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As a leader in the field of mental health, Amen Clinics has treated an array of psychiatric conditions over the past 30 years and has amassed the world’s largest database of brain scans at 150,000 and...
View ArticleHow Bud Lost 30 lbs. and Rescued His Memory
Need more motivation to shed a few pounds? New research suggests that when you lose weight, your memory can actually get stronger. In another study, researcher Andreas Stomby, MD shows that losing...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Memory Back – Now
Maybe you’re finding it more and more difficult to hold your train of thought in conversations… or you can’t make your favorite chicken dish anymore because the recipe is too hard to follow… or your...
View ArticleHow Being Grateful Year Round Can Impact Your Mood
The holiday season can be an exciting and wondrous time of the year. It also can be a time filled with hassles and disappointments. Many things can steal your joy during the holidays…if you let them....
View Article3 Ways to Cope With Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is the fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can automatically bring on feelings of self-consciousness, judgment, and inferiority. Social anxiety is more...
View ArticleMenopause Can Change Your Brain
As women age, their ovaries stop producing regular amounts of estrogen and progesterone. The age at which this happens varies, but can start as early as the late-30’s or until late-50’s. Typically,...
View ArticleWhy Should I Care About My Brain?
The war for your health is won or lost between your ears, in the moment-by-moment decisions your brain makes every day. When your brain works right your decisions tend to be effective and add joy and...
View ArticleWhy Are We So Negative?
Content updated from previous publish date. Are you too negative? Do you see the glass as half empty rather than half full? You may be surprised to learn that negativity is the brain’s default mode,...
View Article5 Ways to Break Your Addiction to Carbs and Feel Great
Refined carbohydrates and sugar hit you right where it counts- in the pleasure centers in your basal ganglia. This is the part of your brain that releases the neurotransmitter dopamine, and it’s the...
View ArticleWhat Is the Connection Between Your Brain & Skin?
Did you know your skin’s condition may tell you the condition of your brain? Skin, just like the brain, changes dramatically as we age. People age at different rates, according to: • Inherited genes •...
View Article12 Ways To Dodge Dementia
Did you know that your brain starts to deteriorate decades before you have any symptoms? Losing your memory or developing brain fog in your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, or even 80s is not normal—it’s a sign of...
View Article25 Worst Reasons to Get Married
Why do so many couples end up in marital therapy? It often starts with the reasons why people get married in the first place. On the psychiatrist’s couch, people tend to open up and reveal what really...
View ArticleYou Probably Have Low Levels of This Immunity Vitamin
Often referred to as the “sunshine vitamin,” vitamin D is actually a hormone that should be called the “immunity vitamin” thanks to its positive effects on the immune system. It also plays an...
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Assessing the Root Causes of Trauma, Addiction, and More
Dan Garner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Candidate, and a graduate of our Brain Health Coaching Certification Course. Dan practices with Recovering Hope,...
View ArticleThe Secrets to Overcoming Sleep Problems
In a week-long series of the Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen talk about sleep with Dr. Shane Creado, a psychiatrist at Amen Clinics and an expert in sleep medicine. Dr....
View ArticleFive Strategies to Create Lasting Joy and Feel Better Fast
There is a Chinese saying that goes: “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want...
View ArticleThe 3 Main Things Dr. Daniel Amen Would Tell His 23-Year-Old Self
In some ways, we’re all graduates in the class of 2018. We may not be getting a degree or wearing a cap and gown, but as life-long learners about health, we have reflections, revelations, and insights...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Family Feuds During the Holidays
This blog has been updated from it’s original publish date. In an ideal world, the holidays would only be filled with good times and happy memories. Unfortunately, most families don’t live in that...
View ArticleDo You Have An Abusive Relationship With Sugar?
The Standard American Diet (SAD) is saturated with sugar, high omega-6 fatty acids, excessive calories, trans fats, processed and pesticide-laden foods. People who have a simple, carbohydrate-based...
View ArticleHow Neurofeedback Can Help You
Joey, age 9, struggled with hyperactivity, restlessness, impulse control problems, inattention, and distractibility. His pediatrician had suggested trying a couple of different medications but Joey’s...
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