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15 Secrets Boomers Can Use to Stimulate the Mind

By Linda Hampton

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Stress free living includes all areas of your life. When your mind is not active, it tends to lose its functionality. Your simply not as alert as you use to be. Feeling dull and confused can be stressful. If you keep up this inactivity for a long time, you could cause you to suffer from conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, brain fog, and memory loss. One advantage of stimulating your mind regularly, you have a better outlook in life.

Here are some activities that are sure to prevent your mind from being idle:

1. Play some games that require you to analyze shapes, puzzles, and pictures. Several examples are picture puzzles, card games, optical illusions, strategy games, visualization puzzles, crossword puzzles, and deduction games.

2. Read regularly and often. This helps improve your problem solving skills and memory retention. What you read depends on what your interests are. A favorite of many readers are self-help books, which stimulate the brain and let you figure out the solutions.

3. Exercise is known to bring oxygen to the brain with better blood circulation. Exercising doesn’t only have physical benefits; it also increases brainpower by creating neurons.

4. Meditation is believed to relieve stress, increase IQ, and allow your brain to function at a higher degree. It stimulates the brain’s prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for complex thinking and performance.

5. If you’re having difficulty concentrating on the task at hand, try some deep breathing for about 10-15 minutes. This increases the flow of oxygen into the brain, increasing brain functionality.

6. Take fish oil supplements. Studies reveal that the 2 major fish oil components are EPA and DHA. They boost focus and strengthen the part of the brain that is responsible for emotions.

7. Listen to soothing music as it strengthens the brain’s right hemisphere and studies show that structure even changes from listening to this type of music often. It also boosts your emotional intelligence.

8. Write to improve your memory and stimulate your thought processes. Making articles, blogs, and journal entries are ideal for keeping your mind alert.

9. Get sufficient sleep. If you’ve slept well, you do not get brain clutter and your memory is improved too.

10. Many people swear by painting as a tremendous brain booster. It also sparks creativity. You might have a creative side that you have yet to discover.

11. Have a full breakfast. It is effective in supplying energy to the entire body. Don’t skip breakfast, you are placed at disadvantage mentally and physically.

12. Go for a walk. It allows you to rid your mind of worries and it’s a terrific form of exercise for the body too.

13. Take at least one serving of fruit juice a day. Fruit juice has nutrients that refresh and revitalize the brain. For enhanced focus and high energy, try cranberry, pomegranate or blueberry.

14. Caffeine. You may think of caffeine as something good but it’s on this list because it does stimulate the brain and leads to better focus as well as thinking ability. A word of caution is needed though, since it can be harmful if you take too much of it. So one of two cups a day is fine. Consuming 300 mg (3 cups) of caffeine is generally considered safe

15. Take up drawing as a hobby. This activity also stimulates the brain. Bring out your colored pencils to start stimulating your brain.

You don’t have to do all of these to reap the effects. Choose several that you know you can do well and those that are fun for you to do. You can do a few of them with a friend. Remember that the brain needs to be taken care of too.

Linda Hampton RN, MSN a Wellness and Stress Management Breakthrough Life Coach is the publisher of Transition Your Life, a free 5-part ecourse full of revealing information to help you deal with the stressful changes in your life.

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