As part of my Brain Health Awareness Months posts, I have thought about how inspiration can support our brain health, our well being and our motivation for activities such as advocacy! Today, I needed inspiration. In the video below, the late Dr Richard Taylor was presenting at the ADI conference in Puertu Rico, the first…
Listen to Dr. Dale Bredesen being interviewed about The anti-Alzheimer’s diet, on the The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast. It is day 23 of Brain Health Awareness Month, hence my focus is still on brain health! Dementia Alliance International (DAI) has hosted a Brain Health Hub for many years now, and has also been hosting a…
There are many negative side effects of losing hope in our lives, and this is especially true for people newly diagnosed with dementia. It usually takes a lot of time, a lot of courage, and often, a lot of support from others living with dementia, to discover you can live a meaningful purposeful life, after…
As it is the weekend, I am sharing some beautiful relaxing music, which supports brain health and my Brain health Awreness Month blog series. Mindfullness is the human ability to be fully present, aware of where you are and what you’re doing, and not thinking or reacting to what’s going on around us. It improves…
Do it, ditch processed sugar, even if you only do it for Brain Health Awareness Month! In fact, I believe we need campaigns similar to Dry July, that encourage us to sign up to a month with no processed sugar. Honestly, I believe it’s a drug that’s worse than heroin in terms of addiction, and…
It’s still Brain Health Awareness Month, and I’m on track for a daily blog, something I have not managed to achieve for many years now. In fact, it is good for my brain to be writing daily again; I had forgotten how important any for of writign or journalling can be for one’s overall health.…
The article, A neuroscientist explains what happens inside your brain when you exercise, By Arash Javanbakht Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, published June 12, 2021 is important as it highlights the impact of walking on brain health, and it is still Brain Health Awareness Month. “We all have heard details on how exercise improves musculoskeletal,…
Since my own diagnosis of a younger onset dementia 13 years ago, I continue to be disturbed by the lack of recognition of dementia as a disability and lack of proactive support to live with dementia. People newly diagnosed with dementia already have their hope taken away at the time of diagnosis, so to have…
In June 2019, Dementia Alliance International, held the first Side Event at the Conference of State Parties (CoSP) on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) ever to be hosted specifically focused on dementia as a major cause disability, and our rights under the CRPD. This is important in the context of brain health.…
As we continue to celebrate Brain Health Awareness Month, I thought it important to highlight the work of Professor Dale Bredesen on my website again. Most hwo have folowed me here for a while will know I’m a total convert of his work and approach to dementia. Dr Bredesen has written two books on reversing…
As we move through Brain health Awareness Month, it is more than encouraging to find so much material and so many new resources, as well as a lot more evidence based research on the value of promoting brain health. This short video prsentation provides a good summary about what foods best support brain health. “The…
The Titanic sadly, but very famously sank, and there was no stopping it, with many people losing their lives! History.com says: “The luxury steamship RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240…
More today on strategies to improve brain health, this blog was first published on my Living Beyond Dementia™ website… Anyone who follows this site knows I have been a believer in Bredesen’s Protocol, although I do have some healthy scepticism as well! In saying that, I believe if we don’t view dementia as a chronic disease, which…
As it is still Brain Health Awareness Month, the focus of my blogs contnues to be on brain health! A colleague I’ve posted about before, and possibly on my (now inactive) Living Beyond Dementia™ website, Dr Dave Jenkins, a general practitioner who has been working in this field for many years now, also with positive…
Over the last decade or so, organisations, large charities, businesses, even the World Health Organisation, as well as many local councils and governments have been saying they support and promote inclusive communities for everyone. Some go as far as saying they provide training for them. In the dementia sector they are referred to as Dementia…
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