by Laurel Brennan | Apr 6, 2022 | Brain_Healing, Direction, Mindset
It’s not yet 8:00 am and so far today I have performed too many tasks to list but I’ll start with the first few seconds: I heard a bird chirping through the open window (auditory processing: auditory nerve and temporal lobe) so deduced that it was probably...
by Laurel Brennan | Sep 1, 2021 | Brain_Healing, Direction, Mindset
September is Healthy Aging Month. Regardless of your age, implementing the list below can increase longevity and reduce the risk of disability. Bad News First Life expectancy dropped in the United States from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020. COVID-19 is...
by Laurel Brennan | Sep 6, 2020 | Direction, Mindset
I’m here to talk to you about multiple sclerosis and fatigue. If you have MS or were recently diagnosed then you’re likely familiar with fatigue. It’s one of the most common symptoms with MS. Fatigue may have even been an issue before you had MS. Click the image below...
by Laurel Brennan | Sep 6, 2020 | Direction
For years, maybe more than a decade, I had Oreos as a bedtime snack. My kids nearly rioted with a sense of injustice when they learned that I grew up with a “cookie jar.” “You mean you had a literal jar that actually had cookies in it, like all the...
by Laurel Brennan | Sep 6, 2020 | Direction, Mindset
(Listen here first if you need help to get in the right frame of mind! One of my very favorites!!) After we had turned off the video camera and were starting to pack up, someone in the class wanted an answer from this extremely bright and able 97 year old. “One...
by Laurel Brennan | Sep 6, 2020 | Direction, Mindset
So, you could say that this post has been 13-14 years in the making. My husband did give me the title, “loving occupations,” (and the now water damaged spiral notebook below) when our 19-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter were elementary and pre-school...
