Keeping you brain sharp
Just like the rest of our bodies, our brains thrive when we practice healthy lifestyle habits. Here are some very practical and valuable tips to keep your brain sharp throughout your life. [...]
The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of [...]
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health [...]
Power in the Present Moment
In this video, the brilliant Eckhart Tolle uses humor to help us absolutely magnify the present moment.
ADHD as a Difference in Cognition
In this TEDtalk Stephen Tonti talks about the common misdiagnosis of ADHD of gifted people and the frustration gifted people experience when they are understimulated.
What is so Funny about Mental Illness?
With dazzling energy and humor, RubyWax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.
Mental Illness – What You See – What You Don’t See
Depression isn’t a mood or a bad day ~ Mental Illness ~ What You See ~ What You Don’t See
A Tale of Mental Illness
In this TEDTalk, Elyn Saks asks bold questions about how society treats people with mental illness.
The Last Stigma
The Last Stigma: Mental Illness and the workplace. People with depression, bipolar, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or other mental health conditions are able and willing to work, but [...]
