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Mental Health Attack: How Can We Help Veterans

Wars are not over when the shooting stops. They live on in the lives, memories, bodies, and brains of those who fight them. We want to share a story of a former patient Max Cleland. Forty-eight years...

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Helping the Military Address PTSD – Jill’s Journey of Healing

For many years, Jill didn’t talk about the burning aircraft that chased her in nightmares, or that she had insomnia and couldn’t get more than 3-4 hours of sleep at night. She had brushed the issues...

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The World Needs a Depression Intervention

Did you know that at any point in time, about 6 percent of the population will have a significant depression? And only 20 to 25 percent of these people ever seek help. Given those statistics it’s no...

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7 Steps to a Mental Health Reset

Are you feeling more stressed than you’d like to? Or just generally not your best mentally?  Here’s a wonderfully positive fact to remember: You can help reset your mental health with simple actions....

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A Year of Daily Mental Health Tips

By Daniel Amen, MD [Excerpted from Change Your Brain Every Day] Since 1991, my team at Amen Clinics and I have built the world’s largest database of brain SPECT scans related to behavior, totaling more...

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5 Ways to Increase Willpower

Whether sticking to a diet, saving for retirement, or remaining faithful in your marriage, willpower can help you have a beautiful brain, or the lack of it can completely ruin your life. Here are 5...

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Miley Cyrus’ Happy Hippie Foundation Partners with Change Your Brain, Change...

The Happy Hippie Foundation founded by Miley Cyrus and the Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Foundation founded by psychiatrist Daniel Amen, MD, are partnering on an initiative for Mental Health...

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10 Ridiculously Simple Ways to Boost Your Brain

If you are struggling with brain health issues, such as lack of focus, low moods, anxiousness, or memory problems, you may be relieved to learn that you are not stuck with the brain you have. Thanks to...

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“How Can You Know Yourself If You Don’t Know Your Brain?”

Are you interested in self-awareness, personal growth, and self-improvement? Don’t we all want greater insights into what makes us tick, so we can become the best version of ourselves? Trent Shelton...

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8 Sure-Fire Ways to Ruin Your Relationship

Did you know that having good relationships can help you be healthier and happier—and even live longer? It’s true! In addition to how great it feels to be in a positive, warm, and satisfying...

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Overcoming Trauma & Grief: Eliminate The Hurts That Haunt You

Going through emotional trauma or grief can leave a lasting imprint on the brain. In order to properly heal it, it is critical to get the right diagnosis. It is critically important because the...

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How to Say “Good Night” to Insomnia

Here are some alarming statistics that may keep you up at night… 35% of American adults and 69% of high school students don’t get adequate sleep. It’s estimated that as many as 70 million Americans...

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Can Diabetes Steal Your Mind?

Diabetes is a disease that no one wants to have. When insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels, becomes deficient or ineffective, the body suffers from chronically high blood sugar. Type...

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Muhammad Ali: The Fight He Could Not Win

Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016. He was “The Greatest.” He told us so himself. And Sports Illustrated named him the greatest athlete of the 20th century. He is a three-time winner of the heavyweight...

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Don’t Let ADD Ruin Your Family Relationships

Dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is challenging for both children and parents. To better manage the family impact of ADD/ADHD it’s...

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8 Ways ADD Affects the Female Brain

This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart – Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in females. I am a father of three daughters – two of which have ADD – and my wife, Tana, was diagnosed with...

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7 Secrets To Improving Your Relationships

Do you know people who see every situation in a bad light? Or someone who struggles with feelings of sadness, lack of motivation, or hopelessness? If so, they could be experiencing troubles with the...

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Fun Ways to Stimulate The Brain

Studies show that preschoolers who play with good old building blocks are more likely to achieve high math scores in middle school and high school and to improve their language development. Even some...

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Exercise is a Simple Way to Prevent Alzheimer’s

No matter your age, moderate exercise will ward off Alzheimer’s and memory problems, decrease anxiety and depression, boost your ability to focus and enhance your brain’s ability to repair itself. What...

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Is Hockey Worse Than Football For Your Brain?

Hockey is an intense, fast-paced, and dangerous sport. It has the contact level of football but it’s magnified as players are skating on ice in excess of 20 mph. Hockey has a long history of players...

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