by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 22, 2026 | Brain Health Articles
Sleep has become one of the most heavily measured parts of modern life. We have sleep scores, readiness scores, overnight heart-rate graphs, stage estimates, and a steady stream of claims that one bad pattern may be quietly damaging the brain. That sounds...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 22, 2026 | Easy Recipes
This is the kind of dinner to make when the fridge looks sparse but takeout is not the plan. It leans on canned fish, canned lentils, and frozen vegetables, so there is very little prep.Whole-wheat couscous cooks while the green beans warm through, then everything...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 21, 2026 | Decision-Making, Nutrition, Question of the week
Breakfast has had unusually good public relations. We’ve heard it for so long that it barely registers as a claim anymore: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Skip it, and you’ll supposedly derail your metabolism, lose your focus, overeat later, and...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 17, 2026 | noggin notes
Magnesium has become one of the default answers to a sleep problem. It is inexpensive, widely available, and easy to find in powders, gummies, capsules, drink mixes, and nighttime formulations. The story sounds tidy: magnesium is involved in nervous-system and...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 17, 2026 | Medication Decisions
A psychiatric medication can be appropriate to start and still deserve a serious reassessment later. That should not be a controversial statement. It is simply how good decisions work when circumstances change. In February 2026, a 45-member international task force...
