Adding Inches to Your Brain
Aging Adds Inches to Your Brain 1) The Counterintuitive Truth: Brains Shrink… Except for Some Layers Most of us know the aging brain tends to lose volume—gray matter shrinks in the frontal lobes and hippocampus, and cortical thinning is common Facebook+3tolerance.ca+3uk.news.yahoo.com+3UC Davis Health+15Mailman School of Public Health+15National Institute on Aging+15. But a new 2025 […]
Cycling for Brain Health
How Cycling in Midlife Powers Your Brain for Life When my friend Elena—balancing family, work, and home life—struggled to remember her own grocery list once more, she jokingly blamed her “senior brain.” But then she rediscovered cycling: a few minutes on a bike trainer beside her laundry, and suddenly she was sharper, more […]
Dysregulaed Nervous System
Navigating a Dysregulated Nervous System A Story We Can All Relate To Last week, a client of mine described her day like this: “I woke up exhausted even though I’d been in bed for eight hours. By 9 a.m., I was already snapping at my kids over spilled cereal. My chest felt tight […]
Pickleball and Brain Health
The Unexpected Brain Boost of Pickleball Why Pickleball Deserves Your Attention Pickleball—a fun hybrid of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton—has surged in popularity, captivating over 4.8 million U.S. players, nearly doubling in just five years Pacific Neuroscience Institute+10Mindbodygreen+10Facebook+10. It’s accessible, social, and low-impact, but what’s exciting is the cognitive workout it delivers. The Neuro Angle: How […]
Social Anxiety and Learning
When Social Fear Silences the Classroom- How Anxiety Disrupts Learning and How to Restore Confidence A quiet student in the back of the room, avoiding eye contact. A middle schooler who knows the answer but breaks into a sweat when called on. A high schooler whose heart races before every presentation, dreading that moment […]
Personality Disorders and LENS
Maybe You’re Not Broken- How Personality Disorders and Our Brains are Being Redefined We love our labels: toxic, narcissist, borderline. They show up everywhere—on TikTok rants, in late-night conversations, even in how we judge ourselves. But what if these labels are not only outdated, they’re wrong? According to the World Health Organization’s ICD11 model, personality […]
7 Brain Based Ideas for Increased Productivity
7 Brain-Aligned Tactics to Maximize Your Productivity with Ease What if “doing more” wasn’t about grinding harder, but collaborating better with your brain’s natural wiring? Here’s how to optimize your work—while respecting how your mind works best. All inspired by neuroscience, performance psychology, and savvy coaching. Fast Company+9Fast Company+9QOSHE+9 Sync with Your Ultradian Rhythm […]
Optimists Brainwaves
How Optimists Literally Sync When Thinking About Tomorrow — And How LENS Can Help Your Brain Join In We’ve all heard the phrase “being on the same wavelength,” but what if that was more than just a figure of speech? Imagine two friends chatting about next summer’s plans. One pictures sunny beaches, laughter, and […]
Human Brains and AI
Why Human Brains Will Always Outthink AI (And It’s Not Even Close) Every day, we’re told how “smart” artificial intelligence has become. It can write essays, compose music, and even pass medical exams. But here’s the thing—AI doesn’t actually think. It doesn’t feel, wonder, or imagine. It doesn’t wake up at 3 a.m. questioning its […]
Brain Flexibility in Learning
Your Brain Runs on Two “Plasticity” Channels —One for Staying Stable, One for Learning For decades, neuroscientists thought the brain adjusted its connections for learning and for background “idle” activity using the same synaptic machinery. A new mouse study from the University of Pittsburgh, published June 17, 2025 in Science Advances, shows that’s not true: […]