Powering Your Brain

Different situations call for different mental and emotional responses, all of which are governed by your brain. With nothing more than tiny electrical impulses and small doses of chemicals, your brain can make you joyful, witty, depressed, anxious or enraged. Luckily, you are not a complete slave to your body's chemistry or your environment. You can prepare for challenging or stressful experiences and give your body's command post the ammo it needs to get you through the day.

Memory Boosters: Whether you're taking a driver's test, final exam or trying to remember your lines for an audition, you can use these keys to prime performance.

Good Trips: How to travel well and beat jetlag.

Interviews and Meetings: How to keep a cool head and make the right impression whether you're going after a job or presenting yourself to the future in-laws:

Public Speaking Pitches and Presentations: Keep your voice clear and your mind sharp.

Sex and Dating: Increase sexual pleasure while decreasing anxiety.

Tatiana Blackington grew up in Washington, DC. She received a Masters degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and is currently working as a screenwriter and a freelance journalist in Los Angeles and Austin, TX.