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10 Ways to Improve Your Brain Fitness

Case Studies Diversity and curiosity are the foundations of a healthy brain. To obtain the optimum workout for your brain, make a shift. Your brain will continue to function at its peak performance if you are constantly curious about the world around you, how it works, and how you can understand it. Here are some ideas that can aid you on your journey to mental health.

Learn to Train your Brain

There is a growing interest in brain training. There are a variety of resources available for learning how to improve and speed up your brain’s performance, including classes, websites, and books. Programs like these are based on memory and logic, although there is some science to back this up. Spend time each day working on these three principles to keep your mind sharp.

Keep your Brain Active

We are creatures of habit. Many of us have interests and activities that we enjoy for long periods of time. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to learn and adapt.  Learning something new keeps your brain in a dynamic state and will help prevent cognitive decline as you get older.  Try these simple neurohacks to get your brain flowing – brush your teeth or open and close doors with your non-dominant hand.  This causes your brain to keep regenerating and will help keep you in optimal brain health.

Learn Something New

Learning a new ability engages several different parts of the brain at the same time. You develop new skills, and you begin to associate things in a new way because of your memories. All of these activities will stimulate your mind whether it’s reading, learning to cook, or mastering something new.

Read Something Stimulating

Don’t just settle for your social media feed, find something inspiring or exciting every day.  Books can provide you with a limitless number of fascinating personalities, success stories, details, and facts. Avoid reading about topics you’ve already read about. Try a modern novel if you normally read history books. Take a look at works by authors from other countries as well as classics. By immersing yourself in diverse historical times, countries, and civilizations through your readings, you’ll not only be exercising your brain, but you’ll also be able to share fascinating narratives about your experiences.

Workout Your Muscles to Workout Your Brain

It’s not only good for your body, but it’s also good for your mind. Moving your body forces your brain to develop new muscle memory, distance estimation, and balancing skills. Take part in a variety of brain-challenging activities.  If you want to know the best and most surprising way to look after your brain health as you get older – this is it.  Physical exercise.

Turn off your TV

An average person spends four hours in front of the TV. Television may get in the way of many things, including relationships, work, and even life itself. Stop watching television and invest more time engaging in physical and mental activity.

Eat to Fuel Your Brain

Fats are essential to the health of your brain. Wild salmon oil, walnuts, flaxseed, and olive oil are some of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Consume more of these items and less of the saturated fats in your diet. Restrict your intake of trans fats to the absolute minimum.

Meditation

Meditation is one of the most important things you can do for your mental and physical well-being. Meditation not only helps you with relaxation but also increases your brain’s ability to focus. By altering your mental state, you are able to stimulate your brain in exciting new ways while also enhancing your brain fitness.

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RONDA ENGELHARDT

Ronda is a Peak Performance Coach focusing on Life Coaching and the Mental Wellbeing of Athletes in her practice. She is also contracted through a large Division 1 University program to work with their athletes as a mental coach. She specializes in fear, pressure, adversity, uncertainty, removing obstacles, anxiety, doubt, recovering from injuries or setbacks, and identity beyond a sport or a role. She provides a proactive approach to the mental health of athletes and teams on wellbeing and the mental side of the game. Ronda is also an accomplished athlete herself and spent five seasons as a head coach for a Professional Women’s Hockey team in the Premier Hockey Federation, and is a scout for the Nashville Predators of the NHL.

Ronda’s education includes undergraduate studies in Psychology, a Masters in School Counseling and post graduate certifications in Applied Positive Psychology, The R.E.W.I.R.E. Mindset Systemᵀᴹ, and is certified as an Applied Positive Psychology coach, specializing in Leadership, Mentoring and Coaching, Teamwork and Collaboration. While Ronda has specialized in the athletic mindset, she is passionate about helping any person wanting to uncover what is possible and learn to use their mind as an asset for reaching their full potential.

SYLVIA HALLIGAN

Sylvia Halligan is a mind-body mental agility and change management coach. She helps organizations successfully lead and navigate change, make it stick, and empower individuals to transform into flourishing, thriving beings. Her personal coaching practice incorporates a blend of eastern philosophy practices backed by western science. Interventions include guided visualization, hypnosis, breath work, embodiment, energy psychology, positive psychology, and neuroscience.

Sylvia is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), holds certifications in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) and Applied Positive Psychology Coaching (CAPP), and is an ICF credentialed Associate Certified Coach (ACC). She is also a Prosci-Certified Change Management Practitioner and certified in The R.E.W.I.R.E. Mindset Systemᵀᴹ. Specialties: Leading organizations through change and making it stick. Guiding individual change journeys through holistic mind-body coaching. Teaching people to thrive, not just survive.

ANJALI IYENGAR

Anjali is a Holistic Health & Positive Psychology Pracitioner. As a naturally intuitive, compassionate, and deeply empathetic coach, Anjali creates an environment for her clients that allows them to truly understand the connection of how the mind and body coexist and relate to one another. Assisting clients in understanding the mind & body connection, how blocked emotions can reappear in emotional patterning or physical alignments in the body, and aids in healing through the use of various techniques, including The R.E.W.I.R.E. Mindset Systemᵀᴹ.

Anjali holds degrees in Communications and an MBA, along with post graduate degrees and certifications in Applied Positive Psychology, Integrative Holistic Health Coaching and Breathwork.ᵀᴹ

MARJOLEIN VAN DER KRUK

Marjolein is a trainer, facilitator and coach, specializing in Emotional Intelligence and Leadership. In her individual coaching practice, Marjolein works with people to educate and empower them with the tools from Positive Psychology, Self Compassion and Emotional Intelligence. Her work with corporations includes embedding innovative, human-centric mindset coaching, training and facilitation. She’s a Senior Leadership Facilitator for THNK, The School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam, Netherlands where she develops global leaders in international corporations to unlock their full potential in leading themselves, and others, for greater impact.

Marjolein holds certifications in Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) and is an Applied Positive Psychology coach. She is also trained in Self Compassion, through the thought leader in this space, Kristen Neff, and is certified in The R.E.W.I.R.E. Mindset Systemᵀᴹ. Marjolein holds a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences and Post Graduate degrees in Management and Positive Psychology.