Happy Fourth🎆 and may this note find you enjoying the holiday weekend, with your Medicare Insurance keeping you red, white, and blue.
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It’s hot as “👹🔥” in Colorado, but don’t worry! Plato got his summer cut and of course he’s helping with the cherry 🍒 harvest.
We’ve got a block party this afternoon and Q decided to make a cherry cobbler🍒🥧.
Hard to believe Plato likes sour cherries, but he also loves 🥦broccoli stems 😖 so there’s no accounting for taste (thank goodness, or Q would’ve never married me😂.)
It turns out that taste is deeply connected to our sense of smell. We know our tastes and our sense of smell can change as we age. I’ve lost my taste for sugar in the last few years, but the smell of anything baking👃🥧 😍 makes me very happy.
A recent study at UC Irvine links scent and memory, suggesting that exposure to certain smells while sleeping may provide a significant cognitive boost.
Diffusing a different natural scent each night while you sleep could boost memory by a whopping 226% over six months!
Participants (aged 60–85) slept with a diffuser running for just 2 hours a night, rotating between seven essential oils like lavender, eucalyptus, and rose. The result? Sharper recall and even positive brain changes on imaging!
Perhaps we should wake up and smell the roses👃🌹!
💡The science is pretty exciting—smell is directly connected to your brain’s memory center.
That’s why a whiff of something familiar can suddenly transport you back decades. We went to a local brewery last weekend and they had goats on the patio.
I grew up working on farms and being around livestock definitely takes me back to the good old days🐓🚜🌾, but I don’t miss shoveling 🐄💩!
Now before you buy a cart full of oils, keep in mind: this was a small study, and while results were promising, it’s still the early days.
My big brother, Dr. Rob, always warns me not to jump on the bandwagons too early. This is not a cure for dementia, just a potentially helpful habit to try alongside healthy sleep, good nutrition, and staying mentally active🧠.
Wellness is never just the “one thing☝️” pointed out by the influencers. Wellness is the culmination of everything we do on a daily basis, the good and the bad.
Forgive yourself for the extra bag of Doritos and then get out there and do something healthy, something fun. Take a chance, do something new.
We can always find reasons to settle, to give up, to despair. Sometimes the hardest thing in life is just to keep going🧑🦽.
This week, my brother competed in a fundraising “Dancing with the Stars💃🌟🧑🦽” event.
Rob’s favorite part of the whole experience were the daily rehearsals and the challenge of learning new movements and sharpening his agility in the chair.
Alas, Robert and his professional dancing partner did not win the competition; it wasn’t a Disney movie ending.
But they did have a great time and I can guarantee they raised the level of energy for everyone who attended❤️.
Remember, “gettin’ old ain’t for sissies!” What are YOU going to do this week to raise the level of energy for everyone in your life? That’s the quickest path to wellness!
Keep squeezing the juice🍊 out of life and look for ways to help others.
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