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Brain trainers fills a crucial but narrow niche between education and psychology.  Sometimes we find that one of our clients would be well served by another service that works along with brain training.  We are continually adding to this list of such services, so check back often.
Stress is a big factor in absentmindedness and memory loss.  Getting the most out of brain training may require addressing some of the foundational sources of stress, and for that we recommend Carol Waters, LMT (Partner in New You Now specializing in Stress Management, Life Coaching, and Hypnosis.)

Diet plays a powerful role in brain health.  Many people discover they need to change their lifestyle to get their brains working at peak efficiency.  For personalized diet needs, we turn to
Linda Lockett Brown, RD, LD/N
CINET REGISTERED DIETITIANS

(Partner in New You Now)

Recent studies show that aerobic exercise can delay aging dementia, and that the best time to exercise your brain is right after physical exercise.  The fitness service we recommend to our clients is  DP Sports & Fitness (Partner in New You Now).

With the market swelling with brain exercise programs and games that have no research basis, it's tough to tell the real from the really flimsy.  When you don't have a personal brain trainer to advise you, there's no better resource than Sharpbrains.com


Logic puzzles are a cornerstone of brain training, and bridge puzzles are a great introduction to logic.  With help from a brain trainer, bridge puzzles can be the introduction to time and resource management strategies, delegation skills and much more.  Without additional training, they are still a fun little game.
 
One of the sub-skills within logic is the ability to process incomplete information.  This skill does not come easily to the human brain--it must be learned.  Practice with nonograms is helpful for exercising this skill, which is used in critical thinking and multiple-choice tests.  
 
Logic is the foundation of mathematics, and shikaku is an excellent bridge between the two.  Practice with shikaku reinforces the relationships between numbers: primes, factors, multiples and more.

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