Comments on: Unraveling a Mystery http://dreampromises.com/archives/7 Articles by Jacquie Hale Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: larry Rose http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-6 larry Rose Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:02:06 +0000 http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-6 Time for tea? Green tea! Tea pearls or Gunpowder Tea! Even Earl Grey. 70 million Brits can't all be wrong ( not to mention the Commonwealth). A caffeine jolt (minor) or goodness chemicals from the green tea can only be good for first the bladder and then the kidneys. I recommend Tea Therapy--- but the 4 o'clock malaise is something that I join you in investigating emotionally. Larry Rose Time for tea? Green tea! Tea pearls or Gunpowder Tea! Even Earl Grey. 70 million Brits can’t all be wrong ( not to mention the Commonwealth). A caffeine jolt (minor) or goodness chemicals from the green tea can only be good for first the bladder and then the kidneys. I recommend Tea Therapy— but the 4 o’clock malaise is something that I join you in investigating emotionally.

Larry Rose

]]> By: Meredith Watts http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-3 Meredith Watts Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:01:10 +0000 http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-3 Although you focus on the emotional aspects of the 4:00 p.m. malaise, I'd like to suggest another component. As we get older, our brains have to work a little bit harder at doing what we do. It has been shown that we maintain our cognitive function pretty much intact, barring illness, until we're about 80. However, we employ more of our brain capacity to do things we used to do "with one hand tied behind our backs" so to speak. It's why multi-tasking is harder with age. In any event, what I find is that at some point in the afternoon, my brain needs a rest. I can register the feeling as sadness, agitation, discouragment, or some other negative emotion. However, the truth is, those are symptoms, and the problem is the brain needs a time-out. Exercise, during which my brain rests from the kind of work it does during the rest of the day, or a Nap, during which my brain consolidates its short term memory and does some processing, are the things that relieve this problem. Although you focus on the emotional aspects of the 4:00 p.m. malaise, I’d like to suggest another component. As we get older, our brains have to work a little bit harder at doing what we do. It has been shown that we maintain our cognitive function pretty much intact, barring illness, until we’re about 80. However, we employ more of our brain capacity to do things we used to do “with one hand tied behind our backs” so to speak. It’s why multi-tasking is harder with age. In any event, what I find is that at some point in the afternoon, my brain needs a rest. I can register the feeling as sadness, agitation, discouragment, or some other negative emotion. However, the truth is, those are symptoms, and the problem is the brain needs a time-out. Exercise, during which my brain rests from the kind of work it does during the rest of the day, or a Nap, during which my brain consolidates its short term memory and does some processing, are the things that relieve this problem.

]]> By: Jacquie Hale http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-2 Jacquie Hale Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:00:09 +0000 http://dreampromises.com/archives/7#comment-2 Aha -- a little math quiz to eliminate spammers! Well, there are lots of wonderful options available. I hope my readers like them. Aha — a little math quiz to eliminate spammers! Well, there are lots of wonderful options available. I hope my readers like them.

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