Review: What was it? Oh, yes, a Memory Guide....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2014
Bill McDowell is a prolific writer and his mission seems to be getting all of us through those areas where we falter or stumble or just need some solid advice. His other books include Stop Being Lazy Right Now!, Why Am I Single?, Stop Hurting and Start Living, How to heal a Broken Heart, Improve Your Life Today, Be Happy, How to Find Love, How to Beat Depression, The intermittent Fasting Diet, Historical Research (a Writer's Guide) and others. It is clear he sees our weak spots and dives in to help us fix them.Having the author explain the need for this book is better than winging it, so in his words he tells us why we need to read this book: `This book will help you understand the basics of memory loss and the differences between various kinds of memory loss, dementia and normal age-related memory loss. It might seem to be a minor issue now, but memory loss is a severe condition. It can alter quality of life to such an extent that even carrying out normal, daily activities - such as feeding and washing oneself - becomes a challenge. As people with dementia are no longer able to recognize other people and places, they are also more at risk of harming themselves and the people around them. This book will help you to understand the reasons behind memory loss and the way the brain functions, and this knowledge should help you to protect your memory. It will take you on a journey through the brain, touring the nerves and revealing how they communicate, strengthen, and how they die, as well as the relationship between the brain and the rest of the body. After touring the complex brain micro-universe, you will dive into some brain that can help you preserve your memory, enhance cognitive processes, and slow down the memory-depleting effect of external stress factors. There are many ways to preserve your memory, as presented by this book. From NLP techniques to aromatherapy and mathematics, and from concentration exercises to special brain-food, you will find valuable memory improvement techniques, which are easy to apply and can be integrated into your daily routine. You will be able to increase your productivity andmake the most out of both your work time and free time.'To accomplish his very helpful desire to educate us, offer symptoms of the various types of memory loss an dhow to confront and cope and heal them, he divides his book into the following topics: The story behind memory loss, Memory loss causes and symptoms, Memory loss diseases and types of memory loss,  Stress - a major role in memory loss, Sleep and memory, Memory Improvement Techniques, Tips and Tricks, How can Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) help you on memory improvement,  and IQ, Emotional Intelligence and NLP. Each chapter is brief but succinct and offers s=considerable insight as well as usable information.By book's end we discover many things about memory including the fact that there is indeed something we can do to improve it rather than just blaming it on aging. This is a brief but concise book, well written and well worth everyone's attention. Grady Harp, April 14