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Have you heard of Mommy Brain or Momnesia or how awful your memory has been ever since you’ve had the children?! Doesn’t it seem to worsen the more children you have?! How can we give our brains a workout without getting a headache?

This week, we have the answer for you! We bring to you Laura Faye, the chief operating officer of Happy Neuron out in San Francisco, California. She graciously agreed to speak with us so early on the West Coast and are so happy she did! Happy Neuron is an incredible program that our whole family can participate in to make our brains healthier. (Don’t you just love the name? Happy Neuron is just what our neurons become, right? )

Happy Neuron was designed by a team of neurologists, cognitive and neuroscientists as a mental exercise for a healthy brain. Research has stated that when we actively participate in a cross functional brain workout, we can defer age related brain decline. As an adult, we can learn how to stimulate our brains and neurons can be regenerated with the appropriate stimulus. So, the dynamic team at Happy Neuron has developed fun, challenging and I say , addicting games that are designed to specifically train certain areas of our brains.

With a series of exercises, combined with an online virtual coach, we can strengthen the language, attention, memory, visual and spacial skills, and the executive function areas of our brains. But, how often do we have to do this? Are we supposed to exercise our brains every day or can we give ourselves a bolus at the beginning then take it easy for the remainder of the week? Is “brain exercise” different than physical exercise?

Laura explains that like physical training, it is best to train on a regular basis of 3 times/week for about 20 minutes. Spread it over a couple of day and learn how to have fun and use the different areas of our brains! And let me tell you, this website is so easy to use and the games just make time go by quickly! 90 minutes felt like 9 minutes instead! The virtual coach is a wonderful feature to help you feel more comfortable navigating the various games and areas of Happy Neuron.

All you have to do is register for a free 7-day trial to see how you like it! The games become gradually more challenging and offer you a wide variety for everyone’s interests. The investment to your brain health is about $9.95/month or $99.95/year. It ’s really only about 30 cents/day. Not bad to help your brain function better.

I had a great time  using Happy Neuron. And for someone who is technologically non-adept, this was a piece of cake for me to use! My neurons certainly were happy campers when I played the Happy Neuron games. Literally, that is what I did! I play and had fun! Never would have guessed I was “teaching and regenerating neurons…”!!!

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