by Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, July 2022 | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
Why do psychiatric conditions multiply the risk of cognitive decline? Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65. But many things influence those odds for a given individual. Genetic vulnerability is...
by WDDTY, May, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
Cynthia Thurlow likes to remind her patients that digestion begins in the brain, in the way people think about their food before they have even taken a bite. Conversely, 95 percent of the mood-regulating neurotransmitter serotonin, which is targeted by conventional...
by Biofeedback Matters, Biofeedback Resources International, Summer, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
The old concept of Fight or Flight was helpful in helping to explain the stress response. It’s just not good enough anymore. Our nervous system is much more complex than that.Hans Selye gave us his theory on stress and Walter Cannon gave us his concept of fight...
by Anton Bluman | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Prepared by Sigfried and Susan Othmer, ca 1990-1995 How many of us lie awake at night, with ruminating thoughts, unable to fall asleep? Or we finally nod off, only to reawaken and cannot get back again. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about one in...
by Anton Bluman | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog
Certain actions or activities carry risks, whether you are engaged in combat for your country, sky diving, investing in high-risk stocks, as a pioneer exploring unknown territory, or simply going beyond your established comfort zone. Clearly, there is a distinction...
by Anton Bluman | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog
Low self-esteem can be described as lacking self-confidence, and self-worth, in one’s abilities. So, how to transcend it, not let it hold us back? My definition of a warrior is someone who acts in spite of fear. Fear is normal – even healthy when an action for...