Get Mindless
Several times throughout each day, empty your mind and switch off your thinking. How? Didn’t Descartes say, “I think, therefore I am”? He did. But he wasn’t entirely correct. We [...]
Mind Your Language
Every year during the last two weeks in April I avidly attend the German Film Festival which takes place in most capital cities throughout Australia. Several years ago, I lived in Germany for [...]
Focus on What You Want, not on What You don’t Want
Our focus acts as both a magnifying glass and a magnet. In other words, whatever we put our attention on, expands in our life. Whatever we talk about, we see more of. Whatever we think about, we [...]
Focus on One Thing at a Time
Although we are capable of multi-tasking, we are not capable of multi-focusing: neither the male nor the female brain can focus on more than one thing at a time. If we’re doing three things at [...]
Get an Attitude
Our attitude to ageing has a measurable effect on our longevity and brain performance. In a 2002 research paper, scientist Becca Levy recorded that people with more positive perceptions of [...]
Onset of dementia – 4BC Afternoons with Moyd and Loretta
Medical doctor and Author of ‘In Search of My Father’, Dr Helena Popovic talks to Moyd and Loretta from 4BC Afternoons about Dementia and some tips on how to slow down the onset. Listen now.
Get Excited!
Get enthusiastic. Do things you love. Do things you’re passionate about. Being excited and enthusiastic enhances our mental capacity enormously. Excitement is synonymous with motivation. When [...]
It’s Never Too Early to Start Boosting Your Brain
Last Saturday (7th January 2012), there was an article on dementia in both the Weekend Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald. Both were a response to a study on brain functioning recently [...]
