Some people wake up knowing exactly where they are in the world. Many, though, have severe difficulty determining how to navigate to the next location. If you’re someone who gets lost easily, who hesitates before saying left  or right , or who secretly flips your hand to check which one makes the “L” shape… you’re not alone. Not even close. For many of us, direction doesn’t come naturally. It’s not carelessness. It’s not laziness. And it’s certainly not a lack of intelligence

I was about seven years old when I realized that I was not able to correctly identify left and right.  Even though convention says that by that age a child should be able, with some consistency, tell left from right on their own bodies, and begin applying that knowledge to the world around them, at that age, I was definitely at a loss about which side was my right and which was my left. It did not help that earlier, I showed signs of being ambidextrous, but my mother, only se

A few months ago, I tried looking up "Center Brained on the internet and got some interesting results.  According to Google, The term "center brained" is still not accepted by science. In fact, even "left-brained" and "right-brained" are not fully accepted concepts. Most search engines do not mention the concept at all. I hope that that will change soon. I do hope that some brave neuroscientists will hastily take up the challenge to settle the debate about side dominance of

I am, without question, the resident handyman in my household. Whether it's changing a light bulb, hanging a picture frame, or tending to the garden I proudly planted, I'm the one who gets it done. My personal mantra is simple: “If I don't do it, it's not going to be done—so I may as well do it, and do it now.”  It’s a mindset that has served me well—most of the time. The problem is, though, that some of these seemingly simple tasks come with unexpected challenges—part

Traveling can be one of life’s greatest joys, but for those who are directionally challenged, it can also be a source of stress. The...