UPCOMING EVENTS
Throughout August, our team members will be on vacation.
Trustee School — Saturday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. PDT More details to follow. Investor Coaching Series — Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. PDT More details to follow.
What Parenthood Teaches Us
Here are a few things you may not have known before you had children: • How many seconds it takes to microwave fish sticks • How to change a diaper in the dark on a child who’s standing up in the back of the car • How brightly the moon can shine at 3 a.m. • That you can never own too many sippy cups • What Cheerios sound and feel like when you step on them with bare feet • How to balance a lunch box, an extra coat, a briefcase, a diaper bag, and a baby while opening a minivan door • How much you can dilute apple juice while still retaining its taste • The importance of naps
Client Only Event — September TBD
SCIENCE SAYS: READING MAKES YOU HEALTHIER!
stimulates the brain in ways that other mediums, like watching a movie or listening to music, cannot. The unique way in which reading impacts your brain and the activity associated with it exercises your brain for better memory and Alzheimer’s prevention. Furthermore, an Emory University study found that reading enhances connectivity in the brain. (Strangely enough, the study also found that when a person is reading fiction, their ability to empathize improves.) Reading Increases Creativity Reading allows you to delve into experiences you otherwise may not have had the opportunity to engage with. Without even leaving your living room, you can explore new relationships, ideas, and perspectives. This allows your mind to grow and to understand the world around you in new, exciting ways. Reading Helps You Be Happier This just might be the best finding of all! The Booktrust Reading Habits Survey reported that 76% of respondents said reading improves their lives and helps make them feel good. Other findings of the survey show that reading regularly leads to a happier, more satisfied, and worthwhile life.
Even if you loathed reading in school, your English teacher may have been onto something. Numerous studies examining how reading impacts our lives have found that picking up a book and reading stories — real or fictional — can be a great way to improve our health and well-being. Here is what the experts discovered! Reading Makes You Feel Better According to the New York Times, “Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” Reading Improves Your Brain Health Researchers at Yale University’s Haskins Laboratories have found that regular readers have “more complex brains.” Reading
So, what are you waiting for? Go grab a book!
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