Well Being: How To Upgrade Your Brain’s Operating System As You Age!
Introduction
A really interesting article recently published by Dr Lawrence Choy, a member of the Mental Wellness Initiative of the Global Wellness Institute that recently published a White Paper — Mental Wellness: Pathways, Evidence and Horizons
I was particularly interested that the findings for mature people were very encouraging (More on that below)
“We now have substantial scientific evidence that explains how wellness habits promote our brain to change and rewire itself through a lifelong process termed Neuroplasticity.
Main Points From Article
Mental wellness refers to our psychological and emotional health.
The term also encompasses the general sense of well-being in the physical, social, occupational, spiritual, financial, and environmental aspects of our lives.
It is an active lifelong process that involves making conscious and intentional choices toward living a healthy, purposeful, and fulfilling life.
It enables us to realize our potential, cope with daily stresses, work productively, and contribute meaningfully to our community and society.
Neuroplasticity simply means change in the nervous system. It refers to our brain’s intrinsic and dynamic ability to continuously alter its structure and function throughout our lifetime.
Wellness practices have existed for centuries and millennia in promoting health and harmony.
However, we were unable to provide a “hard science” explanation for their underlying benefits until the past few decades, thanks in large part to the advent of revolutionizing research technologies in brain imaging and molecular genetics.
During the 1990’s, coined the Decade of the Brain, our understanding of the most complex structure in the universe underwent a radical paradigm shift.
At the time, the scientific community was quite convinced the brain was fixed and incapable of change when we reach our adult age. Moreover, we thought everyone was born with a fixed number of brain cells that would decline inevitably with age, without a chance to regenerate.
This bleak belief implied that we were not able to change much nor significantly improve ourselves once we reach adulthood. As the saying goes,
”You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
We now have substantial scientific evidence that explains how wellness habits promote our brain to change and rewire itself through a lifelong process termed Neuroplasticity.
But there is a catch. The older you are the more the effort required!
A small price to pay, and in any case something we should be doing to make our life more meaningful as we age.
I was particularly interested that the findings for mature people were very encouraging:
“We now have substantial scientific evidence that explains how wellness habits promote our brain to change and rewire itself through a lifelong process termed Neuroplasticity.
We discovered stem cells actually exist in the adult brain.
Furthermore, these newborn brain cells have the capacity to develop into mature functional neurons to aid in memory and learning in a remarkable process called Neurogenesis.
In other words, we can add gigabytes and upgrade our brain’s operating system in our old age!”
Click Link Below to read full article and watch 2 short videos
You Can Read Full Article Here
Includes 2 very helpful short videos that make this easier to understand’
Highly recommended 😊
Conclusion
So, if like me you are a “Mature adult” ie 55+ the big take-away is:
We can add gigabytes and upgrade our brain’s operating system in our old age 🙂
So it does require a bit more effort than it did when you were younger….
Big Deal!
If you are serious about creating and living a Long Healthy and Wealthy Life you are going to exercise your brain as you learn wnat you need to do to achieve that.
Your future happiness and success is in your hands. You have to believe you can do this and Take Action ASAP.
I wish you well on your journey.