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Neurofeedback – Think Training not Treatment
Posted on March 11, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expectNeurofeedback – 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 neurofeedback training, you are in charge. NeurOptimal® neurofeedback gives your CNS, the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), information […]
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When Your Mind Wanders…
Posted on February 4, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, The BrainAccording to recent research done at Harvard, our minds wander away from what we are doing 47% of the time. That’s almost half of us “wandering” at any given time! People’s minds are most likely to wander during personal grooming and least likely during sex. A really interesting conclusion from the research is that day […]
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Neurofeedback, Peak Performance and Olympic Gold
Posted on January 15, 2011 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performanceNeurofeedback got an amazing amount of positive mentions in the press related to Olympic success. Just one example: Neurofeedback was used as in the training programs of the entire Canadian moguls and aerials teams. Peak performance, of course, applies to anything we aspire to in life. Increasing your ability to stay in the moment (which […]
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The Benefits of Getting More Green
Posted on December 9, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York NeurofeedbackThis may at first seem a bit off topic for a neurofeedback blog, but… I’ve been writing elsewhere for awhile now on the benefits to mood from getting out into nature. It made my day to read this article about the physical as well as mental health benefits of getting out into nature. It’s by Jane […]
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Three Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy
Posted on November 2, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, The BrainDr. John H. Byrne is chairman of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School. In an interview, he had three recommendations for promoting brain health. All of these are highly complementary with neurofeedback. They may also improve memory. Exercise – more and more studies show that […]
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Finding a Neurofeedback Trainer
Posted on October 5, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York NeurofeedbackIf you’re having trouble finding a neurofeedback trainer near you, it’s not too surprising, especially if you don’t live in an urban area. There are probably less than 10,000 of us in the world. That number is growing as neurofeedback becomes better known. More people are drawn to becoming trainers, sometimes out of their own […]
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The Brain and Neuroplasticity
Posted on September 10, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, The BrainNorman Doidge, author of The Brain That Changes Itself, believes that the idea of neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to change itself – is the most revolutionary new understanding of the brain in 400 years. The brain is able to change how it functions and to change its own structure. We are not limited to the […]
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Why Relaxing Is So Hard
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, Stress managementThis interesting Wall Street Journal article, Why Relaxing is Hard Work, talks about how our plugged in way of life makes it hard to “power down,” even on vacations. I’m hearing about this a lot from my counseling and neurofeedback clients. 24/7 availability to work and, for some, the desire to have a clean inbox – […]
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Meditation and Neurofeedback
Posted on July 2, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Stress managementMeditation reduces the experience of pain, a University of Manchester study confirms, as reported in the journal Pain. Because meditation builds the ability to stay in the present moment, meditators anticipate pain less and are less bothered by it. This makes sense to me, and perhaps on a physical level as well. If we’re not worrying […]
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Your Brain Needs a Break
Posted on June 21, 2010 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback, The BrainThis is an interesting recent article in the New York Times about the brain’s need for downtime. Many of us now fill all those small moments waiting… For an elevator On line in the supermarket On a bus or subway Integrate learning Remember information Have new ideas …with activities on our smartphones. The article suggests that […]
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