New Articles

Do you have a history of making resolutions around the New Year only to wake up one morning to discover that most of your good intentions have fallen off your radar screen? My new article entitled RQ--Rehearsal Intelligence contains strategies for increasing your skills in relation to mental rehearsal.

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Seminars

• January 13, 2005, Portland, Oregon, The Brain Program. Contact Alisa Duffy or Dave Eastman for specific information: Phone (503) 251-6881, E-mail duffyaj@ah.org.

  NOTE: Take advantage of this one-day format. Practically applied, brain-function information can make a positive difference in the way you expend your energy for the rest of your life--to say nothing of your level of health and wellness, and perhaps even your longevity!

• January 14, 2005, Portland, Oregon, He Said-She Said: Gender in the Workplace. Contact Alisa Duffy or Dave Eastman for specific information: Phone (503) 251-6881, E-mail duffyaj@ah.org.
• January 19, 2005, The Women’s Center of St. Helena Hospital. I will present the kick-off seminar for the 2005 Quest for Zest series starting at 7pm: Use Your Brain for Success. E-mail: beggc1@ah.org
• January 20, 2005, Fairfield, California. On behalf of SolutionsWest (Renee Carter, Director, and Melody Hood, Coordinator), I will present a 3-hour seminar that will be repeated in the afternoon: He Said-She Said, Understanding Gender in the Workplace. Exploring male-female differences can be fun!
• January 23, 2005, Mountain View, California, and January 30, 2005, Fresno, California. My topic: The Brain and Learning. Hosts are Dan Matthews of His Kids Inc, and Ileana Santa Cruz-Espinosa. Parents, teachers, students, and interested community members are welcome.
• February 25, 2005, St. Helena California at The Women’s Center. My topic: The Brain Program. Register early and complete your BTSA. E-mail: beggc1@ah.org

  NOTE: By special request I am presenting The Brain Program in a one-day format (as compared with the 2-day Friday-Saturday format typically available at The St. Helena Center for Health). Based on the amount of interest we’ll decide whether to continue offering a one-day option a couple of times a year. I am also considering a one-day “alumni” option in 2005 or 2006. Proposed topics include: energy, self-esteem, boundary issues, unfinished business, and laughter--all related to brain function, of course!

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Selected References

Check the Selected References page and pick a topic that interests you. Then beg, borrow, or buy some of the books mentioned. It’s one way to obtain your age-proofing 30 minutes per day of challenging mental exercise while, at the same time, learning more about the brain and its amazing functions.

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Brain Bender

More stimulation for your cerebral neurons!

Solution Nov-Dec Bulletin: Think before you speak

Riddle

(Thanks to Robin Andrews)

The maker doesn’t want it, the buyer doesn’t use it, and the user doesn’t see it. What is it?

Solution Nov-Dec Bulletin: An umbrella

Electronic Cards

During this holiday season more and more people elected to send electronic cards. (I wonder if the USPS will notice?) Yvonne Stratton sent me an unusual electronic card, and I enjoyed it so much I’m passing the URL along (in case you didn’t already know about it). Her one caution was to move the “ornament” along the line slowly--great advice!

http://www.powerpres.com/xmascard03.html

News Note

The Book, Become an Energy Addict--Simple, Powerful Ways to Energize Your Life, by Jon Gordon, contains simple and powerful strategies for energizing your life. You can increase your mental, physical, and spiritual energy. As noted on the back cover, “Energy acquisition is a skill anyone can learn. Positive energy is contagious. Give yourself and others this powerful infusion.”

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Point to Ponder

A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. --Old Chinese Proverb

How open is your mind to evaluating new ideas, new information, and new ways to look at old concepts? Flexibility of thought is key to graceful aging. According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, when we expose our mind to new information, it never returns to its original dimensions. What a wonderful concept!

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