We don’t all age like fine wine, but there’s plenty of proof that the creative juices can keep flowing well into the twilight years. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Millard Kaufman wrote his first novel, Bowl of Cherries, at the age of 90. Benjamin Franklin was 78 when he invented the bifocal lens. Frank Lloyd Wright completed… Continue reading 4 Reasons Being Creative Will Make You Happier as You Grow Older
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Are You Positive? Try Writing from A New Perspective
Dozens of studies have shown that writing, in the form of journaling, is beneficial for both physical and emotional wellbeing. But often, being told to journal simply isn’t enough – your journal fills with repetitive complaints, and although a certain amount of “dumping” is healthy, it can begin to feel like a job instead of… Continue reading Are You Positive? Try Writing from A New Perspective
Listening to Happy Music May Enhance Creativity
Listening to happy music may help generate more innovative solutions compared to listening to silence, according to a study published September 6th 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Simone Ritter from Radboud University in The Netherlands and Sam Ferguson from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A release from the publisher notes that… Continue reading Listening to Happy Music May Enhance Creativity
Getting into Exercise Again
Flu? Out-of-town guests? The experts at Go4Life, a division of the National Institutes on Aging, know that while many things can interrupt your physical activity routine, you can start again and be successful. Here are a few of their helpful ideas: Don’t be too hard on yourself. Just try to get back to your activities… Continue reading Getting into Exercise Again
7 Ways to Banish Negative Chatter Forever and Reclaim your Life
Most of us received plenty of negative messages growing up, which now manifest as incessant chatter inside our heads. Is there a way to make it stop? Is there some escape from the negative criticism? The answer is yes! I have developed a special way to help people through the various difficulties and challenges we… Continue reading 7 Ways to Banish Negative Chatter Forever and Reclaim your Life
A Technique to Tap into Your Creative Muscle
Imagination is the difference between the problems plaguing our every day and the future solutions to those issues. Imagination is step one for answers that work. Imagine that you could work on an app that better informs financial decisions to help users get out of debt; imagine working with technology that helps patients and doctors… Continue reading A Technique to Tap into Your Creative Muscle
How the Brain Stimulates or Stifles Creativity
Investigators at Stanford University Medical Center and Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, commonly known as the d.school, have found a surprising link between creative problem-solving and heightened activity in the cerebellum, a structure located in the back of the brain and more typically thought of as the body’s movement-coordination center. The study was published… Continue reading How the Brain Stimulates or Stifles Creativity
Alma Bond: Her 90-Plus Health Secrets
They key to having a healthy body, a sharp mind and a thriving career for nearly a century? Pursue your true-life passion after 60! That’s exactly what acclaimed author Dr. Alma Bond did. At 92 years old, she has written 22 books in the last 25 years, including her latest, Hillary Rodham Clinton: On The… Continue reading Alma Bond: Her 90-Plus Health Secrets
Creativity and Electricity
A dose of electric current can stimulate creativity by an average of 7.4 percent in healthy adults, researchers say. Investigators from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine provided the first direct evidence of the benefits of the therapy. This research, published in the journal Cortex, showed that using a 10-Hertz current run through… Continue reading Creativity and Electricity