Dr Jake's Corner is a weekly newsletter from UBA board member, Dr. Jake Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist & global mental health activist who is passionate about discovering ways we can all improve our mental health and live more balanced lives.
Dr Jake's Corner is a weekly newsletter from UBA board member, Dr. Jake Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist & global mental health activist who is passionate about discovering ways we can all improve our mental health and live more balanced lives.
One of the fastest ways to drain your brain is trying to carry everything yourself.
Not just physically — mentally.
Keeping track of schedules, decisions, responsibilities, conversations, things you “shouldn’t forget.” That constant background load adds up more than people realize.
The people who stay steady over time tend to offload earlier. They share responsibilities. They use systems. They say yes when someone offers help instead of automatically saying “I’ve got it.”
It’s not about doing less.
It’s about not forcing your brain to hold everything at once.
Dr Jake's Corner is a weekly newsletter from UBA board member, Dr. Jake Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist & global mental health activist who is passionate about discovering ways we can all improve our mental health and live more balanced lives.
We often think about food in terms of weight or physical health.
But the brain is one of the most energy-demanding organs in the body, and what we eat plays a real role in how it functions over time.
Nutrition affects inflammation, blood flow to the brain, and the nutrients neurons rely on to communicate with each other.
Patterns like the Mediterranean diet, which emphasize vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts, olive oil, and whole grains, have been associated with better cognitive health and lower dementia risk in long-term studies.
That doesn’t mean every meal needs to be perfect.
But over time, the small choices add up.
A handful of nuts. More vegetables on the plate. Cooking with olive oil. Eating fish regularly.
None of these habits are dramatic on their own, but together they create an environment where the brain can function at its best.
Protecting your brain isn’t just about puzzles and supplements.
Dr Jake's Corner is a weekly newsletter from UBA board member, Dr. Jake Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist & global mental health activist who is passionate about discovering ways we can all improve our mental health and live more balanced lives.
Most of us treat sleep like something we’ll “catch up on” later.
But your brain doesn’t really work that way.
When you’re asleep, your brain is incredibly active. It’s storing memories from the day. It’s regulating emotional circuits. It’s clearing out metabolic waste that builds up while you’re awake.
When sleep gets cut short once in a while, your body can recover.
When it happens night after night, things start to shift. Attention slips. Mood gets more fragile. Stress tolerance drops. Over time, we even see higher rates of cognitive decline in people with chronic sleep disruption.
You don’t need perfect sleep. Very few people have that.
But protecting your sleep as something important — not optional — is one of the most practical brain health decisions you can make.
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Dr Jake's Corner is a weekly newsletter from UBA board member, Dr. Jake Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist & global mental health activist who is passionate about discovering ways we can all improve our mental health and live more balanced lives.
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One of the fastest ways to drain your brain is trying to carry everything yourself.
Not just physically — mentally.
Keeping track of schedules, decisions, responsibilities, conversations, things you “shouldn’t forget.” That constant background load adds up more than people realize.
The people who stay steady over time tend to offload earlier. They share responsibilities. They use systems. They say yes when someone offers help instead of automatically saying “I’ve got it.”
It’s not about doing less.
It’s about not forcing your brain to hold everything at once.
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We often think about food in terms of weight or physical health.
But the brain is one of the most energy-demanding organs in the body, and what we eat plays a real role in how it functions over time.
Nutrition affects inflammation, blood flow to the brain, and the nutrients neurons rely on to communicate with each other.
Patterns like the Mediterranean diet, which emphasize vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts, olive oil, and whole grains, have been associated with better cognitive health and lower dementia risk in long-term studies.
That doesn’t mean every meal needs to be perfect.
But over time, the small choices add up.
A handful of nuts.
More vegetables on the plate.
Cooking with olive oil.
Eating fish regularly.
None of these habits are dramatic on their own, but together they create an environment where the brain can function at its best.
Protecting your brain isn’t just about puzzles and supplements.
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Most of us treat sleep like something we’ll “catch up on” later.
But your brain doesn’t really work that way.
When you’re asleep, your brain is incredibly active. It’s storing memories from the day. It’s regulating emotional circuits. It’s clearing out metabolic waste that builds up while you’re awake.
When sleep gets cut short once in a while, your body can recover.
When it happens night after night, things start to shift. Attention slips. Mood gets more fragile. Stress tolerance drops. Over time, we even see higher rates of cognitive decline in people with chronic sleep disruption.
You don’t need perfect sleep. Very few people have that.
But protecting your sleep as something important — not optional — is one of the most practical brain health decisions you can make.
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