What was I going to do?

Do you ever go into a room to get something and forget what you were after? Have you put your keys somewhere you'd be sure to remember, only to find out they are misplaced? Have you had a great idea but then can't remember what it was?Before you can improve your memory, the first thing you will want to do is learn more about the human brain, and your own brain in particular. To improve your memory without understanding your brain is like trying to upgrade a computer without understanding how it works. You won't be very successful. Everyone has their own unique learning style, and you will need to understand how you learn in order to maximize your memory abilities.

What was I going to do? Oh yeah, I was going to reserve my spot for the Brimhall Wellness Center Class on September 14th to learn more about improving my memory and learning, ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer's and more.

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Join us on September 14th @ 7:00 PM for our class night about memory, learning, ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer's and more!

Last month our class was on our Neurofeedback. This is a therapy we offer in our office that is used as an aid for optimal brain functioning. To find out how it can help you please call our office at (480) 964-5107.

Back to School lunches

Packing lunches for your kids every day may be a daunting task. Thank you to Sara Snow who shares how to help parents pack lunches that are both healthy and delicious!

1. Scratch the Sandwich:If your child isn't a sandwich fan (as I wasn't as a kid) you might have to get creative. Pack hummus and vegetables, cheese and crackers, cold veggie pizza or soup.

2. Keep it Simple:
Don't try to get fancy or pretty with every lunch. A simple apple is better than individually packaged apple slices with fruit dip.

3. Remember Left-overs:
Last night's dinner often makes the best and most nutritious lunch. Pack up leftover pasta, pizza, salad, soup, or casserole. Add a little fruit or veggies and call it good. If your child doesn't have a way to heat food, try heating in the morning and packing in an insulated container, or pack leftovers that serve up well cold like pizza and salad.

5. Employ the Littlest Helpers:
Let you kids help you pack up their own lunch. They'll be more likely to eat it when they hit the cafeteria tables that way.

6. And of course...
Pack a Rainbow. Pack a red apple, some purple grape juice, some brown wheat bread and some green lettuce, to create a rainbow in your child's lunchbox. Have your kids help you pick the foods that will create their very own rainbow each day.

Changing Others

What do you do when those you love are engaged in self-destructive behavior? The common self-help doctrine of the day says to focus on yourself! You can’t change them anyway. You have to wait until they are ready. You can’t make them happy. For that matter, you can’t make them sad either! You can’t use your personal will to make them angry, get a job, stop smoking or wiggle their big toe. So stop trying to change other people. Change yourself instead. That is all you can do.

After having said that, I would like to say that a big chunk of this ideology might be right, but the other half is absolutely wrong. In some cases, even dangerously wrong. While it is true that those you love must make individual choices for their own well being that you or anyone else cannot make for them, their best, most powerful hope for change…Is YOU. In reality, the people you love who need to make major changes in their life are unlikely to do it on their own. But they can and will make changes with the loving support and encouragement of people who genuinely care about them. And if their life is in danger in some way by the choices they are making you cannot afford to ‘wait until they are ready’.
Amazingly, study after study shows that we often reflect those we hang out with the most. You hang with people who spend money recklessly; you may be prone to similar behavior. You hang with people who drink and smoke, your chances of drinking and smoking go up. You hang with people who are angry or have destructive habits and it is likely that you will feel angry much of the time or take on those habits yourself. Of course if the people we hang with are happy, health-conscious and wealthy, our propensity towards those things increases as well. Our best chance for change is with each other!

It is not about not being with negative people. It is about filling your life with so many good people and relationships that we become the positive force for change for the person we love so much. So, in a way, we can change them! Their change is in our relationship. Don’t give up. Change may take time, but it can also happen in an instant.

Peace,

Michael

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Growing up my mom was adamant about having us eat a good breakfast. She would say "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." She was right.

Studies show that children who eat breakfast do better in school. It doesn't take much further thought to realize adults will feel better and perform better at work as well. Whether you work at home, at the office, at school, or on the road, it is not a good idea to skip breakfast. Eating a good breakfast sets the tone for the rest of the day.

Here's a Breakfast recipe from Andrea, our Nutrition Coach here at our Wellness Center.

Veggie Frittata
1 cup sautéed vegetables (spinach, broccoli, onions)
1 egg yolk
3 to 4 egg whites
pepper
dash of hot sauce
1 tbs crumbled feta
reheat oven to 350°.
Over medium heat, sauté veggies.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg whites, egg yolks, hot sauce, and pepper.
Pour the egg mixture into the pan and stir with a spatula.
Bake until almost firm to touch sprinkle with the feta.

You have a choice!

If you have a health problem, how do you decide to address it? Is your decision of treatment based on fixing the symptom or on finding the cause? Is it based on doing what insurance will cover or what you learned from the internet?

My view of health care is very tainted. I believe that you are responsible for yourself. I believe that you should be in control of how you handle your health. In my opinion our current "health care” model is not about health care, it is more about disease care. It doesn’t seem right that in order for us to be treated, we have to be sick. So even when you or someone you love is not feeling well and the testing is ‘normal’ - just know you are just not “sick enough” to receive care yet. Health is not the absence of symptoms.

In order to be and stay healthy we must find the cause of the problem, whether it is physical, emotional, chemical, toxin, electro-magetic, or allergy based! Ultimately your health is your choice. Right now you have a choice! If you or someone in your family had a problem what would you do? Who would you see?

If I were sick or did not feel well I would choose to go to the Brimhall Wellness Center or one that works like we do so I could get healthy and stay healthy!

Take back your health! Be in control of your health! After all, you are in charge of you!


Sincerely,

Dr. Brett Brimhall