager. You think you have set your...
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#75: Preventing Brain Problems with Dr. Sarah Davies
Most people don’t give their brain health the attention it needs — until it’s too late. Currently, if you live to 85, you have a 50/50 chance of developing dementia. That’s the flip of a coin! So how can you start...
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#74: Your chances of mental decline in midlife
By the time we reach midlife, we all have some of the brain disease that causes dementia, but only some of us will go on to experience the symptoms of cognitive decline later in life. Why is that? The truth is...
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#73: 10 New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep
A new year often signifies a fresh start for many people - setting health and wellness resolutions. But, more often than not, these goals are unsustainable, leading most people to break their resolutions within a few...
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#72: 5 habits of a healthy brain
Maintaining a healthy brain during your life is your most important goal for your health now and longevity going forward. If you don’t look after your brain now, you put yourself at higher risk for developing brain...
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#71: How menopause changes a woman’s brain
From hot flushes to low mood to insomnia to forgetfulness, many of the foreign feelings that women experiences during menopause are caused by changes happening inside the brain. Today, I breakdown the different brain...
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#70: 7 secrets of the teenage brain
The transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood is not an easy journey for teenagers or parents. Learning how the teenage brain operates can really help parents to understand a teenager’s mood and...
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