by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 29, 2026 | Ideal Performance
Why do some people struggle to stay consistent with exercise—even when they know it’s good for them? The answer isn’t physical. It’s emotional. And if you don’t address it, it will quietly sabotage every fitness goal you set.Continue Reading on...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 17, 2026 | Ideal Performance
Ever notice how hard it feels to start exercising—but easy to get stuck? But what if one simple incentive could flip that equation and make movement feel rewarding instead of draining?Continue Reading on...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 17, 2026 | Ideal Performance
A quiet profound shift is happening in neuroscience—one that could change how we understand both childhood development and brain aging. For decades, autism was viewed as a condition of early life, while Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, was seen as something...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 9, 2026 | Ideal Performance
As I reminisce to days long past, i remember visiting my elderly German/Hungarian grandparents during a holiday when I was a child, and my younger brother and I could not touch the highly polished furniture or sit on the couch with the adults in the living room. This...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Mar 30, 2026 | Ideal Performance
When we were children, anyone older seemed “old.” By the time we looked at our grandparents, aging often appeared synonymous with decline. frailty, and loss. But neuroscience is now telling a very different story—one that could completely change how you experience the...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Mar 20, 2026 | Ideal Performance
Growing up in New York City as a Catholic girl in Far Rockaway, Queens, I never heard the word “Islamophobia,” that is, until the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, when it became common vernacular. Twenty-five years later, how is islamophobia defined...
