52: Pathological Aging

Alzheimer’s is one of the saddest diseases in the world. Dr. Jennings examines that deadly condition and provides a roadmap to help us navigate the risk factors.

We want our brains to keep functioning clearly and productively even as our bodies show the passage of time. Dr. Jennings says that #1 on our to-do list should be, “Watch your weight!”

The forest of birthday candles on our cakes seems to grow thicker each year. What’s an aging man or woman to do to protect and nourish his or her mind as time goes by?

There’s much we can do to help make our journey into old age tolerable. We have more control than we think! Dr. Jennings shares some specific areas in which we actually improve our lot.

These questions come from the Psychology Today website under the title, “The Top 5 Questions Everyone Asks a Psychiatrist.” Dr. Jennings offers insights and answers.

Dr. Jennings sees patients on a regular basis and has helped hundreds do something that we all need to do, at one level or another. Restore our minds. How does that happen?

We need faith, right? We need to trust that God’s word is true and we can depend on Him. But Dr. Jennings says there’s something that can masquerade as faith. Fiction. How can we tell?

What roles should reason and conscience play in our day-to-day thoughts and actions? Dr. Jennings says that God designed reason and conscience to work in concert with each other.

What are you worth to the world and to your family? By earthly standards, not much! But, Dr. Jennings reveals how we can judge our true value using another tool. A divine one.

Have you ever had anyone mistreat you, take advantage of you, drag your name through the mud? Well, just forget about it, right? Wrong! What’s needed is forgiveness.