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Dr Helena Popovic MBBS, Peak Health for Peak Performance. Since graduating in medicine from the University of Sydney in 1995, Dr Helena Popovic has been paving the way for a new paradigm in peak health and peak performance. A specialist in brain plasticity and lifestyle-based diseases, Helena shows how we can achieve excellence in every area of our lives – through education, not medication. Helena combines her experience as doctor, researcher, Lifeline counsellor, fitness instructor and carer for her elderly father, to deliver sophisticated messages with common sense practicality and infectious energy. Her book, “In Search of My Father” shows how we can defy dementia, boost our brains and prevent the cognitive decline we’ve mistakenly believed was inevitable with ageing.
Boost your Brain to Boost your Learning |
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Most people work on building up and boosting their financial assets. But how many people work on building up and boosting their greatest asset: their brain? The emerging field of neuroplasticity has shown that our brains can change their own structure and function. The brain can grow new cells, new connections and new circuits in response to what we do, what we think and how we behave. We are far more than passive victims of our genes: we play an active role in how our brains develop throughout our lives. This presentation distils the essence of the neuroplastic revolution and gives practical suggestions that can be implemented immediately to improve the functioning of the brain. By applying this knowledge, we can tap into brain potential we never knew we had, increase our capacity for learning and problem solving, and prevent the cognitive decline we’ve mistakenly believed was inevitable with ageing.
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