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Caring for someone with dementia is challenging, especially when it comes time to think about other living arrangements. What do you need to know about dementia, including its different stages? Gerontologist and dementia care consultant Rachael Wonderlin has written a compassionate book to help friends and family members of those living with dementia answer the tough questions. In practical, down-to-earth language, The Caregiver's Guide to Memory Care and Dementia Communities walks the listener through key points about dementia care.

Professionals and entrepreneurs do a great job of keeping up appearances. But if they're honest with themselves, they're short on living the life they really want. Train Your Brain for Success provides the perspective to analyze how you got where you are and, more importantly, learn the skills to get where you truly desire to be. Train Your Brain for Success explains specific ways of thinking and acting that will get anyone where they want to go, fast.

It all starts with your brain: How you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams. When your brain works right, so do you. When it’s out of balance, you feel frustrated, or worse. Yet amid all the advice that bombards us daily about how to keep the rest of our body strong and healthy, we hear very little about how to keep the most complex and magnificent organ of all - the human brain - in top working order.

We live at a time that glorifies more—more productivity, more achievement, more discipline, more striving. But what if the key to a fulfilling life isn’t about adding more but learning what to let go of? What if success isn’t just about willpower but also about self-compassion? What if true confidence comes not from proving yourself to others but from an unshakable inner foundation? This book invites you to think differently about how you move through life. It’s about managing your mental bandwidth so you don’t burn out before you reach your destination. It’s about unlearning ...

We live in a culture that prizes memory - how much we can store, the quality of what’s preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if forgetfulness were seen not as something to fear - be it in the form of illness or simple absentmindedness - but rather as a blessing, a balm, a path to peace and forgiveness?

A staggeringly beautiful examination of how stories are passed down through generations and from Mother Nature, Everything Left to Remember brings us the wisdom of who our memories make us under the constellations of the vast Montana sky.

Imagine feeling like a master of your own reading experience. This guide is your secret weapon. It's packed with proven techniques and strategies from cognitive science and reading experts. You'll learn how to highlight effectively, take notes that stick, and actively engage with the text to unlock deeper comprehension. Think of it like a cheat code for your brain. Unlock the power of active reading and finally conquer the challenge of retaining what you read. This is your chance to become a truly intelligent reader.

Expand your memory, concentration, energy, and learning ability with this 4-step holistic program which helps your brain perform at optimum mental ability. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa's Brain Longevity Program uses complementary medicine from Eastern and Western traditions, along with nutritional therapy, stress management, exercise therapy, and pharmacology, to reduce the effects of "normal" brain aging.

Contrary to popular belief, retirement homes are not the only option for our population’s aging members anymore. Adult Family Homes designed to allow senior citizens to live mostly independently with access to a variety of amenities, provide an alternative for individuals or couples who can no longer safely live on their own but don’t want to relegate themselves to assisted living facilities. Investment in this innovative category of senior living is a relatively new opportunity that many are not aware of.

I was a “Monster Kid” and “The Weird Kid, The Horror Movie Kid.” I found out early…horror is always personal. Now I make horror for a living. It shouldn’t just be WATCHED. Horror should be ENJOYED. This isn’t some stuffy analysis telling you what’s good or bad. Instead, it’s a tour of the 1930s through the 1980s—a personal account of how the best and worst of this era gave us so many memories and experiences that impacted our own lives. It’s fun…just how horror should always be.

In 365 Ways to Love Your Child, Julie encourages moms, dads, and anyone who works with children to show kids every day with simple but meaningful gestures and activities how very much they are loved. Join Julie in expressing tangible acts of love to show your kids they are valued by their parents and, most especially, by God.

Not long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you would ever possess. Your brain was thought to be hardwired to function in predetermined ways. It turns out that's not true. Your brain is not hardwired; it's "softwired" by experience. This book shows you how you can rewire parts of the brain to feel more positive about your life, remain calm during stressful times, and improve your social relationships.

As the amount of published information rapidly increases, our ability to recall vital facts and absorb information quickly becomes more and more important. What can we learn from the world’s leading experts on brain science about memory and learning? Join us in a fascinating discovery from a team of UCLA neuroscientists who are demonstrating that exposure to computer technology causes rapid and profound changes in neural circuitry.

Have you ever wanted to truly know what goes on inside the head of Sherlock Holmes? Have you wanted to be able to read people and their expressions like books? Have you ever wanted to read a room and all the tells and clues that it provides? Then this is the book for you.

Is struggling to remember things something you find difficult? Often find yourself thinking that nothing can help? Or maybe you’re just constantly fed up of using prescription drugs and so called miracle cures. If this sounds all too familiar, then keep reading. We understand that memory loss and memory improvement are probably somewhat of a sensitive subject that you probably don’t like discussing with others. Looking for ways to help can be difficult and challenging and often leads to confusion when it comes down to what actually works and what doesn’t.

More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Best-selling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud.

Este libro te enseñará estrategias prácticas y creativas para refinar y mejorar tu memoria. Aprenderás técnicas eficaces sobre cómo mantener el cerebro en óptimas condiciones, la manera de superar el olvido y cómo conservar fácilmente los datos en tu mente para recuperarlos inmediatamente en cualquier momento.

Beloved Jeopardy! champ Buzzy Cohen reveals the eccentric yet effective training method he developed to prep for the show, and empowers listeners to apply these techniques to train for their own challenges in this one-of-a-kind Audible Original.

Go from poor learner to pro-learner without buying into the many myths! Imagine that there was a way to improve your ability to learn, so that you could move toward your goals faster. Think what would happen if you didn’t have to struggle so much to get a little result, and that you could make great progress for the effort you put in. Internationally best-selling author I. C. Robledo collected information from a wide range of sources to show you what you need to know about learning.

This "Sharp Focus" program was designed to assist the listener in gaining self-thoughts related to energy, focus, willpower, organization and follow-through.