Top 10 Ways to Take Care of Your Brain

Spoiler alert: it doesn't involve crossword puzzles

Brain health doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Many of these things are “simple” but not easy to implement in our current culture. If you want to take care of your brain, you’re going to have to be ok going against the grain.

1. Sleep 8 hours every night

This is a non-negotiable. The processes that take place while you sleep cannot be replaced by caffeine.

Before the invention of the light bulb people used to sleep 11 hours a night! Our brain functions best when we are in sync with the environment (awake when the sun is out and asleep when it’s not).

Research has found sleep can help you:

• Live longer

• Be more productive

• Enhance memory

• Increase creativity

• Lose weight

• Boost mood

• Reduce your risk of disease

• Improve mental health

• Make you more attractive

I’ll created a Sleep Guide with tips for a wind down routine, how to set up your sleep environment, and how things you do during the day impact your quality of sleep at night.