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Candy Calderon

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My Story with Brain Health and Alzheimer's 🧠

Let's talk about Alzheimer's and Brain Health Becoming a certified Brain Health professional has been such an exciting journey!Being able to mix my passion for wellness AND my years of experience leading corporate wellness programs (along with high-performing executives, and entrepreneurs who are ready to prioritize their well-being to maximize performance and quality of life) was a no-brainer... pun intended! šŸ˜‰It came out of my own frustration trying to find solutions to my own pain after...

If you’re here in my newsletter and part of my CEO Wellness Club community, that means you are ambitious, a professional in your field, an entrepreneur, or a high performer with audacious goals. There's also a chance you’ve heard (or said!) some version of this before: ā€œI’ll sleep when I’m dead.ā€ But neuroscience (and your pockets) begs to differ! And I keep telling you all the time... sleep is not laziness. It is crucial to your brain's biological maintenance and one of the most powerful...

This Sunday, March 8th, we set our clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m., resulting in one less hour of sleep that night. Your brain will experience it almost like mini jet lag, even though you didn’t travel! So many of us will walk around feeling sluggish for days, and with good reason. Our brain relies on sleep to consolidate memories and clear metabolic waste through the glymphatic system, which works best during deep sleep. So when we lose that hour, our brain’s nightly ā€œclean-up crewā€ gets...

March is around the corner, which means Women’s History Month! And if your organization hasn’t finalized programming yet, this is your opportunity to do something that goes beyond celebration for the women in your organization. 🧠 Invest in their longevity, clarity, burnout, and cognitive power! Because here’s what we don’t talk about enough: High-achieving women are operating under INTENSE cognitive load. We are carrying this, and it is silently affecting us at work and in life. This Women's...

FACT: Sleep deprivation is common in the workplace! About 25% of U.S. adults reportedly suffer from insomnia, and a similar number report regular patterns of excessive sleepiness... Those are BIG numbers! As a Brain Health Professional and Wellness Expert, I've had the privilege of working with numerous organizations like yours. I help teams unlock their full potential by optimizing their sleep and cognitive performance. Today, I want to shed light on a crucial aspect that directly impacts...

Hi Reader. I can’t believe 2026 is almost here! To be honest, I’m really excited about it. A few months ago, I started itching to create my plan for next year... not the clichĆ© New Year's resolutions, NO. But a PLAN! A plan has a specific set of actions and is not based on motivation but on creating habits and rituals that will get you to your end goal. Last year, before sitting down to create my plan, I asked myself a few questions that would give me CLARITY. Reflecting on these questions...

January is one of my busiest months as a corporate wellness expert and speaker, and with good reason!It is a golden opportunity for organizations to prioritize what matters most: the well-being of their workforce, providing them with wellness activations to kick off the year in support of their productivity, well-being, sense of belonging, and personal lives. I have delivered my wellness workshops and keynotes to some of the biggest companies in tech, banking, beauty, fashion, wellness, and...

Hey friend! I want to let you in on a (not so) secret about the KEY role protein and active live cultures play in your brain health. Not because protein is ā€œtrendy,ā€ but because your brain and nervous system run on building blocks that come from protein foods: amino acids. And here’s where it gets extra interesting: One of the easiest and most realistic ways to get high-quality protein is through yogurt. And when it contains live and active cultures, it can also support the gut microbiome…...

These are my favorite deals... all focused on health, wellness, and biohacking to help us live longer and better. Perfect for people like you, me, and the people you love. You know the drill! I took DAYS compiling these deals and reaching out to my favorite brands so they could extend extra perks to my community. I did all the work, so you didn't have to. No need to spend hours hunting for these deals :) --- MAKE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN 'TILL THE END SO YOU DON'T MISS ANY OF THE DEALS: OURA RING...

Dark at 5 pm? What-is-going-on?! 😩 I can feel how my mental health is suffering, my mood is changing, my energy is decreasing, and a low desire to be around others + my motivation is going down the drain as soon as the sun goes down. Are you experiencing something similar too, Reader? You're NOT ALONE! There’s a thing called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and it's real for so many of us. Generally, most people who suffer from SAD start feeling symptoms in the fall. SAD symptoms usually...

Hi friend! This one stopped me in my tracks. A recent study from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center found that microplastics are being detected in human brain tissue, meaning these tiny plastic particles can cross the blood-brain barrier (the protective filter that keeps toxins out of your brain). Let that sink in for a second. We’re talking about microscopic plastic fragments (from our water bottles, food containers, clothes, and even air) ending up in the most protected...