Better Brain, Better You

Most women say that they “lack the knowledge” or feel “unprepared” for peri-menopause - the transition into menopause, which is when a woman’s periods stop and she comes to the end of her reproductive life. Although every woman’s peri-menopause is different, there are many common features. So today I want to talk through the symptoms you will experience during peri-menopause so you know exactly what to expect and how you will feel.

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Download Free Guide: “Brain-Healthy Foods For Midlife”   

https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/brainfoods

What you choose to eat in midlife creates either an environment that nourishes your brain and nurtures your mental health or an environment that damages your brain and creates mental health problems. Today, I am going to unpack why eating a brain-healthy diet in midlife is the most important thing you can do to sharpen your thinking, boost your memory and improve your mood. And walk through the top ten foods that will nourish your brain and take good care of your mental health.

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Download Free Guide: “Brain-Healthy Foods For Midlife” Free Guide https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/brainfoods

Midlife can be a tumultuous time for many women. The words ‘midlife crisis’ can put a negative spin on this period. But it doesn’t have to be all bad. It can be an opportunity to reevaluate your life. It’s the chance to pause and spend time and energy figuring out what’s meaningful to you. So I want to share the signs you are experiencing a midlife crisis and give you six ways to manage it— and become happier and more fulfilled in the process. 

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Download free guide “6 Steps to a Healthy brain” HERE: https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/brainhealth

Your teen’s stopped talking to you. They shut themselves away in their room for hours at a time. Any response you do get is an angry one-word answer along with some annoyed eye-rolling. Take a deep breath. Pulling away from parents is a normal part of development during adolescence. Whether you should be worried or not really depends on why your teenager has stopped talking. In today’s episode, we look at the reasons why teens won’t talk to their parents and how to get through to teens who have shut down.

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Download free guide “5 Secrets to Communicating with Teenagers” HERE: https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/5secrets

When we go through trauma, our brains don’t function like they normally do. We shift into survival mode. Our brains direct all our mental and physical energy toward dealing with the immediate threat until it’s resolved. But it’s not only our brains that remember our trauma(s). Today, I discuss how unprocessed trauma can also get "stuck" or "stored" in our bodies and share some safe and effective ways of releasing these traumatic experiences from our body.

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Watch free workshop “Rewiring The Teenage Brain To Heal Trauma” HERE: https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/healtrauma

As a parent of a teen, I am sure you do everything you can to help your teenager make good decisions, provide them with guidance, reflect on how that situation made you feel as a teenager. You think you have set your teenager up for success. So why does your teenager ignore all of your advice and go and do exactly what they were going to do anyway? Well, in today’s episode, I explain the brain reasons why teenagers think they know everything and parents know nothing.

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Watch our free workshop “How to Parent a Teenage Brain” HERE: https://www.ologyonlinecourses.com/workshop

Most people don’t give their brain health the attention it needs — until it’s too late. Currently, if you live to 85, you have a 50/50 chance of developing dementia. That’s the flip of a coin! So how can you start looking after your brain to avoid disorders like dementia? A good place to start would be to adopt a functional medicine approach to your brain health. I talk to functional medicine practitioner, Dr Sarah Davies, about the huge benefits of functional medicine for your brain - using prevention rather than pills to treat disorders, like Alzheimer’s, chronic fatigue, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s, which conventional medicine has written off as untreatable.

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Register for our FREE dementia prevention masterclass: “How to rewire your brain to prevent dementia” HERE

Dr Sarah Davies’ Functional Medicine Clinic - https://drsarahdavies.co.uk/

By the time we reach midlife, we all have some of the brain disease that causes dementia, but only some of us will go on to experience the symptoms of cognitive decline later in life. Why is that? The truth is dementia doesn’t suddenly appear. In fact, the seeds for dementia are sown inside your brain years, even decades before you will ever experience any symptoms. Today, I breakdown your risk of mental decline in midlife and what it tells you about your chances of going on to develop dementia.

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Register for our FREE dementia prevention masterclass: “How to rewire your brain to prevent dementia” HERE: ologyonlinecourses.com/masterclass

Rangevaare, M.J. et al. (2022) Predictors of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Course in a Diverse Community-Based Population. Neurology. 98 (1) https://n.neurology.org/content/98/1/e15

A new year often signifies a fresh start for many people - setting health and wellness resolutions. But, more often than not, these goals are unsustainable, leading most people to break their resolutions within a few weeks. To break that cycle of making the same resolutions year after year that you never keep, it’s important to make resolutions that not only improve your health, but are sustainable. Here are 10 New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep. I hope you have a healthy and happy New Year!

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Register for our FREE dementia prevention masterclass: “Rewire your brain to reduce your risk of dementia” HERE: ologyonlinecourses.com/masterclass

Maintaining a healthy brain during your life is your most important goal for your health now and longevity going forward. If you don’t look after your brain now, you put yourself at higher risk for developing brain diseases that cause dementia. To help you get started, I share 5 lifestyle practices to preserve optimal brain, mental and cognitive function and avoid diseases that will affect your normal brain function and behaviour later in life.

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Register for our FREE dementia prevention masterclass: “Rewire your brain to reduce your risk of dementia” HERE: ologyonlinecourses.com/masterclass