Learning to be an Advocate for Your Health
I’m learning how to advocate for my own health and how doing so can help fight stigma from society about a disease.
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Book Review: Louise: Amended
Louise has a brain injury at 22 just as she was beginning her glossy life in LA.
Myths of the Mind: 20 Years After the Decade of the Brain
We’ve learned much of what we know about the brain in the last 30 years and some of what we used to think was true has become brain myth.
Book Review: The Opposite of Certainty – Finding Myself in the Story
I started reading The Opposite of Certainty, a memoir by Janine Urbaniak Reid, because it’s another story about someone with a brain tumor. While the details were different, I saw my story.
Finding Flow Just May be the Antidote to Quarantine Brain
If you have quarantine brain right now your brain is longing for something to get lost in. Learn about flow and how to find it.
Can You Make Something Bad Happen Just by Thinking About it?
When my sense of smell began to fade I knew why. I had been bold enough to tempt fate years before. Don’t ask questions you aren’t prepared to have answered.
Taking a Longer Look at Impulsivity
Impulsivity is thought of as a negative trait, but it isn’t all bad. What are the different types of impulsivity and what are some of its positive attributes.
Are Male and Female Brains Different?
Do men and women have different brains? A new book, Gender and Our Brains, examines the issue.