4 of 13 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power - The Ultimate Form of Self-Care

Premise:  You Have the Power to Have a Healthier, More Focused,
​Better Functioning Brain...
Practice this form (or any other form that will suit your schedule this week) of self-care daily throughout the next week.

​4. Learn a Foreign Language - Take a French Class
I am a member of the American Association of University Women - San Clemente-Capistrano Bay (CA) Branch and within this group I participate in the French Club, aka Conversations Francais.  We're a diverse group of woman with varying experience with the French language/culture.  Some of the girls have lived in French speaking communities, others have taken high school or college level French classes, some have enjoyed traveling to France or other French speaking countries. I myself, was raised in a French speaking home. Now, being that I was the youngest child, I got away with being spoken to in French, but responding to my parents in English.  My French comprehension abilities are high, my French speaking abilities are low.   My mother, who suffered from early onset dementia, continued throughout the remainder of her days to speak to me in her native tongue - French.  She would continually chide me by saying "Parlez-moi dans ma langue!" Translation:"Speak to me in my language!".  
My French club involvement enhances my life two-fold; 1) I am working to keep my brain sharp by practicing a second language. 2) I know my mother would be so proud of the fact that I now practice Parler sa langue - translation - Speaking her language.  What are you changing up in your life routine to boost your brains power? 

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Over the course of the next 9 weeks we're going to be discussing tips on how you can practice self-care by keeping your brain sharp.  ​Other forms of self-care include...asking for help.  At Next Step we provide non-medical organizational care management support, placements, fitness and resources for everything else. Contact us at 949-573-8504 to have us help you put a 'plan in place' so your mind can be freed up to focus, focus, focus.  
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