Resilience Today.
Brain Health for Life.
Brain Longevity — personalized, neuroscience-based guidance for lifelong brain health.
Your brain is changing throughout your life, and what you do today can help support how it functions as you age. I help you understand the science behind healthy brain aging and turn that knowledge into practical choices that support cognitive health, resilience, and wellbeing as you grow older.
Your Brain Is Built to Adapt
For a long time, we thought of the adult brain as relatively fixed. We now know that the brain continues to adapt in response to what we do, what we learn, and the experiences we have—even well into older age. This capacity for change, known as neuroplasticity, is one of the most fascinating findings in modern neuroscience.
Neuroplasticity doesn't mean we can prevent every change associated with aging, but we can certainly make a difference. The brain is complex, and aging is influenced by many factors. But knowing that your brain remains responsive to experiences and learning gives us an important reason to pay attention to the choices we make and the habits we develop.
What You May Not Know About Brain Aging - Busting Myths
There's a lot of information about brain health, and it can be difficult to know what to believe. Some ideas about memory and aging have changed as we've learned more about the brain, while other claims have become oversimplified along the way. Here are a few assumptions worth reconsidering.
“Memory loss is inevitable as we age.”
Some changes in memory are a normal part of aging, but significant cognitive decline isn't something we should simply assume is inevitable. Genetics, health, lifestyle, and environment all contribute to how the brain ages.
“Dementia is simply a matter of bad luck.”
Genetics and chance play a role, but they aren't the whole story. Dementia is complex, and risk is influenced by multiple factors across a person's life.
“There's nothing I can do about my future brain health.”
We can't control every aspect of how our brains age, but there are many factors we can influence—including physical activity, sleep, nutrition, cardiovascular health, cognitive engagement, social connection, and stress.
Build Your Brain Health From the Foundations Up
Brain health is shaped by many factors that interact throughout our lives. There is no single food, supplement, exercise, or brain-training activity that can guarantee a healthy brain as we age. Instead, I look at the foundations that work together to support cognitive health and overall brain function.
The Pillars of Brain Longevity include:
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Sleep
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Nutrition
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Physical Activity
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Social Connection
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Cognitive Engagement
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Cardiovascular Health
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Stress & Emotional Wellbeing
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Environmental Toxin & Substance Reduction
The aim is to understand which areas matter most for you, where the evidence is strongest, and how these foundations can fit realistically into your life.
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Personalized brain health starts with understanding the person, not just the brain.
What You'll Learn
The Pillars of Brain Longevity provide a framework for understanding the everyday factors that influence brain health. Rather than trying to change everything at once, you'll discover how these areas relate to one another, where the evidence is strongest, and which may be most relevant to your own life.
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Recognize opportunities within your own lifestyle.
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Turn what you learn into realistic habits and choices.
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Make decisions with greater confidence, without feeling overwhelmed by conflicting advice.
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Understand how the major pillars work together to support brain health.
"You are what you repeatedly do. Success therefore, is not a trait but a habit." - Aristotle
Ways to Learn and Work With Me
Bring Brain Health Education to Your Community or Organization
Private consultations
Personalized conversations about brain health, cognitive performance, healthy aging, nutrition, lifestyle, or areas you'd like to understand more deeply.
Investment: $225 per session. Additional sessions can be arranged if you'd like to continue exploring your brain-health goals.
Workshops &
Educational Talks
Engaging presentations and interactive workshops focused on healthy brain aging, memory, cognitive health and the lifestyle factors that support brain health over time. Practical and relevant for community groups, women's groups and other audiences.
Investment: Customized.
Pricing depends on the format, audience size, length, and preparation required.
Corporate presentations
Current and relevant education for organizations interested in cognitive performance, brain health, stress, healthy aging, or supporting the wellbeing of their people.
Investment: Customized.
Pricing depends on the format, audience size, length, and preparation required.
Let's Find the Right Format
Whether you'd like a private conversation about your own brain health, are interested in bringing an educational workshop to your community, or are looking for an engaging presentation for your organization, we can decide together what works best.
In March 2024 Linda gave an in-person presentation about Brain Health to our Elder's Group of about 20 attendees. People were engaged and found the information new and relevant. She was humorous to lighten our anxieties about aging brains, and included two games in which we challenged our brains. This workshop is very engaging and important to those of us in our third stage of life.
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- June Churchill, Elder's Group Calgary
"I was delighted to attend Dr Linda Andersen’s talk about Healthy Brain Aging to a group of older women, convened on March 8, 2024 for International Women’s Day. Linda is an engaging speaker, personalizes her workshops for specific audiences, and delighted us all in learning more about the pillars of caring for our brains, using some well known techniques. Dr Andersen’s strength is that she is able to speak to this topic, driven by her academic career and personal family experience with dementia, and provides practical, do-able recommendations. She is absolutely driven in her quest to help people move into their older years knowing that there is something they can do to keep their brain healthy as they age. If you have the chance to learn more about her work or want to book a workshop with her, you will definitely be in for a brain-nourishing, unforgettable experience!"
- Troy Stooke, BSW, MEDes (ES), Calgary, AB
"Linda gave a brain health presentation to a group I’m involved with. Everyone loved it! It was interesting, informative and fun. Just the right length for learning something without feeling overwhelmed. The proof of how effective it was is that I can still name almost all of the 9 brain-healthy foods and Linda’s presentation was 6 months ago!"
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-Kerri Hale