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I am a visual learner, so let's start off with a picture and then I will explain it below. The picture: The explanation: This simple graph shows the correlation between age and well-being in the United States. Respondents rated their life satisfaction on a scale of 0-10, with zero being the worst and 10 being the best.  Age goes across the bottom, satisfaction scores on the left.  Do you see the slump?  It's sort of hard not to!! I recently had a conversation with a friend and she commented that she thought that at this point in her life, things were supposed to get easier.  You are never supposed to talk about a women's age or weight, but she is somewhere near the nadir of the curve above.  I'm guessing her life satisfaction was low and I can totally relate as  I'm 54 and looking for the upswing.  To be honest, the last couple of years absolutely sucked as I watched my marriage unravel in the worst possible way, moved, and went into busine...

Last blog post I told you what I learned from Robert Cooper, Ph.D. about going to sleep, now let me share with you what he told us about waking up properly.  Coffee drinkers you will not be happy---here we go: Glass of cold water----first thing in the gut and some folks suggest around 16 ounces! Coffee----wait one hour.  WHAT????   Meditate/Pray Bright lights----turn them all on! One hour try not to bend over---keep your spine straight.   Best exercise----push ups.  How you do this without bending over is beyond me! Food---small bits, but get something in there! A lot of this research is based on the stomach sending the proper signals to the brain.  There are some theories out there that we actually have three brains---one in our cabeza, one in our heart, and one in our stomachs.  Try doing some of the things above in the first 20 minutes when you get up and let me know how your day goes.  As for me, I'll be ...

"The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep." Quote by: E. Joseph Cossman  Blog by Dennis Gillan www.dennisgillan.com Sleep ---so vital to our wellbeing and lately so elusive for me.  I wake up in the middle of the night and I’m up.  Like 3:30 in the morning up and reading the news on my phone up.  Just up.  If you see a post on my Instagram page at 4:00 a.m. that’s not a scheduled post using a buffering app----that’s me and I hate it. I recently heard neuroscientist Robert Cooper address brain health and when he started talking about sleep, I perked up.  See what I did there? Dr. Cooper is an engaging speaker and apparently a smart guy.  You can find his work here:   http://www.robertcooperphd.com/      According to Dr. Cooper here are five quick things we could all put into play starting TONIGHT:  1.     Clear your mind.  Have a notepad handy and ...