Mayo Clinic neurologist J. Eric Ahlskog, MD, PhD, spoke about a recently conducted review of the research on aerobic exercise and benefits to the brain. They concluded that “you can make a very compelling argument for [aerobic] exercise as a disease-modifying strategy to prevent dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and for favorably modifying these processes […]
Comments Off on Brain Benefits from Aerobics Continue Reading...That’s the name of this video. It’s four-minutes that will both bring you to tears and make you smile, a powerful lesson about judgments and making a difference. I think it’s a powerful and needed message, so I’m posting it, even thought it is “off topic” regarding neurofeedback. I do find that my clients often […]
Comments Off on Powerful Video, Can’t Explain It, Just Watch Continue Reading...Dr. Ed O’Malley, of Your Optimal Nature and my go to sleep guru, wrote an article recently for the Fairfield Country Business Journal about how lack of sleep can impact productivity. About one third of United States adults do not wake up in the morning refreshed. This can cost employers around $2,000 a year per […]
Comments Off on Sleep Loss Equals Productivity Loss Continue Reading...Award winning positive psychology speaker and consultant Shawn Achor delivers a funny and informative 12-minute TED talk called The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance. He knows whereof he speaks. He applied to Harvard on a dare and went on to win awards there as a lecturer. He’s also very funny. And he gives simple, straightforward […]
Comments Off on Positive Brains and Peak Performance Continue Reading...A sizable number of my neurofeedback clients come because they want to reduce anxiety. Anxiety can be quite miserable, as anyone who has felt much of it will tell you. Many of these clients tell me that meditation or mindfulness practice has been recommended to them – and they feel drawn to it – but they […]
Comments Off on Benefits of Mindfulness Continue Reading...Your brain is the most complex system on Earth. It is masterful at taking in information and using it to reorganize itself to maximize efficiency and minimize discomfort. If you give it the right information, it will use it to meet those goals. The type of neurofeedback I use does just that, it gives it […]
Comments Off on How Does Neurofeedback Work? Continue Reading...One of the ways you can get the most out of your neurofeedback training is by giving your brain the kinds of activity and food it needs. Dan Goleman and Dan Siegel’s Healthy Brain Platter is discussed in a Harvard Business Review post by David Rock, Maintain Your Mental Well-Being. Keeping your brain healthy means giving it […]
Comments Off on The Healthy Brain Platter Continue Reading...It’s well worth reading this recent New York Times article titled “How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?” I’m going to bottom line it for you here anyway, in case you don’t read it, because I think what it’s saying is so important. This information comes from a four-year research project run by David Dinges, […]
Comments Off on How Much Sleep do you Need? Continue Reading...Think training — not treatment Why? For me, the word treatment implies a medical model: Something is wrong with you and someone in the health care field is going to give you a diagnosis and recommend treatment. With NeurOptimal® neurofeedback training, you are in charge. NeurOptimal® gives your CNS, the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), information […]
Comments Off on Neurofeedback — Think Training not Treatment Continue Reading...A short article published in March of 2012 in the Norwich Bulletin is titled Neurofeedback Training May Enhance Athletic Performance. The article does a nice job of outlining the kinds of peak performance related traits that can benefit from neurofeedback. The author, Dr. Melissa Perkins-Banas,says this: New research continues to demonstrate that sports performance enhancement requires the […]
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