Our approach
Borrowed from rehab clinics, music conservatories, and grandmothers.
We are not a clinic and we don’t pretend to be. What we do borrow from clinical cognitive rehabilitation are four ideas that show up again and again in the literature, and that work just as well over a kitchen table.
Spaced retrieval.
Instead of cramming, we space practice across days and weeks. This is the single most robust finding in the memory literature, and it works just as well at 80 as it does at 8.
Errorless learning, then graded difficulty.
When the goal is to install a habit cleanly, we keep early sessions easy enough that you almost can’t fail. Difficulty arrives only once the pattern is steady.
Attention as a trainable skill.
Sustained attention responds to short, daily practice — five to ten minutes is enough. We design that practice around something you already do (a walk, dishes, coffee).
Lifestyle scaffolding.
Sleep, daylight, conversation, modest movement, and a little stress regulation do most of the heavy lifting. We help you redesign the week around them.
What we don’t do.
- We don’t diagnose dementia, ADHD, or any other condition.
- We don’t prescribe supplements, nootropics, or off-label medication.
- We don’t sell apps, devices, or subscriptions.
- We don’t take insurance — pricing is flat and listed publicly.
- We don’t make promises we can’t keep about cognitive decline.
- We don’t do brain games disconnected from your real life.
A short reading list.
If you’d like to read further before getting in touch, these are five books that shaped how we work.
- Searching for MemoryDaniel L. Schacter
- The Distracted MindAdam Gazzaley & Larry D. Rosen
- Moonwalking with EinsteinJoshua Foer
- Successful AgingDaniel J. Levitin
- Another CountryMary Pipher