While the success rate of neurofeedback is incredibly high, there are sometimes cases where neurofeedback doesn’t create the expected positive impact. Why is that?
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“You’re in the desert and it’s day five with no water and your organs are shutting down and you’re literally going to die. And I hand you a bottle of water…
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I will start with the disclaimer that I am not at all an expert in this area. I’m simply a brain and biohacking nerd who started looking into the science behind this trendy topic, and decided to try it for myself…
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At Alternative Therapeutics, we use two different neurofeedback systems with our clients. Sometimes we use one or the other, other times we use both in conjunction. There are potential benefits and drawbacks to each system, so I’d like to take the time to discuss each…
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There’s this funny term in the health industry known as “sleep hygiene”, and most of ours is crap. Since most people have terrible sleep hygiene, this is one area that we often address with our clients—especially if sleep is an issue. Sleep is VITALLY important for our cognitive and mental health, so let’s talk about how to get it on track.
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Every day, we hear about the COVID-19 pandemic in the news, which is understandable since so much about it is still unknown. What we don't hear as much about, though, is how people are mentally affected by the virus…
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Over the last 2-3 decades, there has been a significant increase in findings related to brain development and functioning. Due to these developments, understanding trauma and the impacts to the human brain have directly correlated to finding successful interventions for trauma resolution…
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Do you own an Apple Watch or a FitBit? You’re a biohacker! If you’re new to the term “biohacking”, let me start with a simple explanation. Biohacking is a term that has come about in the last 10 years or so to describe taking control of our own biology and enhancing our performance. There are many, MANY forms of biohacking out there, from the simplest forms of…
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We’ve all gotten to the point after a long day, or a long week, where someone asks us a simple question like, “What’s for dinner?”, or “What do you want to do this weekend?” and we feel like we are going to explode because our brain can’t handle any more decisions. If you haven’t felt this way, there are a lot of people who envy you.
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