Health
Menopause and the Brain: What’s Really Going on Up There?
Think you’re losing your mind? Think again! Women’s health expert Cara Bradley explains what mindfulness can do to help “menopause brain.”
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Aging
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Focus
How to Keep Your Brain Fit as You Get Older
A new book outlines many ways to keep our cognitive skills strong and reduce the risk of dementia as we age.
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Compassion
Why Relationships Are the Key to Longevity
Fostering and maintaining close friendships can help keep your brain healthier as you age.
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Calm
How Meditation Protects the Aging Brain from Decline
A string of recent research suggests regular meditation practice may boost mental flexibility and focus, offering powerful protection against cognitive decline.
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Uncategorized
Mindfulness: The Antidote to Anti-Aging
Denial—even resistance—to getting older is a natural impulse. But what if we embraced our impermanence?
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Calm
Meditators Have Younger Brains
When researchers at UCLA compared the brains of meditators to non-meditators they found that meditator’s brains were almost a decade younger by the time people reach their mid 50s.
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Calm
5 Ways to Increase Resilience, Wisdom, and Well-Being
Extending ourselves beyond what is familiar by relating to people who are older than us can offer meaningful life lessons and character strengths.
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Compassion
A Deeper Kind of Love
So many of us will find ourselves caring for a loved one as they brave the journey through old age, decline, and death. Caregiving is demanding—at times overwhelming—and it can cultivate intimacy, wisdom, and insight.
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