Tag: brain

Poor sleep not only makes us grumpy, hungry and lethargic, it can be deadly. A study by researchers in Australia showed that being awake for 18 hours produced an impairment equal to a blood alcohol concentration of .05, and .10 after 24 hours. In most states, .08 is considered legally drunk. Consider that roughly 86% of Americans commute by automobile to and from work, according to 2013 U.S. Census Data, and you realize that's a lot of people on the road potentially impaired from poor sleep.

Ah, the multiple orgasm. It’s a thing of beauty. And a thing of reality. So let’s start there. Women do have multiple orgasms. We are very lucky in that respect. Women do not have a refractory period—or downtime— like men do. Once we’re up, we have every opportunity to go up and up and up!

So, how exactly does one manage this feat? Follow your body’s lead. When you have an orgasm, either ease up on or stop what you were doing. But don’t stop your brain. Allow it to continue thinking about what you just did, how good it felt, and what might feel good next. Then slowly ease back in or start again (depending on whether or not you came to a complete halt).

It’s Monday morning, and Michael, a senior executive at a global telecommunications company, faces the week utterly exhausted. Only 38, he’s been a high-level leader with the firm for more than a decade. Once, he was a wunderkind, an "energizer" on the fast track to become the company’s youngest-ever CEO, but those days are over. Now, Michael is perpetually depleted, and his pinpoint focus has given way to constant brain fog. He struggles with stress and anxiety every day—a state of mind (and body) that’s killing his performance capacity.

It’s no secret that childhood experiences affect adult behavior. For example, we all know that kids who grow up in an abusive home are more likely to abuse others or to be abused as adults. Yet for some reason, we still think that with a strong dose of old-fashioned willpower, people can take responsibility and overcome their relationship issues. The classic American pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps attitude conquers all… doesn’t it?

Well, no. Neurological science shows that the truth is much grimmer.

"Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it’s the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it’s almost breathtaking to the point you feel you can’t take it. And at this moment you’re a part of them." ~ Unknown

There might not be two words that are better matched side by side than gratitude and sex. What moment more fully embodies gratitude than the deep and powerful pleasure of two bodies entwined in lovemaking?

I have noticed that more and more businesses keep a small bowl of candy in reception areas and on countertops. They are practically becoming part of the décor. The other day, while waiting for my hairstylist, a woman marched over to the obligatory bowl of candy, snatched up a fistful of candy and announced, "I need some sugar!" She was not a diabetic in distress; she was not faint from not eating. She had an emotional need for not just one piece of candy—but a fistful.

Your spouse drives you crazy. It’s those little (or big) annoying habits and irritations that wear on you day in and day out. On one hand, you love your sweetheart, but on the other hand you want to scream!

What do you do when you feel the push and pull of these opposing forces? Do you hug your partner or grimace and boil in frustration? I say: It’s a matter of choice.

"Ha!" you might respond, "You don’t have to live with my spouse. I do! You just don’t know what a pain he (or she) can be!"