Improving my Brain by Reading Clocks
If you’re a part of my ADHDTechies Facebook Group, you may have heard me mention Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, author of The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, who was also featured in The Brain that Changes Itself. Her story of correcting her severe learning disability is nothing…
Breakthrough Moments & Epiphanies in Brain Improvement
The nature of brain development work—and arguably any challenging learning endeavor—is that you’ll do a lot of repetition and deliberate practice. Occasionally you’ll see progress rapidly; most times, it will come very slowly. Inevitably plateaus happen. But sometimes, epiphanies happen as well.
Book Review: Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson
Sleep is possibly the most significant component of the journey in getting our brains to work to their fullest, for both ADHD people (who often have sleep problems) and non-ADHD people. So lately I’ve been doing a lot of work on my own sleep quality,…
My Recent Brain-Healthy Diet and Self-Control
Poor nutrition is catastrophic for brain health. Sugar, food dyes and other artificial ingredients wreak havoc on attention and cognition – and not to mention your metabolism, contributing to diabetes and other problems (which in turn, mess up your brain as well). Conversely, different dietary…
The Three Foundations of A Better Brain: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise
Here’s something everyone should internalize if you don’t know this already: It doesn’t matter how many brain ‘hacks’ you try. It doesn’t matter how much information you consume on this topic, or how much time you spend listening to podcasts and reading blog posts. It…
My “Brain Hacks and Upgrades” Presentation
Last summer I was super excited to give a talk at QCon New York, a fantastic international software conference. At QCon they give some great in-depth talks about everything tech related, ranging from web development to programming architecture, scaling, management and so on. Last summer…
