- Fitness Tips -
Exercising Your Memory
By Experience Life StaffCan a single workout help our memory?
Brain/Mental Health
- Coming Clean -
COMING CLEAN: In the Rearview Mirror
By Courtney Lewis OpdahlOur managing editor reflects on the 20 lessons she’s learned 20 years after a car accident.
- General Health -
Why Noise Is Bad for Our Health
By Craig CoxNoise can elevate our stress hormones — even at levels that do not produce hearing damage — according to a recent study.
- Stress Relief -
How Movement Therapy Can Heal Traumatic Stress
By Maggie Fazeli FardTraumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.
- Brain/Mental Health -
Greener Childhood, Happier Adulthood
By Heidi WachterAccess to green space during childhood may lower the incidence of mental-health issues later on, according to a recent study.
- Brain/Mental Health -
What You Need to Know About Addiction and the Brain
By Alexandra Smith, LPCCAddiction is common — and it’s complicated.
- Mindfulness -
Creating Calm: Tamara Levitt
By Heidi WachterApp content producer Tamara Levitt is helping millions of people learn to find balance and presence amid life’s chaos.
- Brain/Mental Health -
How to Deal With Traumatic Memories
By Jon SpaydeHere is one expert’s four-step process for coping with trauma.
- Aging -
Healthy Heart = Healthy Brain for Seniors?
By Craig CoxTending to your cardiovascular health may ward off dementia in seniors, a recent study says.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: A Good Death?
By Craig CoxNew research suggests that killing off neurons in our aging brains might prevent, rather than invite, Alzheimer’s. Personal experience suggests it may be more complicated than that.
- Gut Health -
How Childhood Adversity Creates Toxic Stress
By Heidi WachterPioneering pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is transforming how public-health advocates respond to the toxic stress created by childhood adversity. Here, she shares her prescription for healing.
- Brain/Mental Health -
6 Tips to Beat the Winter Blues
By Jill Metzler PattonSeasonal affective disorder can make a stressful time of year even harder. Here’s how to offset the symptoms of SAD.
- Aging -
Exercise Now, Avoid Depression Later
By Kaelyn RileyWhy midlife fitness may reduce the risks of depression later in life.
- Happiness -
The Upside of Anger
By Alexandra Smith, LPCCSometime, a burst of anger can be productive and have health benefits.
- General Health -
The Living Experiment: Forgiveness
By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas HartwigHow releasing past hurts can be helpful.
- video -
Behind the Scenes With Jon Kabat-Zinn (Video)
By Experience Life StaffGo behind the scenes with mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn to learn more about the effects of mindfulness on your health.
- General Health -
13 Ways to Protect Yourself from Electromagnetic Radiation
By Pamela WeintraubMany of our digital devices — including cell phones — emit electromagnetic radiation, which may be harmful to our health. Here are tips on reducing your exposure risks.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: A Numbers Game
By Craig CoxAmid news of a potential breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research, experts bemoan the daunting task of finding enough qualified patients to continue the search for a cure.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: A Sweet Solution
By Craig CoxMemory issues are common here in Geezerville, but I’m not sure loading up on sugar is the answer.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Strength in Numbers
By Craig CoxA new study suggests that life in an empty nest may be bad for the brain.
- Family/Friends -
The Good News About Bad Behavior
By Jill Metzler PattonKatherine Reynolds Lewis talks about her new book and why we need a new approach to parenting and discipline.