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Wanting not Having

I’ve recently been doing some work with a design coach on finding out what my “home style” is and how I want my home to be decorated.

It has been a very revealing journey.

Martha Beck is the first person who really taught me that our homes are really metaphors for our lives.  So, of course, it would make sense that I would be redecorating and redesigning.

As part of my homework, I was to find images on the internet and in magazines that I loved and would want for my own home.

April 30, 2010, 11:51 am

The Talents of a Middle-Aged Brain

After we hit 40, many of us begin to worry about our aging brains. Will we spend our middle years searching for car keys and forgetting names?

The new book “The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind,” by Barbara Strauch, has the answers, and the news is surprisingly upbeat. Sure, brains can get forgetful as they get old, but they can also get better with age, reports Ms. Strauch, who is also the health editor at The New York Times. Ms. Strauch, who previously tackled teenage brains in her book “The Primal Teen,” spoke with me this week about aging brains and the people who have them. Here’s our conversation: