Judy Marcus - Memory Improvement Tips

Over-multi-tasking? Brain stretched to limit? Here's tips to relax and de-stress so you can remember better.

While emailing with a New York Times reporter about memory tips, he wrote:

"Judy:  Trying to stretch my mind, but it's stretched to the limit, I'm afraid, and feeling the wear and tear of the strain."

Here's my reply to him - perhaps it speaks to you as well: 

"I hear your pain from the strain of too much on the brain.

When I'm in that spot, these three easy strategies work:

1.  I take a breathing space break often throughout the day.  It's easy.  A simple deep breath in through my nose, filling my belly with air to the count of four, and then breathing out through my mouth to the count of six as if floating a feather in the air.

2.  I meditate to calm my mind and give it resting time.

3.  I give myself permission to take even a twenty-minute holiday and do something totally different and fun."

Let me know if you find the above helpful.  Also let me know what  destressers you have up your sleeve.Blog-on!

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Don't Forget: Your Brain Needs both Mental and Physical Exercise! (a Reminder for people with an over-busy schedule)

Before you look at your watch and say to yourself, "I'm just too busy.  I’ve barely got a half-hour to spare.  Something on my schedule's gotta give." ...

Before you think, "I'll do my brain a favor.  I'll squeeze in thirty minutes to tackle the crossword puzzle, or Suduko, or finish my book, or work on my French, or my taxes, or my email, or clear off my desk… and blow off my exercise," think again. 

With the dynamic-duo of both mental and physical exercise, you get a more powerful brain advantage.

Your brain needs both mental and physical stimulation. 

Ask yourself, “Which type of exercise have I done for my brain lately?  How well do I balance my brain power activities?  Am I doing enough cross-training for my brain?”

Just as mental challenges stimulate your brain power - (you don’t have to take up rocket science, almost any activity will do provided it snares your interest and stimulates your brain to learn new challenges) - so does physical exercise stimulate new brain cell growth.

Exercise Grows New Brain Cells.

Physical exercise is a critical component of good health.  Among its many benefits, exercise grows new brain cells.  Studies show about one-half hour of exercise about three or four times a week stimulates neurogenesis, the growth of neurons, because it increases activity in the part of the brain which is important to learning and memory. 

Your brain benefits when you think “How can I best balance my mental and physical exercise?” 

Now, wouldn’t you say that’s an extraordinary reason to work out both mentally and physically? – and who wouldn’t want to increase their brain power possibility? 

Just imagine:  the dynamic duo of mental and physical exercise helps you look better – feel better – and remember better. 

Have you figurered out how to balance your mental-vs-physical time?  Let me hear from you.  Blog on to share your success stories and your time-management dilemnas. 

Don’t forget!

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Memory Improvement Speaker Disappears in Bermuda Triangle. Or, Remember to Save Your Memory While It's Fresh in Your Mind - Before it Evaporates

I waited too long and I lost a treasured memory of Bermuda-- so now can I get it back?

Early this March I was in Bermuda, as the keynote speaker for the Wonderful Women being honored at the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce 2nd Annual Wonder Woman Luncheon.

I was enamored with the beauty of the island, and charmed by all the people I encountered.  They treated me royally -- and The Bermuda Royal Gazette ran a great article about my memory training keynote presentation.  They even included a photo of me on the podium of the Fairmont Hotel -- a photo capturing an energetic and laughing me --  (If you're like me and you usually sift through fifty-seven photos to find the one that shows your personality and hides the wrinkles - or whatever it is you wish wasn't showing -  then you can understand why I was so thrilled to see a candid photo of me that I loved.) 

Had I only acted soon enough.  Then I could have included a link in this blog article so - if you wanted to - you could just click onto the March 10, 2008 Bermuda Royal  Gazette page and see me in my glory. 

But too much time elapsed - and there is now a different article - and a different photo - and mine is in the archives and I will have to do a lot of research to get it back.  And when I do, I will send it out so you can see it, if you wish.

Lessons learned as life imitates memory training.

Notice how similar this "lost in the internet photo experience" is to when you're introduced to someone, and you wait too long to pay attention and capture his or her name - and then the name evaporates from your mind as you are introduced to the next person...

So you can see - whether it's names and faces you want to recall, or newspaper articles posted on the internet you want to be able to click on - how important it is for you to understand what is important to you - and then not wait to capture the images you want to remember - or, they'll disappear.

Don't forget to take the time to remember!

Share your stories.

How about you?  Do you have stories to share about something you lost because you didn't pay attention?  Blog on and share your stories!

p.s.  In case you're wondering about the Bermuda Triangle, it's:  Time - The Article - and Judy in Bermuda

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