Puzzles Are an Underestimated, Subtle Yet Powerful Proven StarMaker. Below are just a few reasons why. There is a reason why children are given puzzles to work and also why older people work them. It works the brain muscles, the cognitive muscles that associate like things together and link them, especially by visual recognition of patterns. Similar to brain games like chess and card games like Solitaire, it has been proven that working puzzles builds [...]

This was also an immensely popular blog I posted on Myspace in 2006.  People have told me they use the last part as a type of meditation, and it always leaves them feeling complete and whole.  From that place of wholeness, you can choose to visualize differently, or just use the feeling to…well, feel good for a while! However you decide, it is my pleasure to share this article with you today… Many people have [...]

An unusual, unlikely, yet extremely powerful StarMaker is singing karaoke. Who knew? Actually, quite a few professionals know of the power of karaoke.  Many speech therapists have found that singing and music therapy, specifically karaoke therapy, can actually heal patients with speech impediments. Therapists have used karaoke with great success with stroke patients, in regaining their speaking abilities. (SIDEBAR: a very funny dark comedy that uses this exact therapy as the backdrop for two different [...]

Solitaire has always been one of my favorite card games.  I used to sit and play it for hours with real cards.  Out of the many fantastic brain games, I enjoy the way it develops my mental skills. Then later, the electronic version came out on the computers, and, let’s just say, I played it so much that I dreamed about cards in my sleep most every night! I enjoy the game on the computer.  [...]

I had a funny observation and realization about the type of guy I seem to always end up with.  I later realize they are almost all left-handed, or ambidextrous.  It’s not like it comes up on a date or anything.  I usually noticed it much later in the relationship, when our elbows clinked together if we were sitting side by side and I was on his left, he on my right.  Suddenly, I’m like, wow [...]