When I first think of memory enhancement, I am thinking of recalling facts as needed, getting prepared for an exam, for example.

But these days my 62 year old brain is occasionally not pulling up the perfect word for the situation it is in, perhaps a counseling situation, or a teaching situation, which is worrisome, because counseling can be very much about subtle shadings of concepts and experiences.…

Do you want a quick brain boost? And do you want a longer term brain boost? Probably both, and we now know a great deal about how to do both.

I have resorted to milk chocolate over the decades of my life to help my flagging attention in the afternoon, especially after those meat loaf and mashed potato lunches I used to have as a kid in grade…

For my Senior Citizen counseling clients, brain training software is of interest. Most of us Boomers and Seniors have noticed the changes that come to our memory with our age, and are definitely interested in managing that change, so that it does not become any worse.

Some of my younger clients are curious about how brain training software might make them more effective in the job market, or…

If only there were a way to do brain improvement. That would be the ticket to fame and fortune, right?

If you are like me, at 62 years young, with small children scampering about the family room, well, one is 11, eats like a horse, and cannot wait for the day when he can fling his father around as I have done him, you have some concerns about…

Every parent, every boss, every teacher, possibly everyone wants to improve intelligence, because we operate from this paradigm that improved intelligence somehow makes us quicker, faster, richer, smarter, you fill in the blank…. If I somehow have more of ‘it’, then I will achieve more and achieve ‘it’ more easily.

But what is intelligence at the level of the brain? The psychologists will measure a number of constructs,…

Could mental exercises be what you do in counseling? Or could it be what you do in the exercise gym? What you do when you learn something new? What about memory training, is that mental exercise?

What about stomping on all those ants, or automatic negative thoughts, practicing prayer, and meditation, or biofeedback skills, or creating art or writing your journal.

They are all mental exercises, and according…

So you have been reading about online brain training, and you are ready to go, you plugged those words into your search engine browser, and got taken to a site that says “buy our stuff”, in so many words, and based on your life experience, you hesitate before pulling out your credit card, and you decide to read a bit, research a bit, before buying.

That is a…

Good news on the relationship intimacy front. Robert Epstein,Ph.D. and John Gottman,Ph.D. and Helen Fisher,Ph.D. have made some very interesting discoveries about what we can do to increase relationship intimacy.

Decreasing relationship intimacy is something we appear to need no research or guidance in.

But Epstein has written just recently in Scientific American Mind about his studies of couples in India whose marriage is arranged.

Those couples may…

Are you missing romantic relationship, or perhaps you want to add some romance to your relationship?

It is certainly the time of year when we turn our attention to romance, and there are some very interesting models for adding romance to relationships. There is some science to them now, not just the hopeful words of a guru or maven.

In particular, I am referring to the landmark work…

Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang was teaching a tai chi workshop in the U.S. when one of the students commented about how difficult tai chi is.

If you’ve ever attended a workshop by a member of the Chen family, you understand why the comment would be made. Students hold postures while the instructor walks around the room, correcting each student individually. By the time he gets to you, your legs…