I have this issue myself, and more as I’ve gotten older … racing thoughts about work deadlines, overdue blah blah blah, a family member’s recent health issue, etc. And OMG if I forget literally anything, my brain instantly thinks “so if you forgot that, what else did you forget,...

The Bad News They say that, for your health, “sitting is the new smoking”. If that’s true, we’re hit with some bad news right up front. Although you can quit smoking, you still have to show up at work, and some people are practically chained to their desks for...

Let’s just start with what we know. People love love love their coffee — Americans drink an average of 400 Million cups per day.  But why is that?  Explanations range from the fact that people are going for the caffeine jolt, to the possibility that we’re all addicted to...

The picture is upside down. Crazy right? And now you have to look at it again. And some of you are turning heads or (smarter) your laptops upside down just to see what it looks like “right side up”, LOL. The thing is, every time we look at anything...

You’ll Need 4 medium orange sweet potatoes (or yams), peeled, and cut into 2-inch chunks 4 Tablespoons butter 4 Tablespoons milk (or a bit more depending on consistency you are going for) 3 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons brown sugar (or less) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Salt Directions...

The connection between your immune system and laughter is not humerus (that’s your arm bone), it’s humorous (that’s funny). But — just to be anatomically correct — a humorous humerus is simply your funny bone. Aaaaand moving on. You know that laughter and good humor create the neurochemical daiquiri...

In my former life as a neuroscientist, I would stimulate specific areas of the brain to map the behaviors stored within its neuronal networks. Others have more extensively explored regions that control all aspects of behavior: movement, speech (speaking it, and understanding it), feelings, memories, even religious spirituality (link:...

Funnily enough, scientists study laughter now. A lot. And one of the key findings is that laughter has a buffering effect on mental and emotional struggles like Burnout and even PTSD! In other words, laughter helps you to distance yourself emotionally from the stressful event(s) that just happened. When...

Growing up in small town, Alabama, the Readers Digest used to be standard literature for one specific room in our house, when you had just a couple minutes on your hands. During these times, you could find classic articles under “Quotable Quotes”, “Life in These United States”, but my...

Collards are a super food, and are a great source of vitamins A, and C, calcium and cholesterol. This recipe is easy to make and is super flavorful! You’ll Need   1 pound collard greens 2 cups vegetable stock ½ teaspoon dried basil 2 teaspoons olive oil ¾ cup onion,...

Being more creative may not come down to what you do, or some top 10 punch-list of things you got on Chat-GPT that gets you to be more creative. According to this research, it may be more about getting out of your own way not adding things, but letting...