Podcasts about eeg

Dr. Jim Wilder has been thinking about the relationship between brain science and spiritual formation since before most people knew the question existed. He trained under one of the inventors of the EEG machine, spent years working alongside Dallas Willard, and has spent decades building what he calls the Life Model — a unified account of what it looks like to grow up into the likeness of Christ, neurologically and spiritually. This conversation is an hour inside that work.Michael and Jim talk about why the right brain runs faster than the conscious mind — and what that means for every Christian who has tried to think their way into a changed life. They talk about why joy isn't a rare gift but the baseline the brain was designed to run on, and what happens when it isn't. They discuss identity, shame, and what it means for the brain to perceive itself only through how other people see us. And Jim tells the story of a professor who looked at a kid who couldn't spell and said, "You might want to consider being a writer." Eighteen books later, that moment still explains everything.Support the showENGAGE THE RESTORING THE SOUL PODCAST:- Follow us on YouTube - Tweet us at @michaeljcusick and @PodcastRTS- Like us on Facebook- Follow us on Instagram & Twitter- Follow Michael on Twitter- Email us at info@restoringthesoul.com Thanks for listening!

Sunday, August 30, 2026 — Week 36 TRIALS & DATA — CAMP4, RARE-X + ProMMiS CAMP4 / CMP-002 Australia and Argentina cleared. EU and UK filings underway. First-in-human Phase 1/2 study still targeted for Q4 2026. CMP-002 is designed to increase expression of the healthy SYNGAP1 copy. CAMP4 raised another $50M and reports cash runway through the end of 2028. Q2 earnings / corporate update: https://investors.camp4tx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/camp4-reports-second-quarter-2026-financial-results-and Rare-X + ProMMiS Rare-X is our PRO partner for the ProMMiS Natural History Study. IMPORTANT: Families participating in ProMMiS need to complete their Rare-X surveys within SEVEN DAYS of their ProMMiS Natural History Study visit date. We need the patient/caregiver-reported data to line up with the clinical visit data. ProMMiS: https://curesyngap1.org/resources/studies/syngap1-prommis/ Rare-X: https://cureSYNGAP1.org/RAREX  ARI WEBINAR If you missed the Ari webinar, the recording is now available. https://cureSYNGAP1.org/AriWeb  FUNDRAISE WITH US Please call us to set up your fundraisers.  Please do not use Facebook fundraising unless it's an emergency. CURE SYNGAP1 ON THE ROAD — BRAIN FOUNDATION Kathryn and I are attending the BRAIN Foundation's Synchrony 2026 scientific summit in Palo Alto. A chance for CURE SYNGAP1 to stay close to work happening across autism, neurology, genetics, biomarkers and therapeutics. https://brainfoundation.org/synchrony-symposia/ ILAE — EUROPEAN EPILEPSY CONGRESS Virginie is heading to Athens for the 16th European Epilepsy Congress, September 5–9. If you are going to be at the ILAE meeting in Athens, Greece, reach out to Virginie and connect with CURE SYNGAP1 in person. https://www.ilae.org/eec2026 UPCOMING EVENTS — COUNTDOWN SCRAMBLE FOR SYNGAP — 34 DAYS October 3 — Greer, South Carolina 5th Annual Scramble for Syngap https://cureSYNGAP1.org/Scramble SHOOT FOR SYNGAP1 — 76 DAYS November 14 — Hurricane, Utah Aiming for a Cure — Shooting for Hope https://cureSYNGAP1.org/Shoot FIGHT FOR FELIPE — 90 DAYS November 28 — Boston, Massachusetts https://cureSYNGAP1.org/Fight CURE SYNGAP1 CONFERENCE — 95 DAYS December 3–4 — Denver, Colorado Early bird pricing ends August 31! https://cureSYNGAP1.org/Reg26 PUBMED PubMed 2026 is at 49. +2 since Episode 214. +13 vs. the week. Last year finished at 61, +9 vs. the year. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=syngap1&filter=years.2026-2026&sort=date Coolest new paper: TBE on EEG.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42620081/  USA

Jay Gunkelman has read more than half a million brain scans — and this week host Pete Jansons handed him one he refused to read. Working through the recording, Jay's verdict wasn't a diagnosis or an interpretation. It was simpler: "This isn't real. Do it again."That kicks off a conversation with Jay and Dr. Mari Swingle about the thing that gets lost in all the excitement over brain maps: the interpretation is only as good as the recording underneath it. From the minimum standards most people skip, to the craft of pulling usable data off a squirming 4½-year-old, to why the best AI interpretation Jay has ever seen still only earns a C-minus — this one is about what separates real EEG from "We Map Your Crap." Plus a bonus segment with Joshua Moore on QEEG phenotypes.

This week a total stranger handed NeuroNoodle his brain. He pulled his own EEG, stripped out every identifying detail, and asked host Pete Jansons and Jay Gunkelman — the man who's read over half a million brain scans — to "read my brain" live on the show. What follows is a rare, unscripted master class: Jay decoding a real, de-identified brain map in real time, with Dr. Mari Swingle on the clinical side. Along the way: how to catch a brain map that's lying to you (Gauss's Law), why a 50Hz hum means the scan is European, how a sleep spindle and an SMR are the same wave, what very fast "glutamate beta" can suggest about a hyper-excitable cortex — and why Jay says the DSM has "no predictive validity" for choosing treatment. Then the reveal: a sharp, high-IQ 25-year-old who moved back home and burned out — and what Jay and Dr. Mari would do about it. Plus Joshua Moore on QEEG phenotypes and the "85%" finding.

How Neera's Vibroacoustic Bed Helps You Fall Asleep Faster"If you sleep this way, you wouldn't want to sleep another way.”When Igor said this, I had to go and try out the Neera bed myself, and afterward I interviewed Igor about the innovative science and technology behind Neera. It is a device designed to improve sleep through vibrational frequencies and personalized algorithms. In our conversation we explore how this technology can transform sleep quality and overall well-being.Topics:* Science of vibrational frequencies and sleep* Personalized algorithms for sleep optimization* Acoustic and mechanical engineering in sleep devices* The role of frequencies in regulating nervous system and chakras* User experience and self-reporting in sleep tech* Future developments in vibrational sleep technologyTimestamps:* 0:33 Who Igor is and what Neera does* 1:19 Why he built it: devices measure, apparatuses act* 2:57 Why sleep is the highest-leverage longevity target* 4:05 “See how it feels” and the phrase that sold it* 5:30 Where standard sleep advice runs out* 6:32 The mechanism: frequencies through touch, not ears* 9:48 Do solfeggio frequencies and brainwaves connect?* 11:24 Making 2 Hz on a mattress without a giant speaker* 12:38 Composing a state, and AI programs on request* 15:02 Personalization: wearables, self-reporting, onboard sensors* 17:23 Nina's session, and the cat purr program* 20:12 Chakra frequencies and the 96% blind test* 21:54 Inside the mattress: actuators and waveguides* 24:57 Validating with EEG and the cost of clean sleep research* 27:05 Day programs vs night programs* 28:43 Who it works best for: athletes, NSDR, day reboots* 29:58 Sleep inertia and the 3am wake-up* 32:53 Catching micro-wakeups and returning you to sleep* 35:06 The first week, and napping vs the 20-minute program* 39:12 Hardest part: hardware or software?* 41:15 The one non-responder* 42:09 Launch & Founders ClubABOUT IGOR:Igor is the co-founder of Neera. They are building nervous system regulation hardware for high performers. Over 15+ years in deep tech, he was design director on YotaPhone, the first dual-screen smartphone, and co-founded Gero (disease prediction from wearable movement data) and Atmotube (air quality sensing, 70,000+ units shipped, used in research at Stanford and Harvard).CONNECT WITH NEERA:* Website: https://neeralab.com/* Neera LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neerasleep/* Igor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorme/ABOUT NINA'S NOTES: Nina's Notes explores the intersection of longevity science, neuroscience, and human optimization. Hosted by Nina Patrick, PhD in pharmaceutical sciences and longevity researcher, each episode translates cutting-edge research into actionable insights for living longer, better.CONNECT WITH NINA'S NOTES* Newsletter:https://www.ninasnotes.xyz* LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninapatrick/* Website:https://www.ninapatrick.xyz Get full access to Nina's Notes at www.ninasnotes.xyz/subscribe

Jay Gunkelman has read more than half a million brain scans — and this week he and host Pete Jansons open the Brain Bar with a claim that sounds impossible: your brain is lying to you about time itself. In the experiments Jay walks through, a person's body reacts emotionally to an image seconds BEFORE a random generator has even chosen which image they'll see. From there the panel takes your live questions across the map: the anxiety medications that quietly dig a two-year hole, kids told to remove part of their brain for epilepsy who turned it around another way, what autism, ADHD and addiction secretly share on an EEG, and how your alpha rhythm changes across your whole life. Plus Joshua Moore's intro to QEEG phenotypes — and Josh's own story of beating "incurable" torticollis after Walter Reed told him he'd end up in a wheelchair.

Have you ever wondered when exactly you should be getting an EEG to capture an unusual baby movement? Featuring pediatric epileptologist Dr. Eva Catennacio of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, this episode focuses on the intricacies of an infantile spasms syndrome diagnosis. Tune in to learn when to order an EEG, how to diagnose infantile spasms, and the benefits of early effective treatment. 

Obstructive sleep apnea affects approximately one in four adults and is especially common among patients with neurologic disorders, including stroke, Parkinson disease, dementia, epilepsy, and neuromuscular conditions. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Stahl discusses why neurologists should routinely screen for OSA, highlights key symptoms and risk factors, reviews important considerations when interpreting sleep studies, and outlines current treatment options beyond CPAP. Learn how recognizing and treating sleep apnea can improve quality of life, optimize management of neurologic disease, and reduce long-term health risks. In this episode, Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD, FAAN, speaks with Stephanie M. Stahl, MD, FAASM, author of the article "Obstructive Sleep Apnea" in the Continuum® August 2026 Sleep Neurology issue. Dr. Berkowitz is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a professor of neurology in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California. Dr. Stahl is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program Director at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she also serves as Sleep Laboratory Medical Director in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine. Additional Resources Read the article: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @AaronLBerkowitz  Full episode transcript available here Dr Berkowitz: Obstructive sleep apnea is very common. It can cause or contribute to common neurologic symptoms, such as headache and impaired cognition, and it's a risk factor for stroke. And yet, if you're like me, you may not know too much more about sleep apnea than that. Today, I have the pleasure of talking to sleep expert Dr. Stephanie Stahl to learn what every neurologist should know about OSA.  Dr Jones:  This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast.  Dr Berkowitz: This is Dr. Aaron Berkowitz. Today I'm interviewing Dr. Stephanie Stahl about her article on obstructive sleep apnea. This article appears in the 2026 Continuum issue on Neurology of Sleep. Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Stahl, and could you please introduce yourself to our audience?  Dr Stahl: Yeah. Thank you for having me. I'm a sleep medicine physician and neurologist and medical director of the Indianapolis Sleep Lab at Indiana University Health. I serve as the director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship program. I'm faculty advisor for our very first student interest group in sleep medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. I'm also actively involved in some national leadership roles, including the incoming chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's Education Committee and co-chair of the Academy's Inter-Scorer Reliability Gold Standard Panel. So, I really appreciate this opportunity. I look forward to our discussion.  Dr Berkowitz: Me too, and we appreciate the opportunity too to get to talk to you. You have so much expertise in this area, and I certainly encourage our listeners to look at your article, which is very comprehensive and up to date, and I learned a ton from it. I didn't get much exposure to sleep neurology as a trainee, and I've always worked in academic centers where we have a sleep group and we can refer patients there. So, I have to admit, sleep may probably be the area of neurology I know the least about, and felt like I was learning something new from pretty much every line of your article, and I know our readers will too. So, your article has a lot of excellent detail for our readers on the diagnosis and treatment of this very common condition. But I'd like to keep our interview relatively high level today and focus on the essentials for the practicing general neurologist. So, to start, can you just give us a sense of what obstructive sleep apnea is, and what every neurologist should know about it?  Dr Stahl: Yeah. So obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by either partial or full obstructions in the upper airway. That may sound pretty simple, but this leads to a whole bunch of issues. It leads to oxygen desaturations, arousals from sleep, leading to sleep fragmentation. This can then lead to sympathetic nervous system activation, cerebral hypoperfusion, leading to a whole bunch of symptoms or neurologic conditions.  Dr Berkowitz: Great. And you mentioned this in your article, but just to emphasize, how common is obstructive sleep apnea in the general population?  Dr Stahl: Yeah. So, about a quarter of the general population have obstructive sleep apnea. Much more common in many neurologic conditions.  Dr Berkowitz: Yeah, so very common disorder. We are seeing patients with it quite frequently, whether that's the reason they are seeing us in neurology or not. And this leads to my next question, which is what neurologic symptoms or presenting concerns of a patient should make us think about OSA and the differential diagnosis, and what factors based on the history or the exam or the context would make you suspicious for OSA as the cause of a neurologic symptom? In other words, the patient's presenting with classic symptoms of OSA, and that's why they're seeing a neurologist or seeing a primary care doctor, but is coming for evaluation of, say, headache or other symptoms. And what symptoms would make you think of wanting to consider OSA, and then what aspects of the history or otherwise would make you want to evaluate the patient for OSA?  Dr Stahl: I think a really important takeaway is for neurologists to know that obstructive sleep apnea is very common in neurologic conditions and has that potential to worsen a lot of these conditions or their associated symptoms. And so, it should be on our radar. There are certainly some basic questions and signs and symptoms that we can ask patients about or, or take a look at on exam. And so particular symptoms include snoring. Anybody that snores loudly or frequently, that's a strong risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea. If someone's seeing them stop breathing in their sleep, if they are waking up a lot throughout the night. There are some other symptoms that we may not necessarily attribute upfront to obstructive sleep apnea, such as nocturia, nocturnal reflux, night sweats. There are some daytime symptoms, of course, too, like unrefreshing sleep, daytime sleepiness, morning headaches, an important one in neurology. And then we take a look at the patient's exam. And so, some things that neurologists might want to be thinking about are people with obesity are certainly at a risk for obstructive sleep apnea. But it's also very important to know that someone does not need to have obesity in order to have obstructive sleep apnea. We look at neck size, other morphologic characteristics, such as how much that we can see in the back of their mouth. Can we see their uvula? Does their tongue size appear large in their mouth? And then some other risk factors too, such as male gender, older age, family history, post-menopausal state in women. All that being said, though, sometimes in neurologic conditions, we don't have all of those symptoms or risk factors to be thinking about. And so, in certain neurologic conditions such as stroke where obstructive sleep apnea is very common and has the potential to increase the risk of another stroke, we may need to be thinking about testing these patients even with minimal symptoms or other risk factors.  Dr Berkowitz: That's very helpful. So, you mentioned their headache might be the presenting symptom, right, to a neurologist, and we should certainly be thinking about obstructive sleep apnea as a potential diagnosis, even the cause of the patient's headache, particularly you said patients with morning headache. I often try to think about in patients presenting with, for memory loss, or other cognitive concerns, and that may be due more to inattention from poor sleep, so asking about sleep and symptoms of sleep apnea in those contexts. Are there any other presenting neurologic symptoms not particularly related to sleep? I'm thinking of headache, memory loss, other symptoms that would make you think, "Oh, I should actually screen this patient for sleep apnea also."  Dr Stahl: Yeah, other symptoms to think about in pediatrics, hyperactivity, people that have impaired vigilance, as you alluded to, that poor attention. Sometimes people get misdiagnosed with ADHD, and it's actually just a manifestation of obstructive sleep apnea.  Dr Berkowitz: You alluded to this, Dr. Stahl, that stroke, for example, patients are at higher risk of developing sleep apnea as a result of stroke, and it's also a risk factor for stroke. What other neurologic conditions, primary neurologic diseases, put patients at a higher risk of OSA? And again, similar to the last question I asked you, what are some clues that we should evaluate for? We might be following a patient for their post-stroke care over time and not necessarily thinking about diagnosing a separate condition in them since we're following them for their stroke or their degenerative disease. What are the conditions that put patients at a higher risk of OSA as a result of the condition, and then when would you think about screening them for it?  Dr Stahl: Some particular neurologic conditions where obstructive sleep apnea are very common, in addition to stroke and, and TIA, include Parkinson disease. It can worsen a lot of the motor, cognitive symptoms, sleep disruption that we can see in Parkinson disease. Very common in all causes of dementia, but in particular Alzheimer disease and Lewy body dementia. Very common in neuromuscular conditions. We should definitely have obstructive sleep apnea and all forms of sleep-disordered breathing high on our radar. In conditions like myotonic dystrophy. Charcot-Marie-Tooth is another one where obstructive sleep apnea is very common. Myasthenia gravis, it can worsen the symptoms of that. In particular, a pearl is if somebody has morning weakness in myasthenia gravis, obstructive sleep apnea should be high on your radar. And also, as you mentioned, any forms of headaches. There are some other things too. If somebody has poor seizure control, especially nocturnal seizures, you might have obstructive sleep apnea on your radar as well.  Dr Berkowitz: So, I think you've covered essentially every category of neurologic disease, right? We have cerebrovascular, movement, neurodegenerative, neuromuscular, epilepsy, all conditions where either the disorder itself, such as stroke or the, correct me if I'm wrong, the neurodegenerative disease puts the patient at risk. Or the patient may be at risk for exacerbations of their disease, as you mentioned in myasthenia. I love that pearl. Not fatiguable at the end of the day, but if the patient with myasthenia is telling you they're feeling weaker at the beginning of the day, then think about obstructive sleep apnea and that obstructive sleep apnea worsening control of epilepsy due to poor sleep. So really a lot of bidirectional interactions with this common condition. Okay, so if we're concerned about obstructive sleep apnea, again, myself, a general neurologist speaking perhaps on behalf of other general neurologists, we see a patient with headache or reporting memory loss that we find to be impaired attention, or we see exacerbation of their underlying primary neurologic disease. As you mentioned, we think, "Oh, I've listened to this podcast. I've read Dr. Stahl's article. I should probably be thinking about OSA in this patient, and I should order a sleep study." Now, I admit when I get the sleep study back, I scroll to the bottom, I see they do have obstructive sleep apnea, I'm going to send them over to a sleep specialist. But for the general neurologist, what are some high-yield pearls and some pitfalls to be aware of when we get sleep studies for obstructive sleep apnea, and we are looking at the results? Dr Stahl: The first thing is to understand that there are two main types of sleep studies: in-lab polysomnography and home sleep apnea test. In-lab studies are typically what we consider the more accurate type of study. Main reason for that is that we have EEG, so we can see if someone is awake versus asleep. Most home sleep apnea tests do not utilize EEG, and so when we're looking at respiratory events, apneas or hypopneas, we're looking at over the total recording time rather than the total sleep time. So, we know we're going to capture some time where a person is awake, where we don't have sleep apnea events, and that can be a big amount of time in people with insomnia, poor sleep efficiency. And as a result of that, it can lead to an underestimation of the apnea-hypopnea index. That's really important for people to understand that that means we can end up with a false negative home sleep apnea test, or it can put them in a category of lower severity than what they actually have. And so, if you get a home sleep study report back that's negative for sleep apnea and you remain concerned, you need to go on to do an in-lab study, where about twenty to fifty percent of people will go on to have a positive in-lab study. You can also get false positives with home sleep apnea tests too, and so ideally, we should only be doing home sleep apnea tests in people that are at high risk of having obstructive sleep apnea to decrease our chance of false positive study. When we get that sleep study report, what's important to take a look at? So the main number that we look at currently is the apnea-hypopnea index. The number of apneas, which are full obstructions in that upper airway, or hypopneas, partial obstructions in the upper airway where either there's an oxygen desaturation or an arousal associated with that. Less than five is considered to be normal. Anything five or more gives them a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, and then we stratify them based on the AHI. But it's important to take a look at more than just the apnea-hypopnea index. And while my eyes too on various reports like echocardiograms want to jump to the impression, it is important to take a look at that full report, see what their oxygen levels averaged and what they dipped down to. The arousal index, which is how many times a patient may have woken up briefly throughout the night. Take a look at the histogram, usually an image at the bottom of their report that shows what sleep fragmentation may have been like so that you can take that all in and make that decision. How important are these study findings, and is this a person that would benefit from treatment?  Dr Berkowitz: That's a fantastic overview of sleep studies and some of the highlights to look out for, even if we won't be understanding every detail as you would to know most importantly the caveats about home sleep testing having a fairly high percentage of false negative and false positive results. So being wary if our suspicion is high, and that test is normal or inconclusive to get an in-lab sleep study. And if our suspicion is low or maybe we haven't ordered the test and the patient has had it done elsewhere, and the history doesn't really match up to know that there are false positives on the home studies as well, and again, an in-lab study to settle the diagnosis. Is that right?  Dr Stahl: Yes.  Dr Berkowitz: Okay. Now, for most neurologists, probably if we diagnose OSA, we will be referring the patient to a sleep specialist like yourself for treatment. I think we're all familiar with CPAP and patients being on CPAP. Your article mentions a number of treatment modalities I admit I have not heard of before or maybe heard of in passing, acknowledging most general neurologists are not going to be prescribing or knowing with the nuance that you do as an expert how to decide which treatment a patient would most benefit from or most qualify for. So, can you just give us a broad overview, again, for the general neurologist acknowledging we might see a patient whose past medical history says OSA being treated with fill in the blank. What are the different treatment modalities, and how do you think, just so we can learn from you in broad brush strokes, about particular treatments for particular patients?  Dr Stahl: As you mentioned, most people are familiar with positive airway pressure or PAP therapy, and that does remain our most efficacious treatment. The way I explain it to patients is why PAP therapy is the most effective treatment is it's the only treatment that can take all of the tissues of that upper airway and open them up. Whereas all of our other treatments, we're going to target smaller spaces of that upper airway. So, our first option is if we can get somebody on PAP therapy, we know that that's going to be the best option for the majority. PAP therapy works by basically acting as an air splint to open up the air tissues. Know that masks are not interchangeable. There are masks that cover the nose and go over the nose and mouth and under the nose. Full face masks that cover the nose and mouth, they do typically require higher pressures, also tend to be less comfortable for a lot of patients as well. In addition to different PAP masks, there's different modalities of positive airway pressure therapy too. There are machines that auto-adjust, some that provide fixed pressure, bi-level PAP that provides a higher inspiratory pressure, lower expiratory pressure. Then outside of PAP therapy, there are, as you alluded to, a lot of options and more, continuing to come down the pipeline as well. Mandibular advancement devices or a form of oral appliances has been around for a while. This is device that somebody wears in their mouth. It's preferably customized for their teeth and titratable, meaning that they can make adjustments that pulls their mandible forward in relation to the maxilla in order to pull those tongue tissues further away from the back of the upper airway. That's ideally managed by a qualified sleep dentist or someone that specializes in oral appliance management. Other treatments include surgical options, including hypoglossal nerve stimulation, which is an implanted device that causes the tongue to protrude repetitively throughout their sleep period to hopefully open up the airspace. There's some other surgical options too that open up various places of the upper airway. There's a daytime treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, transoral neuromuscular electrical stimulation that changes the muscle fiber type of the tongue. And then there's some adjunctive treatments that can be helpful too, such as positional therapy, oral facial myofunctional therapy that helps a person breathe better through their nose and may help train the upper airway muscles.  Dr Berkowitz: Great. Well, that's a very helpful overview, and again, I refer our listeners to your article, which talks about all of those modalities in very comprehensive detail. So, Dr. Stahl, as we wrap up our conversation, you have a captive audience of neurologists and neurology trainees here. What would you like to leave us with that every neurologist should know about obstructive sleep apnea?  Dr Stahl: The most important, again, is for neurologists to know that obstructive sleep apnea is so common in your patient population, and it can have a significant negative impact on quality of life and health, including many neurologic conditions. And at the same time, obstructive sleep apnea is very treatable. We have so many options nowadays that we can usually get someone onto adequate treatment. And treatment has that potential to improve several neurologic symptoms and disorders, even at times when you don't think that there's an opportunity to improve symptoms such as say in, headache. So, neurologists really should be screening for signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, as well as considering testing in high-risk, potentially asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients.  Dr Berkowitz: That's a fantastic overview of some of the many pearls that you shared with us today, as well as in your article. So, thank you so much again. Today, I've been interviewing Dr. Stephanie Stahl about her article on obstructive sleep apnea. This article appears in the August 2026 Continuum issue on neurology of sleep. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you so much to our listeners for joining today, and thank you again, Dr. Stahl.  Dr Stahl: Thank you again for having me.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. 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"One day is a mental marathon, and so it is very difficult for the brain to be the best version of itself for everything. You don't have to be— your average is good for average experiences. Your best is needed for your most important experiences." —Dr. Izzy Justice The 10 Hertz brain state is the frequency neuroscientist Dr. Izzy Justice says separates your best decisions from your worst ones — and it's hiding in plain sight, 10 to 20 seconds away at any moment. After running more than 18,000 wireless EEG brain scans on everyone from NBA players to executives to trauma survivors, Dr. Justice discovered that peak focus, deep empathy, and total presence all cluster around the same low-noise brainwave frequency: roughly 10 Hertz. In this conversation with host Justine Reichman, Dr. Justice explains why wireless EEG technology changed how we understand the brain, how trauma physically "polarizes" specific neurons decades after the event, and why the fix isn't suppressing the memory but giving it a final chapter. He also walks through three practical neurohacks — techniques that take seconds, require no equipment, and can be used mid-conversation, mid-pitch, or mid-panic. This episode is for anyone who has ever felt foggy under pressure, reactive in a stressful moment, or unsure why their body remembers things their mind has tried to forget. Key Takeaways: Peak human performance and full sensory presence both happen near 10 Hertz, a measurably low-noise brain frequency — not a mindset or personality trait. Trauma creates highly "polarized" neurons that stay dormant until a matching sound, smell, or sensation reactivates them, sometimes decades later. You don't need to be your best self all day — reserving these techniques for one or two high-stakes moments daily is enough. The 10-10 technique (count fast to 10, then slow back to one) shifts brain state in about 20 seconds using nothing but your mind. The palm-tap technique and 4-2-8 breathing pattern each take 10 to 20 seconds and can be done anywhere, anytime. Healing trauma isn't about erasing the memory — it's about writing a final chapter where the experience serves a purpose. Listen to the full conversation and subscribe to Essential Ingredients so you never miss an episode:  https://tinyurl.com/Essential-Ingredients-Podcast  Meet Izzy:  Dr. Izzy Justice is the Chief Neuroscience Officer at Neuro580, a groundbreaking company at the forefront of human performance, sports psychology, and mental training. As a pioneering Sports Neuroscientist, he has certified over 300 coaches worldwide and has worked with elite athletes across multiple sports, many of whom have gone on to win Major Championships and Olympic Medals. Dr. Justice is the creator of Neurohacks-rapid, science-backed techniques that remove mental distractions, boost focus under pressure, and help athletes access the flow state in real time. With over 18,000 EEG-based functional brain scans conducted during live performance, he brings unmatched insight into golf neuroscience, mental toughness, and brainwave management for peak performance. As a consultant and executive coach, Dr. Justice has helped over 30 CEOs and dozens of Chief People Officers unlock leadership mindset, drive business performance, and build cultures of resilience through neuroscience. From Zambia, Africa, and based in the U.S. for the past 40 years, Dr. Justice is the Best-Selling Author of 10 Books, including his latest, Your Brain Swings Every Club (Foreword by Brad Faxon), which bridges the gap between golf focus techniques, emotional control, and personal mastery. Website LinkedIn Instagram  X YouTube Connet with Neuro580:  Website LinkedIn Instagram  TikTok Connect with NextGen Purpose: Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Podcast Chapters: 01:03 Meet Dr. Izzy Justice: From Boardroom to Brainwaves 04:10 How Wireless EEG Technology Changed Brain Science 08:32 Redefining Trauma as a Neuroscience Problem 14:03 The Mothers Who Turned Grief Into Purpose 19:55 The 10 Hertz Scale: Why Less Brain Noise Wins 28:22 The 10-10 Neurohack for Instant Focus 30:26 The Palm Tap: A 15-Second Calm Reset 33:00 The 4-2-8 Breathing Technique 41:10 What We'll Understand About the Brain Next 42:45 Key Takeaway: Longevity Starts With Your Brain  Resources:  Book Life Explained: Chasing 10Hz by Dr. Izzy Justice  THE PRIMES  ✨ You're more capable than you have ever been, and somehow more invisible than ever. You keep handing out advice you do not take yourself. You keep saying 'after this next thing' to your own life, and the people around you have no idea because, from the outside, everything looks fine— that is exactly what The Primes was built for.

Episode 189: Travis Hahler & his book, Rethink Resistance: Embracing Neuroscience to Lead Transformational ChangeABOUT TRAVISTravis transforms how Fortune 500 companies navigate change by revealing a startling truth: Resistance isn't rebellion—it's biology. As Senior Director of Global Strategy and Transformation at Salesforce, and Founder of The Neurological Nomad, Travis brings an unprecedented fusion of neuroscience and business acumen to organizational transformation. His unique journey conducting EEG research in Denmark, studying neuropsychology at Harvard, earning an MBA, and leading change at Google, Salesforce, and others, makes him a unique transformation expert who can explain why your amygdala sabotages your strategic plan and why you can blame everything on your basil ganglia. Over fifteen years, Travis has guided more than one hundred companies through successful transformations, earning him the nickname Resistance Fortune Teller for his uncanny ability to predict where change efforts will fail. His signature keynote, The Neuroscience of Change, has reached over 25,000 leaders across 150 global events, consistently delivering that aha moment when executives finally understand why 70 percent of transformations fail to achieve their goals. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS• Travis introduces his background blending neuropsychology, neuroscience, and business transformation.• The misconception that resistance is rebellion and how to reframe it as a natural protective response.• Six neurological barriers affecting change: basal ganglia routines, overloading prefrontal cortex, exclusion pain, ambiguity, threat responses, and loss.• Practical leadership strategies aligned with brain science to navigate each barrier.• The importance of emotional regulation and empathy in parenting and leadership inspired by neuroscience.• How neuroscience understanding helps to normalize resistance, reducing ego threats for leaders.• The evolution of Travis's work from consulting to public speaking and authoring the book "Rethink Resistance."• The role of language, poised by Brené Brown's insights, in shaping emotional experiences and understanding.• The future focus on applying neuroscience to AI transformations, emphasizing mindset shifts over tools.The MAIN QUESTION for you that comes out of my conversation with Travis is, To avoid the adverse and unfortunate effects of impulsive emotion, how much do you seek to understand the science of your mind when it comes to your leadership? FIND TRAVIS• Website: http://www.travishahler.com/• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurologicalnomad/• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisdhahler/• Link to order the book: https://linktr.ee/theneurologicalnomadFULL LINKEDIN ARTICLE: CHAPTERS00:00 - The Book Leads Podcast - Travis Hahler00:57- Introduction & Bio03:51 - Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work?10:36 - What did you path to today look like?32:57 - How does the work you're doing today reconcile to who you were as a child?40:39 - What do you consider your superpower?43:54 - What does leadership mean to you?48:27 - Can you introduce us to the book we're discussing?55:46 - How did you structure the book to take the reader on their journey?01:02:28 - What's next for your writing?01:04:39 - What's changed in you in the process of writing this book?01:07:10 - What book has inspired you?01:12:31 - What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.)This series has become my Masterclass In Humanity. I'd love for you to join me and see what you take away from these conversations.Learn more about The Book Leads and listen to past episodes:Watch on YouTubeWatch on YouTube MusicListen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsRead About The Book Leads – Blog PostFor more great content, check out the catalog for my newsletter Last Week's Leadership Lessons, if you haven't already!

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If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects.  In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. Whether you enjoy consuming your content visually or via audio, we've got you covered - and it will always be provided free of charge.  So, if you enjoy what we do and want to support our work of providing accessible, free content on various platforms, please consider making a donation to the links provided below.  Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsDarkness, Sensory Deprivation, Caves, and Visionary ConditionsUstinova, Yulia. Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind: Descending Underground in the Search for Ultimate Truth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.Use for: caves, descent, darkness, ancient Greek revelation, incubation, inspired prophecy, and altered states in underground sacred settings.Lewis-Williams, David. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002.Use for: caves, prehistoric imagery, altered consciousness, visual phenomena, and symbolic environments. Use carefully because some interpretations of prehistoric religion remain debated.Eliade, Mircea. The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion. New York: Harcourt, 1959.Use for: sacred space, threshold, the difference between sacred and profane space, and the way religious environments reorganize orientation and meaning.Zuckerman, Marvin, and Nathan Cohen. “Sources of Reports of Visual and Auditory Sensations in Perceptual-Isolation Experiments.” Psychological Bulletin 61, no. 1, 1964: 1–20.Use for: sensory deprivation, perceptual isolation, visual/auditory sensations, and internally generated experiences under reduced stimulation.Wackermann, Jiří, Peter Pütz, and Carsten Allefeld. “Ganzfeld-Induced Hallucinatory Experience, Its Phenomenology and Cerebral Electrophysiology.” Cortex 44, no. 10, 2008: 1364–1378.Use for: Ganzfeld states, reduced/uniform sensory fields, pseudo-hallucinatory imagery, altered perception, and EEG findings.Metzger, Wolfgang. “Optische Untersuchungen am Ganzfeld.” Psychologische Forschung 13, 1930: 6–29.Use for: early Ganzfeld research and the effect of homogeneous visual fields on perception.Shenyan, O., et al. “Visual Hallucinations Induced by Ganzflicker and Ganzfeld Differ in Frequency, Complexity, and Content.” Scientific Reports 14, 2024.Use for: modern comparison between Ganzfeld and flicker-induced visual phenomena. Useful if connecting this episode back to the earlier flicker-light show.Candlelight, Firelight, Sacred Atmosphere, and the Agency of LightBille, Mikkel, and Tim Flohr Sørensen. “An Anthropology of Luminosity: The Agency of Light.” Journal of Material Culture 12, no. 3, 2007: 263–284.Use for: light as a social, material, emotional, and cultural agent; how light shapes atmosphere, social meaning, and movement.Bille, Mikkel, and Tim Flohr Sørensen, eds. Elements of Architecture: Assembling Archaeology, Atmosphere and the Performance of Building Spaces. London: Routledge, 2016.Use for: architecture, atmosphere, materiality, embodied space, and how built environments shape experience.Pallasmaa, Juhani. The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Chichester: Wiley, 1996; later editions.Use for: architecture as multisensory experience, not just visual design; helpful for sacred architecture, embodied space, and sensory atmosphere.Barrie, Thomas. “Sacred Space and the Mediating Roles of Architecture.” European Review 20, no. 4, 2012: 505–514.Use for: sacred architecture as a mediating threshold between ordinary and sacred worlds.Kieckhefer, Richard. Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.Use for: Christian sacred architecture, spatial theology, light, ritual orientation, and the way buildings teach belief through space.Do, Michael T. H. “Melanopsin and the Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: Biophysics to Behavior.” Neuron 104, no. 2, 2019: 205–226.Use for: melanopsin, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, non-image-forming vision, and the biological effects of light beyond ordinary sight.Hattar, Samer, H. W. Liao, Motoharu Takao, David M. Berson, and King-Wai Yau. “Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity.” Science 295, no. 5557, 2002: 1065–1070.Use for: retinal ganglion cells that detect light for non-image-forming functions, including circadian-related pathways.Blume, Christine, Corrado Garbazza, and Manuel Spitschan. “Effects of Light on Human Circadian Rhythms, Sleep and Mood.” Somnologie 23, 2019: 147–156.Use for: light, circadian rhythms, sleep, mood, and why sunlight, darkness, dawn, and dusk matter biologically.Cajochen, Christian. “Alerting Effects of Light.” Sleep Medicine Reviews 11, no. 6, 2007: 453–464.Use for: light's alerting effects beyond image-forming vision.Stained Glass, Religious Light, and Visual TheologyBinski, Paul. Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014.Use for: Gothic visual culture, sacred display, ornament, and the emotional force of medieval religious space.Camille, Michael. Gothic Art: Glorious Visions. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.Use for: Gothic imagery, religious seeing, visual devotion, and sacred art as visionary environment.Kessler, Herbert L. Seeing Medieval Art. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2004.Use for: medieval Christian theories of seeing, devotional image use, sacred art, and vision as religious practice.Hamburger, Jeffrey F. The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany. New York: Zone Books, 1998.Use for: visionary art, devotional seeing, mystical imagery, and the relationship between images and religious experience.Freedberg, David. The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.Use for: why images provoke emotion, devotion, fear, desire, reverence, and acts of ritual engagement.Scrying, Black Mirrors, Crystal Gazing, and Reflective VisionCaputo, Giovanni B. “Strange-Face-in-the-Mirror Illusion.” Perception 39, no. 7, 2010: 1007–1008.Use for: mirror-gazing under low light, face distortion, visual instability, and apparitional perception.Caputo, Giovanni B. “Apparitional Experiences of New Faces and Dissociation of Self-Identity During Mirror Gazing.” Perceptual and Motor Skills 110, no. 3, 2010: 1125–1138.Use for: mirror-gazing, dissociation, altered self-recognition, and strange-face experiences.Caputo, Giovanni B. “Strange-Face Illusions During Inter-Subjective Gazing.” Consciousness and Cognition 22, no. 1, 2013: 324–329.Use for: prolonged eye-to-eye gazing, face alteration, dissociative effects, and interpersonal gaze phenomena.Caputo, Giovanni B. “Visual Perception During Mirror-Gazing at One's Own Face in Patients with Depression.” The Scientific World Journal, 2014.Use for: mirror-gazing research and altered self-perception. Useful for grounding black mirror and psychomanteum discussion, but do not overgeneralize.Moody, Raymond A., with Paul Perry. Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones. New York: Villard, 1993.Use for: modern psychomanteum practice, mirror-gazing, grief, and visionary encounters. Use cautiously; this is experiential/parapsychological material, not mainstream neuroscience.Roll, William G. “Psychomanteum Research: A Pilot Study.” Journal of Near-Death Studies 22, no. 4, 2004: 251–270.Use for: psychomanteum research, bereavement visions, mirror-gazing, and altered perception. Use cautiously.Northcote, Thomas. “Scrying.” In The Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, edited by J. Gordon Melton. Detroit: Gale, various editions.Use for: general historical overview of scrying traditions, crystal gazing, mirror gazing, and divinatory seeing.Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius. Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Translated by James Freake; edited and annotated by Donald Tyson. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1993.Use for: Renaissance magical imagination, correspondences, planetary symbols, spirits, and visual/ritual operations.Barrett, Francis. The Magus. London, 1801.Use for: later ceremonial magic, mirrors, spirits, correspondences, and visual ritual imagination. Use historically, not as scientific evidence.Magical Gaze, Concentration, Visualization, and Ceremonial PracticeCrowley, Aleister. Liber E vel Exercitiorum. In The Equinox.Use for: concentration, posture, breath, mental discipline, and the training of attention as a magical foundation.Crowley, Aleister. Magick: Liber ABA, Book 4. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, various editions.Use for: ceremonial magic, concentration, visualization, ritual method, symbols, and disciplined magical practice.Regardie, Israel. The Golden Dawn. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, variousAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. 

Photo by Zac Taheriyan on Unsplash Published 10 August 2026 e564 with Michael, Andy and Michael – a spider filled episode with AdTech and lifesaving robotic implications, VR Mario Kart, quantum lawn mowing, identity management and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael begin the episode with Spider-Man showing up in an unexpected place – a BMW infotainment system!  The negative reactions from the articles and cohosts were not surprising.  The team have discussed ads you don't want showing up where you don't want them – like on automotive windshields, in AR, and more – see e481 from 2024 in the links below for more on this. The team shifts to a more enjoyable driving experience, where Andy describes what he did to enable a VR version of Mario Kart.  Next up – a reflection on 30 years of Quake with an anniversary release.  Then, appealing to the team's sensibilities on mowing lawns and penchant for NP quantum problems, a lawn mowing optimization game from Pudding.   Switching from software to hardware, the cohosts take a look at a surprising smaller than expected device called the Octopus 16 which measures EEG brain signals to allow the user to control a computer.  See the show notes below for the original box for the Emotiv headset from the July 2015 kickstarter. Then, the titular post for this show, a new robot based on nature for rescuing people who are drowning.  The inspiration for this robot was a fishing spider who walks on water to capture its prey.  Your show notes thankfully do not include pictures of such spiders, though if you click through to the Arxiv paper, there is a picture, so consider yourself warned.  While not discussed in this episode, Dr. Kate Darling's book The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots explores social and ethical themes on robotics that fit nicely into this theme.  Michael M had a chance to hear her speak at Duke earlier this year and an article about that talk is included in the notes below. Rounding out the show, the team wraps up with an identity service from Meta called Facebook Verified.  This free service is intended to help identify when a person is a human and distinguish from AI agents.  The cohosts shared thoughts about this topic and the service before the recording time was exhausted. Aside from spiders, what other robotic form factors based on the animal and insect kingdom would you want to see?  Have your bots

Sound Healing with David Gibson Healing Modes: Finding Frequencies and Resonating What Is Right David Gibson explains sound-healing methods for identifying physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual frequencies, then explores how frequency sweeps, intuition, muscle testing, pendulums, voice analysis, binaural beats, phase cancellation, homeopathy-style resonance, and Source connection may be used in healing work. Sound Healing Center, Training, and the Episode's Focus In this Sound Healing — Healing Modes episode, David Gibson introduces the Sound Healing Center's broader work, including the Institute, Sound Healing Store, Sound Therapy Center, Sound Healing Research Foundation, Medical Sound Association, and Sound Education Association. He also shares updates about programs, an open house, certificate training, recording classes, and voice-analysis software. The central focus of the episode is how to find the frequency of a body part, organ, emotional issue, disease pattern, or healthy state, and then what to do with that frequency once it is identified. The transcript notes that medical and healing claims are preserved as the host's statements and should be reviewed before being presented as health guidance. Two Healing Paths: What Is Wrong and What Is Right David frames the teaching around two major approaches: finding the frequency of what is “wrong” and working to disrupt it, or finding the frequency of what is “right” and resonating that healthy state. He gives examples such as cancer, stuck emotion, chronic pain, and organ resonance to show how a practitioner might either break up a problematic vibration or strengthen the frequency of a healthy body part. Throughout the episode, he returns to the idea that stable, consistent sound, positive intention, and resonance may help bring a system back toward balance. Frequency Sweeps, Intuition, Muscle Testing, and Pendulums David describes several ways to locate frequencies. One method is a frequency sweep, where a person moves the voice up and down on a vowel until a body area vibrates most strongly. For parts of the body that cannot easily be felt, he suggests intuitive listening, where the right tone may arrive as a knowing, inner sound, or subtle signal. He also discusses muscle testing, balance testing, listening for chills, using a pendulum to narrow frequency ranges, and playing the twelve notes while observing which note strengthens the body. Timbre, Vowels, Musical Flow, and Frequency References The episode expands from single tones into timbre, which David describes as the combination of frequencies that make up an organ, cell, or body system. He explains that organs may have multiple layers of frequency, including material, cellular, atomic, photon, electromagnetic, and quantum levels, and he compares these combinations to vowel sounds. He also introduces the idea of listening for the “song” or musical flow of the nervous, circulatory, or digestive system. David mentions frequency charts, Rife-related sets, Qigong organ notes, and other references, while acknowledging that different sources often disagree. Devices, Voice Analysis, and Scientific Measurement David also discusses device-based methods for assessing or exploring frequency. He mentions galvanic skin response, HeartMath, voice-analysis tools, NES, QXCI, Zyto, Asyra, GDV/Kirlian photography, EKG, EEG, Chinese pulse reading, microscopy, spectroscopy, and MRI-related measurement. His own voice-analysis program is described as mapping notes connected to organs and physical or emotional issues, while also requiring interpretation to determine whether a frequency is excessive or deficient. This section presents technology as another pathway for exploring resonance, coherence, and body-system response. Breaking Up Imbalance and Transforming Chaos Once a problematic frequency is found, David outlines several possible methods for working with it. He describes a homeopathy-style approach in which a low dose of the problem frequency may bring the issue to the body's attention, as well as techniques that match, meet, disrupt, or transform chaotic vibrations. He discusses binaural-beat-like differences, going slightly above and below a target frequency, crystal bowls, tone generators, destructive resonance, phase cancellation, reciprocal frequencies, and the use of chaotic sounds such as rattles or white noise to break up stuck energy. He also connects these ideas to emotional release, such as transforming painful relationship energy into peace. Resonating Health, Balance, and Source David ultimately emphasizes resonating what is right as the preferred direction. This includes singing, breathing, or playing the healthy frequency of a body part, balancing missing or excessive frequencies, working with a home note or brainwave rhythm, and using sound to support states such as sleep, creativity, presence, focus, and bliss. He closes by moving beyond specific frequencies into higher vibration, gratitude, joy, universal love, and Source, saying that connection to Source allows spirit to know what the body needs. The episode ends with an affirmation-like closing, sustained tones, repeated healing phrases, and music fading out.

Get 10% off your first Leela Quantum order with the code NatalieJill at checkout  at https://midlifeconversations.com/leela    Try Quantum Upgrade completely free for 15 days—no credit card required. Use code NATALIEJILL at checkout on https://quantumupgrade.io/start  What if the headache you can't explain, the brain fog that won't lift, or the exhaustion no lab test can find has been sitting in the walls of your own home this whole time? This week Natalie sits down with Dr. Henz, a neuroscientist and EEG researcher, and Philipp Von Holtzendorff-Fehling, a former T-Mobile executive turned tech founder, for a conversation that goes places most health podcasts never go. Dr. Henz shares her own story of getting mysteriously ill in a tech-filled office, including a decade-long fertility struggle doctors couldn't explain, and how she eventually connected it to the invisible electromagnetic fields surrounding her every day. Philipp pulls back the curtain on his years inside the telecom industry, why he walked away from a corporate career to dig into this question full time, and what his team found after testing dozens of products claiming to protect you from EMF exposure (spoiler: most of them do nothing, and a couple made things worse). You'll hear about the internal lab research Dr. Henz and Philipp have compiled using high-density EEG technology, what happens to brain wave activity during something as simple as a phone call, and their perspective on why getting closer to nature and natural frequencies may matter more than we think. This one will change how you think about your phone, your WiFi router, and the space you sleep in tonight. WE GO DEEP ON:  Dr. Henz's personal health crisis and the invisible cause behind it Why your body has no built-in sensor for electromagnetic exposure What high-density EEG reveals about brain activity and stress frequencies Philipp's journey from T-Mobile executive to EMF researcher The internal lab data behind Quantum Upgrade's technology What happened when they tested 70+ EMF "protection" products Simple, low-effort shifts you can make starting tonight Catch the full episode on YOUTUBE HERE: https://bit.ly/MidlifeConversationsYouTube   Episode Links: See Natalie's brain scan results https://www.midlifeconversations.com/nataliejillresults/ Leela Quantum: Get 10% off your first Leela Quantum order with the code NatalieJill at checkout  at https://midlifeconversations.com/leela    Quantum Upgrade: Try Quantum Upgrade completely free for 15 days—no credit card required. Use code NATALIEJILL at checkout on https://quantumupgrade.io/start    Free Gifts for being a listener of Midlife Conversations! Mastering the Midlife Midsection Guide: https://theflatbellyguide.com/ Age Optimizing and Supplement Guide: https://ageoptimizer.com   Connect with me on social media! Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Nataliejllfit Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Nataliejillfit   For advertising inquiries: https://www.category3.ca/  Disclaimer: Information provided in the Midlife Conversations podcast is for informational purposes only. This information is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. Do not use the information provided in this podcast for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before making any changes to your current regimen.  Information provided in this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast does not create a client-patient relationship between you and the host of Midlife Conversations or you and any doctor or provider interviewed and featured on this show. Information and statements may have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent ANY disease. Advertising Disclosure: Some episodes of Midlife Conversations may be sponsored by products or services discussed during the show. The host may receive compensation for such advertisements or if you purchase products through affiliate links. Opinions expressed about products or services are those of the host and/or guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of any sponsor. Sponsorship does not imply endorsement of any product or service by healthcare professionals featured on this podcast.  

Some of the best conversations don't happen on stage—they happen after the conference.Originally recorded following a previous Suisun Summit, this NeuroNoodle panel captures the discussions that were shaping the future of neurofeedback: biomarkers, QEEG, trauma, autism, ADHD, licensing, ethics, and why many clinicians are moving beyond diagnostic labels toward understanding brain function.With the 2026 Suisun Neuroscience Summit just around the corner, it's fascinating to revisit these conversations and see how many of these ideas continue to influence clinical practice today.

Why are you waking up in the middle of the night, and why is it so hard to fall back asleep? Andrea talks with Dr. Michael Breus, known as The Sleep Doctor, about the biology behind night wakings, the common sleep advice that backfires, and the practical shifts that can help. From melatonin and sleep meds to caffeine, alcohol, and inconsistent wake times, this episode helps you make sense of what your body is doing at night so you can work with it instead of against it. Tune in, take action, and start sleeping better tonight. ✨ Learn more about Dr. Michael Breus and Discover Your Chronotype Quiz: https://sleepdoctor.com/whatresonatesRecorded: May 12th, 2026Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Lucid Dreaming Teaser00:34 - Podcast Welcome Intro01:06 - Meet Dr Michael Breus02:35 - Why Sleep Changes Life05:09 - Sleep Flexibility Quality06:19 - Wake Time Consistency11:17 - Aging Sleep Myths14:01 - Chronotypes and Genetics16:43 - Why You Wake 1 to 3 AM18:42 - Don't Pee Don't Clock22:27 - 4-7-8 Breathing Protocol26:22 - Relax Reset Positivity30:04 - Calming Night Worries31:02 - Power Down Hour Routine34:56 - Sleep Environment Gear37:53 - Sleep Masks That Work40:08 - Exercise Timing Rules42:00 - Meditation And Sleep43:56 - Dreams And Lucid States48:15 - Supplements And Bloodwork50:17 - Melatonin Myths And Risks54:43 - Sleep Meds Safety57:51 - Caffeine Alcohol Cutoffs01:00:50 - Wrap Up And FarewellSleep Doctor At Home SleepTest (SleepDoctor.com)The Sleep Doctor At-Home Sleep Test provides clinical-level sleep analysis from the comfort of your own bed. Using two simple sensors and a connected app, users receive personalized results reviewed by a licensed provider in under a week.Orion Cooling Mattress Pad (orionsleep.com)The Orion Cooling Mattress Pad uses active temperature regulation technology to maintain an optimal sleep environment and reduce overheating throughout the night. It offers smart-bed-level cooling benefits at a more accessible price point.NextSense Earbuds (nextsense.io)These ear buds use EEG sensors to detect deep sleep and deliver gentle sound pulses to enhance restorative sleep.Channel Your Divine Self, a twelve-week live course where you build a direct, grounded relationship with your own inner guidance, alongside the Emissaries of Light. The waitlist is open now, and you'll be the first to know when registration begins. Join the waitlist: https://mainstream-reiki.kit.com/cydswaitlistAndrea's Links: https://beacons.ai/andrea_kennedyAndrea's Reiki Business Success Course:https://www.mainstreamreiki.com/reiki-business-success-courseVisit our websiteVisit our Amazon Shop  Sponsored by The Mainstream Reiki Community https://members.mainstreamreiki.com/HealthyLine offers revolutionary PEMF  and far-infrared mats. Get 10% off and free shipping in the continental US with code "Mainstream10FS". What Resonates? is produced by Twisted Spur MediaAndrea may earn money through Amazon for qualifying purchases.Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program do not  reflect those of the podcast or anyone affiliated with its production. This program is presented for entertainment purposes only. The utilization of the information provided is at the listener's own discretion.

Can technology help us tune into our inner guidance and tap into deeper states of awareness? In this episode, we sit down with transdisciplinary artist and futurist Seneida Ng and biofeedback sound developer Jason Snell. Together, they are pioneering new ways to translate neural activity and physiological signals into immersive music—creating a direct feedback loop between the human body, brainwaves, and sound.  From ancient drumming rituals and trance states to cutting-edge EEG neurofeedback and biofeedback sound baths, discover how sonifying our internal frequencies can help lower anxiety, deepen empathy, and unlock our natural intuition. 

Leigh Ann welcomes Christine Lee of Cereset Mission Viejo for a conversation on brain optimization, trauma, nervous system regulation, sleep, and what it means to let the brain rebalance itself. Christine shares her personal story of living with stress, insomnia, trauma, and deep nervous system dysregulation before discovering Cereset as a client and eventually purchasing the practice herself. She explains how Cereset uses read-only EEG sensors and AI-generated acoustic tones to create a “brain echo,” allowing the brain to hear itself and identify where it may be energetically out of balance. Leigh Ann and Christine discuss the difference between supporting the brain's “hardware” and doing deeper emotional “software” work, especially for clients whose systems feel too hijacked for meditation, breathwork, journaling, or somatic practices to land. They also explore how Cereset may support people navigating trauma, insomnia, concussion, mood dysregulation, medication tapering goals, chronic illness, cancer, mold, mast cell activation, and nervous system overwhelm. Product Discount Codes + LinksHoolest: Website (Discount Code: THEACCRESCENT10)Froya Hair Care: Website (Link gives 10% off)Herbal Face Food: Website (Discount Code: LAL30)Guest InfoCereset Mission Viejo - Website (mention this episode for a free discovery and intake call!)Cereset Mission Viejo - FacebookRelated EpisodesPodcast Ep. 247: Dr. Aimie Apigian - The Biology of TraumaPodcast Ep. 181: Danielle Palmer - How Injury and Trauma Disrupt Your Body's Electrical Flow and The Power of Frequency Therapy To Restore ItWork w/Leigh AnnLearn: What is EVOX Therapy?Book: Schedule a Session or FREE Discovery CallMembership: What is The Healing Alchemy MembershipConnect w/Me & Learn MoreWebsiteInstagramTiktokYoutube

The latest highlights from the journal will deliver confidence when managing complex everyday presentations. In this podcast for the August 2026 issue of Practical Neurology, co-editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller present the key highlights from a cracking 100-page edition spanning the full spectrum of neurological care. They examine how to accurately diagnose papilloedema and distinguish swollen optic discs from pseudo-swelling or other mimics. Next, they discuss a comprehensive guide to the Parkinson's disease follow-up consultation, focusing on non-motor symptoms, lifestyle advice, and long-term management. The editors also explore a structured approach to assessing neurogenic bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction, before covering the key clinical clues and investigations for evaluating pulsatile tinnitus. They also review the intricate link between chronic kidney disease and cognitive impairment, and finish with a critical look at the practical uses and limitations of subhairline EEG monitoring in neurocritical care. Read the issue: https://pn.bmj.com/content/26/4 Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production and editing by Brian O'Toole, Nick Currey and Letícia Amorim. Thank you for listening. 

Why can you care deeply about a task, fully understand what needs to be done, and still feel physically unable to begin? In this episode of Authentically ADHD, Carmen explores the AuDHD freeze response—the frustrating gap between intention and action shaped by task-initiation struggles, autistic inertia, cognitive disengagement, transition friction, overwhelm, and nervous-system protection.We break down why this is not laziness, defiance, or a lack of discipline, and why shame often makes the freeze even worse. You'll learn how to identify what kind of “stuck” you are experiencing, reduce invisible steps, create gentler transition ramps, use body doubling and external cues, and choose a first step small enough to actually access.Because sometimes your brain is not refusing to cross the bridge. The bridge simply has no ramp, no lighting, no signs, and one deeply unqualified raccoon in a hard hat yelling, “Figure it out.”This episode is for every AuDHDer who has ever spent an hour thinking about standing up—and then blamed themselves for still sitting.Research and Show-Notes References* Buckle, K. L., Leadbitter, K., Poliakoff, E., & Gowen, E. First-Hand Accounts of Autistic Inertia. Frontiers in Psychology, 2021.* Rapaport, H. et al. “I live in extremes”: A qualitative investigation of autistic adults' experiences of inertia. Autism, 2023/2024.* Lage, C., Smith, E. S., & Lawson, R. P. A meta-analysis of cognitive flexibility in autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024.* Hoofs, V. et al. Task switching in autism: An EEG study on intentions and actions. Neuropsychologia, 2018.* Willcutt, E. G. et al. Validity of the executive function theory of ADHD: A meta-analytic review. Biological Psychiatry, 2005.* Diamond, A. Executive Functions. Annual Review of Psychology, 2013.* Becker, S. P. et al. Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome–Clinical Interview. 2024.* Yücens, B. et al. Examining cognitive disengagement syndrome in an adult ADHD evaluation sample. 2024.* Roelofs, K. Freeze for action: Neurobiological mechanisms in animal and human freezing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2017.* Arnsten, A. F. T. Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2009. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carmenauthenticallyadhd.substack.com/subscribe

Diese Woche mit Verena Kern und Sandra Kirchner. 01:53 Bundesregierung will Erneuerbaren-Förderung ändern Die Bundesregierung will die Regeln für erneuerbare Energien grundlegend verändern. Betreiber von Wind- und Solaranlagen sollen künftig bei Engpässen im Stromnetz unter bestimmten Bedingungen nicht mehr vollständig entschädigt werden, wenn ihre Anlagen abgeregelt werden. Außerdem soll die feste Einspeisevergütung für neue Ökostrom-Anlagen wegfallen – Kritiker befürchten, dass dadurch der Ausbau kleiner Solaranlagen auf Hausdächern gebremst wird. 08:43 EU will Industrie mehr Zeit für Dekarbonisierung geben Die EU-Kommission will den europäischen Emissionshandel abschwächen. Laut ihrem Gesetzesvorschlag soll die Zahl der CO2-Zertifikate nach 2030 langsamer sinken als bisher vorgesehen – Unternehmen bekommen damit mehr Zeit, ihre Emissionen zu reduzieren. Zusätzlich plant die Kommission weitere Entlastungen für die Industrie und will Investitionen in die Dekarbonisierung unterstützen. 16:23 Klimawandel verursacht Korallenbleichen Weltweit sind Korallenriffe immer häufiger von schweren Bleichen getroffen. Forschende haben berechnet, welchen Anteil der Klimawandel daran hat – und kommen zu einem eindeutigen Ergebnis: Ohne die menschengemachte Erderwärmung wären die großen Bleiche-Ereignisse der vergangenen Jahrzehnte nahezu ausgeblieben. - Das klima update° wird jede Woche von Spender:innen unterstützt. Wenn auch du dazu beitragen willst, geht das HIER https://www.verein-klimawissen.de/spenden. Wir danken hier und jetzt - aber auch noch mal namentlich im Podcast (natürlich nur, wenn ihr zustimmt).

Jay Gunkelman has read more than half a million brain scans — so when Joshua Moore hands him a blind EEG with no history and no chart, it takes about 70 seconds. The brain in front of him is drifting into stage-one drowsiness with the eyes still open, and Jay calls it cold: a primary disorder of vigilance. Host Pete Jansons walks through it with him frame by frame — eyes open and eyes closed — so you can watch the read happen in real time.Along the way: why arousal and vigilance are NOT the same thing (and why an amphetamine is the wrong tool), what "highway hypnosis" actually is at the level of the EEG, why your Oura ring can flag hypoxia but can't tell you if it's central or obstructive, and the lost art of reading 100 paper EEGs a day with a pencil so you don't get paper cuts. Plus Joshua Moore's Brain Bar intro to QEEG phenotypes.

From Stage to Clinic: The Science, Art & Ethics of Hypnosis with Tommy GiolandoWhat can stage hypnosis teach clinical hypnotherapists? Quite a lot, it turns out.In this fascinating conversation, I sit down with internationally renowned hypnotist Tommy Giolando to explore the remarkable bridge between performance hypnosis, neuroscience, clinical practice, and faith.Tommy shares his journey from sceptical teenager to internationally recognised stage hypnotist, before revealing why he made the transition into therapeutic work and how mentorship with the legendary Tom Silver transformed his understanding of hypnosis through neuroscience.Together we explore:Why stage hypnotists often develop exceptional therapeutic skills.How observation, calibration, and creativity can transform clinical outcomes.The science behind rapid inductions versus relaxation-based hypnosis.Brainwaves, attention, neuroplasticity, and why simply closing your eyes changes brain activity.The relationship between music, rhythm, sensory processing and trance.How experiences—not just suggestions—anchor lasting transformation.Eye movements, fractionation and why movement helps the brain process information.Tommy's innovative self-hypnosis book and how it combines storytelling, eye movements and personalised language.A thoughtful discussion about hypnosis, Christianity, ethics and the science behind meditative states.Whether you're a clinical hypnotherapist, stage hypnotist, student, coach, healthcare professional or simply fascinated by how the human mind works, this episode is packed with practical insights, scientific discussion and plenty of HypnoGeek moments.Episode Highlights00:00 – Welcome to HypnoGeeks & introducing Tommy Giolando05:00 – Tommy's unexpected journey into hypnosis after believing it was fake14:30 – Why stage hypnosis creates exceptional clinical practitioners22:00 – Progressive relaxation vs rapid inductions: Do we overcomplicate hypnosis?33:00 – Creativity, calibration and reading the person in front of you42:00 – Creating therapeutic experiences that become lasting anchors for change52:00 – Tom Silver's neuroscience research and using EEG to study hypnosis1:03:00 – Brainwaves explained: Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta and why simply closing your eyes matters1:16:00 – Eye movements, fractionation and innovative approaches to self-hypnosis1:28:00 – Hypnosis, faith and Christianity: Can science and spirituality coexist?1:39:00 – Final reflections on ethics, curiosity and moving the profession forward✨ Why listen?This isn't simply a conversation about hypnosis.It's a discussion about curiosity, neuroscience, performance psychology, therapeutic excellence, creativity, ethics and the extraordinary capacity of the human mind to change.If you've ever wondered how to become a better therapist, communicator, performer, or facilitator of change, this episode is full of ideas you'll want to revisit.

Jamie Syrett, MD, MBA, FACEP, joins host Amy Faith Ho, MD, MPH, FACEP, to discuss his ACEP Now article on point-of-care EEG and its potential role in emergency medicine. Syrett explains how bedside EEG can help physicians identify seizure activity more quickly, reduce unnecessary transfers, and support care in hospitals without immediate neurology access.

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Duration: 1 hr In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, host Eric Glazer brings together leaders from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Northwell Health, WVU Medicine, and TytoCare to explore one of healthcare's biggest challenges: how to move beyond isolated AI pilots and operationalize AI in ways that genuinely improve specialty care. While AI continues to dominate headlines, the organizations making the greatest progress aren't simply adopting more technology. They're redesigning workflows, strengthening governance, extending specialist expertise, and embedding AI into clinical operations in ways that improve patient access while reducing burden on clinicians. This discussion explores what it really takes to scale AI across complex health systems, from executive strategy and governance to workflow redesign, remote examinations, ambient AI, and extending specialty expertise into rural and underserved communities. Our guests include: Rebecca Canino, MBA, Executive Director, Office of Telemedicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine Kristin Myers, Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Northwell Health Sharda Udassi, MD, Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division & Associate Chief Quality Officer, WVU Medicine Greg Orr, Chief Operating Officer, TytoCare Together, they explore: Why successful AI initiatives begin with operational transformation—not technology deployment How leading health systems are embedding AI into existing clinical workflows instead of creating new ones What governance looks like when organizations are scaling AI responsibly How remote examinations and AI are helping extend scarce specialty expertise into rural and community settings Practical examples of AI improving diabetic retinopathy screening, patient navigation, scheduling, EEG interpretation, and specialty access Why redesigning care delivery—not simply adding digital tools—is becoming the key to sustainable AI adoption Where healthcare leaders see the next generation of AI creating measurable impact for clinicians and patients alike. Whether you're leading digital transformation, telehealth, clinical operations, or AI strategy, this episode offers practical lessons from organizations moving beyond experimentation and successfully scaling AI across specialty care. Panelist Bios: https://www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com/events/scaling-ai-enabled-remote-specialty-care-from-innovation-to-operational-performance/ Download the Episode Guide: Get key takeaways and expert highlights to help you apply lessons from the episode. Download guide: https://www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Episode-Guide-Bright-Spots-in-Health-Care-TytoCare-07-15-26.pdf  Key Insights Summary: Find key insights from the discussion, guest takeaways, and detailed moderator notes captured by Eric during the conversation, https://www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Key-Insights-Summary-Bright-Spots-07-15-26.pdf   Thank You to Our Episode Partner, TytoCare: TytoCare is helping health systems rethink how specialty care is delivered beyond the traditional walls of the hospital and clinic. Through its AI-enabled, FDA-cleared remote examination platform, TytoCare equips clinicians with clinical-grade exam data from virtually anywhere, enabling more informed decision-making than video visits alone. By combining guided remote examinations with AI-assisted workflows, TytoCare helps provider organizations improve access to specialty care, optimize clinician capacity, strengthen virtual care models, and create more connected patient experiences. As health systems look to scale AI responsibly, TytoCare is helping turn innovation into operational performance. Schedule a Meeting with a Senior Leader at TytoCare: Interested in learning how leading health systems are scaling remote specialty care?  To connect with Greg Orr or another member of the TytoCare leadership team, contact show producer Jessica Tenzer at jtenzer@brightspotsventures.com to schedule a conversation. About Bright Spots Ventures: Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation. We help healthcare leaders discover what's working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the "bright spots" in healthcare, proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.

Dear readers, I've been a sceptic for too long. It's easy to be sceptical as a psychiatrist—the flowers will be lour'd upon you! I've been using Graymatter's Health PRISM EEG-fMRI neurofeedback system for a few years, it's true. There are EEG leads on there. I saw a lot of EEG-related technology in Beijing. It's possible I'm looking at an EEG in this very photo from my hotel room in China, below:But have I been measuring the brain with EEG regularly? Well, no, again! I've been content with my fancy fMRI scans alone, for SAINT, and giant brain healing magnets at set frequencies, like deep TMS with SWIFT.There are even videos of me talking about TMS, like this one below, with friends like Colleen Hanlon from BrainsWay, and heroic patients who chose to speak publicly, too.But one thing I haven't routinely done is measure the brain itself as part of clinical care, as companies like Firefly Neuroscience are making possible. That may need to change, is the outcome in my personal brain as a result of this interview. I speak, at length, with Dave Decaprio, their president and COO.The EVOKE system provides multimodal analysis of brain function, including Quantitative EEG and Event-Related Potentials. From the Firefly website:At Firefly Neuroscience, our technology is built to measure and interpret brain function in a clinically meaningful way. The Evoke™ system combines quantitative EEG (qEEG) and event-related potentials (ERP) to capture both baseline brain activity and cognitive response during structured tasks.This data is analyzed against a proprietary normative database of over 191,000 EEG and ERP sessions, allowing clinicians to evaluate patterns relative to age-matched expectations and track changes over time. The result is a structured, interpretable view of brain function that can be used alongside clinical evaluation to support earlier insight, more informed treatment decisions, and a clearer understanding of patient progress.I haven't used it in clinical practice yet, but Dave makes a compelling case, and at this point I think it's only a matter of time. Brain Medicine, as an emerging specialty, brings change. That change needs to be measured. EEG might be one such tool.I hope you enjoy today's podcast! And thanks to Sharena Rice, PhD, William M. Sauve, MD, along with Dave, for their guest spots.—OwenAnnouncements: * You can Join The Frontier Psychiatrists LIVE at Psych Congress 2026. Get your tickets now!* You can buy a copy of my IRL in print book on Amazon, Inessential Pharmacology. It's got a lot of good reviews, and one “one star” review, which, in the spirit of transparency, I will excerpt for you:The author has taken a collection of drug leaflets from pharmaceutical companies and woven them together with underwhelming lackluster commentary and memes. He intended to create an engaging reading experience, however, this aim should have been clearly stated, should have been made explicitly clear in the book description. He wanted to have fun writing it and wanted readers to have fun reading it. Now, having missed the return window, I find myself stuck with a book that feels more tedious than enjoyable.Don't miss the return window if you hate my work! Good advice for us all. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefrontierpsychiatrists.substack.com/subscribe

July 17, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Eli Lilly acquires AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8B, the largest psychedelic medicine deal yet, gaining an intranasal DMT therapy in Phase 3 for depression Wonder closes $650M Series D at $9B valuation, building a vertically integrated food platform spanning restaurants, delivery, and AI personalization Hemispheric emerges from stealth with $52M and Descartes, a foundation AI model trained on EEG data to diagnose depression, PTSD, and Alzheimer's Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → insider@fitt.co 

What if excessive gaming isn't the problem...What if it's the symptom?Mark Talaga, founder of the Center for Identity Potential and host of the Hopelessly Gifted podcast, joins EEG pioneer Jay Gunkelman, who has interpreted more than 500,000 brain scans, Dr. Mari Swingle, author of i-Minds: How Cell Phones, Computers, Gaming, and Social Media Are Changing Our Brains, Our Behavior, and the Evolution of Our Species, and host Pete Jansons for a fascinating discussion about giftedness, twice-exceptionality (2e), executive function, anxiety, parenting, education, and why so many bright kids struggle in traditional systems.Drawing from his own journey from the video game industry to becoming a therapist specializing in gifted and neurodivergent individuals, Mark explains why gaming is often a symptom of deeper developmental challenges rather than the root cause itself."If you really want to resolve gaming, don't make it the focus of what you're trying to solve."

Have you considered performing a cochlear implant while your patient is awake? In this episode of the Backtable ENT & Allergy Podcast, Dr. Walter Kutz and Dr. Brandon Isaacson sit down with Dr. Sarah Mowry to explore her protocol for cochlear implants under local anesthesia, an approach especially relevant for older adults concerned about the cognitive risks of general anesthesia. Dr. Mowry shares her criteria for patient selection, preoperative counseling strategies, and how she adapts the OR setup to maximize comfort and communication during awake surgery. --- Get the BackTable apphttps://www.backtable.com/app --- Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction02:06 - Why to Consider Awake Cochlear Implants05:32 - Indications for Awake CI 08:50 - Local Blocks and Pain Control10:58 - Counseling and Expectations14:40 - Preventing Intraoperative Vertigo and Converting to General Anesthesia 17:17 - Set Up and Communication with Patient 19:14 - Lesser Occipital Nerve Block and Potential Role of Processed EEG26:32 - Pitch Matching for Single-Sided Deafness, CI, and Anxiety Considerations29:00 - Feedback from Patients and Electrode Choice 31:30 - Advice to Surgeons and Closing Remarks --- More about this episode The conversation covers her anesthesia protocol, including lesser occipital and postauricular nerve blocks, minimizing propofol, and using topical 2% lidocaine in sensate areas like the facial recess and epitympanum. Dr. Mowry discusses practical strategies of using warmed irrigation to reduce intraoperative vertigo and contingency plans for conversion to general anesthesia. She discusses electrode considerations and the potential role of processed EEG to titrate anesthesia depth and practical tips for surgeons interested in adopting awake cochlear implantation. Throughout, they highlight the importance of individualized patient care, multidisciplinary teamwork, and the growing role of local anesthesia in otologic surgery. --- Resources Cochlear Implantation Under Local Anesthesia With Conscious Sedation in the Elderly: First 100 Caseshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32663339/ Cochlear implantation under local anesthesia in 117 cases: patients' subjective experience and outcomeshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34487218/ --- BackTable ENT & Allergy is the go-to podcast for otolaryngologists, allergists, and head and neck surgeons. Download the free BackTable app to get early access to new episodes, cases, and courses curated by physicians in your specialty. ► https://www.backtable.com/app

Research 1https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-013-9529-4Research 2https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.05.016Research 3https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19070720Research 4https://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2016.12.1.57This episode explores a rapidly growing area of brain science that is transforming how we treat depression, anxiety, insomnia, OCD, and even cognitive decline — without relying on medication. Dr. Yishan welcomes Dr. Elahi, an ABPN board-certified neurologist and founder of NeuroSpa Brain Rejuvenation Center, to discuss Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) — a non-invasive technology that uses electromagnetic fields to stimulate specific regions of the brain. We dive into how TMS works, why personalized brain mapping is the key to achieving 90%+ effectiveness, how it compares to traditional medications and ECT, and what the latest research shows about its impact on insomnia, memory disorders, and treatment-resistant depression.

Anxious? Unfocused? Burned out? The answer might be sitting between your ears

Why do neurofeedback practitioners get way better results than the published studies? A listener from the Neurofeedback Exchange Facebook group asked — and the panel spent the hour answering. Joy Lunt's short version: research runs in "the tightest handcuffs you could find." Jay Gunkelman brings the receipts: one artifacted EEG file sent to 15 commercial services came back as pure chaos — and the journal editor called the paper too embarrassing to publish, until Jay threatened to resign. Then the hard-criteria bombshell: standard protocols scored 30%, QEEG-guided hit 60%. Plus the $3M NIMH ADHD study that changed its hypothesis midstream, why BCIA certification doesn't guarantee a good provider, Jay's "the diagnosis world is imaginary," and the kid who lost 80 sessions of progress to one bike crash — and got it back in 24.

Join Ege Celik, Co-Founder and CEO of Atlantic AI Inc., for an unvarnished examination of why the current enterprise fascination with text-based chatbots is fundamentally hitting a wall. While the initial wave of corporate AI focused on superficial text summaries and basic Q&A interfaces, it completely ignored the execution bottleneck: work doesn't get done by talking to a blank prompt; it gets done by executing multi-step workflows across an organization's tools, permissions, and reporting hierarchies. Drawing from an exceptional trajectory that spans launching a multi-city digital marketing agency at age 16, serving as an EdTech CMO at 17, and co-developing EEG-guided neurotechnology protocols, Ege is treating the company organization chart not as a static visual graphic, but as the active software runtime layer for enterprise AI. In this episode—following Atlantic AI's recent $5M seed valuation—we explore how the team is shifting the paradigm from generalized copilots to dedicated, role-specific autonomous agents that execute workflows end-to-end.

Your team isn't trying to sabotage your new corporate strategy—their brains are just wired to fight it. In this episode, Salesforce change leader and neuroscience expert Travis D. Hahler shares insights from his new book, Rethink Resistance. Discover the biological reasons why 70 percent of corporate transformations fail, and how leaders can stop fighting human nature and start working with it. What You'll Learn in This Episode Why the human brain treats a standard corporate reorg as a literal threat to survival The hidden danger of performance conformity when forcing speed onto an organization How to navigate the four communication quadrants to build deep trust during a major pivot Why renaming your entire transformation strategy to empathy is the ultimate leadership unlock Episode Chapters (00:01) Intro (00:41) Meeting the Resistance Fortune Teller (02:41) How the amygdala misinterprets corporate change (06:42) Reframing employee pushback as biology instead of rebellion (08:18) Practical tools for moving teams past their status quo (11:58) Why a constant state of urgency completely backfires (15:26) How clear storytelling neutralizes negative narratives (18:15) Balancing the four communication quadrants to create safety (24:11) The brand that makes Travis smile (25:22) Where to learn more About Travis Hahler Travis D. Hahler transforms how Fortune 500 companies navigate change by revealing a startling truth: resistance isn't rebellion—it's biology. As Senior Director of Global Strategy and Transformation at Salesforce and Founder of The Neurological Nomad, he brings an unprecedented fusion of neuroscience and business acumen to organizational transformation. Having conducted EEG research in Denmark, studied neuropsychology at Harvard, and led change across major global enterprises, Travis helps leaders remove ego, embrace neural wiring, and put people back at the center of successful strategic change. What Brand Has Made Travis Smile Recently? Anthropic is the tech brand bringing genuine joy to Travis lately. He has been highly impressed by their recent platform updates and collaborative features, which have allowed him to smile while learning—a rare feat for complex technology products that typically bring more frustration than fun. Resources & Links Connect with Travis on LinkedIn. You can also check out his website, ⁠The Neurological Nomad⁠, as well. Listen & Support the Show Watch or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon/Audible, TuneIn, and iHeart. Rate and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to help others find the show. Share this episode — email a friend or colleague this episode. Sign up for my free Story Strategies newsletter for branding and storytelling tips. On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Until next week, I'll see you on the Internet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown sits down with psychiatrist and neurotechnology expert Dr. Cody Rall to explore the rapidly evolving world of brain optimization, wearable technology, meditation, burnout recovery, and cognitive performance. Drawing on his experience as a Navy-trained psychiatrist and founder of Tech For Psych, Cody explains how tools like EEG, heart rate variability tracking, neurofeedback, and photobiomodulation can help us better understand brain function and build resilience.The conversation dives into burnout, brain flexibility, meditation, psychedelics, red light therapy, and the future of personalized health coaching. Together, they examine how objective data can guide meaningful behavior change while emphasizing that technology works best when combined with daily practices that support long-term mental and emotional well-being.Key Takeaways:Brain health is less about performance and more about adaptability and recovery.Wearable technology can provide valuable insights, but context and coaching remain essential.Burnout often reflects an inability to shift between “go mode” and “rest mode.”Meditation, sleep, movement, and emotional processing remain foundational—even with advanced technology.Photobiomodulation and neurotechnology may help support cognition, recovery, and resilience when used consistently and appropriately.Where to find Dr. Cody Rall:Website: https://techforpsych.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyrallmd_techforpsych/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechforpsychYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@codyrallmdDr. Cody Rall's Bio:Dr. Cody Rall, M.D., is a United States Navy trained Psychiatrist who specializes in neurotechnology wearables. He is a co-founder of Stanford Brainstorm, the world's first academic laboratory dedicated to transforming brain health through entrepreneurship.Dr. Rall also served as a selection judge and team member of the psychiatry innovation lab, an annual national competition at the American Psychiatric Association that works as an incubator for groups developing technological solutions to problems in mental health care.He is the founder of Techforpsych, a media and relations company that covers advancements in technology related to neuroscience.xt

In this episode I share something I never thought I would talk about on this microphone: quantum physics. Not the wellness version. The actual physics. The kind that won the 2022 Nobel Prize. I walk you through why some of us feel things in our bodies that other people do not, why midlife makes us more sensitive (not less), how quantum entanglement actually works in plain English, and what happened when I flew to Germany and got my brain measured in a high-density EEG lab. The data is on paper. The lab is real. The results are mine. And I think every midlife woman who has ever been told she is too sensitive deserves to hear this one.   LINKS:  • Leela Quantum:  Get 10% off your first Leela Quantum order with the code NATALIEJILL at checkout  at https://midlifeconversations.com/leela  • Quantum Upgrade: Try Quantum Upgrade completely free for 15 days—no credit card required. Use code NATALIEJILL at checkout on http://quantumupgrade.io/start  • EEG report visuals + summary: https://www.midlifeconversations.com/nataliejillresults/    WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  • Why classical physics says distance is real and quantum physics says it might not be  • What quantum entanglement actually is, explained two ways  • Why your body is more than chemistry and what that means for midlife  • Why estrogen shifts make us more reactive to EMFs  • What a 30-minute 5G call did to my brain in a 256-channel EEG lab  • What Quantum Upgrade did during the same call  • How Leela Quantum and Quantum Upgrade actually work (it is not streaming, it is not draining your battery, your phone is just a locator)  • Six things you can do with this knowledge starting tonight, zero dollars, no product required   Free Gifts for being a listener of Midlife Conversations! Mastering the Midlife Midsection Guide: https://theflatbellyguide.com/ Age Optimizing and Supplement Guide: https://ageoptimizer.com   Connect with me on social media! Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Nataliejllfit Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Nataliejillfit   For advertising inquiries: https://www.category3.ca/  Disclaimer: Information provided in the Midlife Conversations podcast is for informational purposes only. This information is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. Do not use the information provided in this podcast for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before making any changes to your current regimen.  Information provided in this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast does not create a client-patient relationship between you and the host of Midlife Conversations or you and any doctor or provider interviewed and featured on this show. Information and statements may have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent ANY disease. Advertising Disclosure: Some episodes of Midlife Conversations may be sponsored by products or services discussed during the show. The host may receive compensation for such advertisements or if you purchase products through affiliate links. Opinions expressed about products or services are those of the host and/or guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of any sponsor. Sponsorship does not imply endorsement of any product or service by healthcare professionals featured on this podcast.

Jay Gunkelman has read more than half a million brain scans — and this week he and host Pete Jansons skip the EEG entirely to answer a bigger question: how would you actually redesign school? Jay takes the magic wand to class sizes, teacher pay, the trades, and why you can't give one lesson to thirty different brains. Along the way he tells the story of how he beat the system himself — registering through the University of North Dakota's computer center, signing his own advisor card, running a lab without a degree, and getting one mailed to him anyway. Then the neuroscience: how a whack-a-mole game, a go/no-go task, and a 35-minute dry-sensor EEG can spot the ADHD, sensory-processing, and OCD signatures a behavioral test walks right past. Plus Joshua Moore's intro to QEEG phenotypes.

Welcome to another episode of HALO Talks! Today, Pete Moore is joined by Dr. Joel Seedman and Sal LoDuca for a discussion on advanced human performance and an innovative strength training methodology known as offset loading. Sal shares the origins of their company and his quest to enhance the nervous system of athletes through contralateral training and randomized exercise, which led him to discover and collaborate with Dr. Seedman, often referred to as "The father of offset loading." Together, they dive into the science and practice behind offset loading, its demonstrated benefits in boosting strength and hypertrophy, and its potential to revolutionize fitness across diverse populations, from elite athletes to those with neuromotor conditions. The conversation also explores upcoming AI-powered equipment, patent approvals, published research, and how their approach challenges conventional wisdom in the strength and conditioning world. Tune in for insights on how this technique not only exposes and corrects physical asymmetries, but also enhances cognitive effort and neurological adaptation, setting a new standard for functional fitness. On the viral potential of offset leading, LoDuca states, "We have so many verticals that we can now attack. We can attack general fitness, we can attack athletes, we can attack neuromotor conditions like early stage Parkinson's or MS. We can attack military training, and we can attack other potential cognitive diseases as well." Key themes discussed Origins of offset loading and company origin Neurological and physiological benefits of offset loading Offset loading's role in injury prevention and performance Commercialization and patenting of new fitness equipment Application of AI and metrics for personalized training Offset loading for athletes, general population, and neurological conditions Need for certification and industry education on offset methods A Few Key Takeaways 1. Origins and Concept of Offset Loading: Offset loading originated from an exploration into methods that would expand the nervous system of athletes, particularly through randomization and contralateral training. This technique, which Dr. Seedman has practiced and refined for over a decade, involves using different weights on each side of the body to challenge both sides of the brain and improve performance and resilience in athletes 00:27. 2. Scientifically Proven Benefits: A study on offset loading in the bench press demonstrated its effectiveness, increasing strength by 36% and muscle size (hypertrophy) by 44% compared to traditional training methods. This provided measurable proof of offset loading's value beyond anecdotal experience 05:11. 3. Technology and AI Integration: Plans are underway to commercialize offset loading using patented machines with independent electromagnetic resistance motors and artificial intelligence. These machines will measure user asymmetry and automatically adjust resistance, aiming to both expose and correct muscular imbalances efficiently and safely 05:32. 4. Neurological Advantages: Recent research using EEG caps found that offset loading enhances connectivity between the sensory, motor, and cognitive brain areas, requiring increased cognitive effort and expanding the nervous system more than traditional, repetitive weightlifting 10:03. 5. Wide-Ranging Applications and Market Approach: Offset loading is not only beneficial for elite athletes but also has applications for general fitness, rehabilitation, neuromotor diseases (like early-stage Parkinson's), and military training. The team is developing both certification protocols for trainers and the specialized equipment, emphasizing the importance of education for widespread adoption in the fitness industry 07:35, 19:42. Resources:  Dr. Joel Seedman: https://www.advancedhumanperformance.com  Sal LoDuca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvatore-loduca-44394922  Integrity Square: https://www.integritysq.com Prospect Wizard: https://www.theprospectwizard.com Promotion Vault: https://www.promotionvault.com HigherDose: https://www.higherdose.com

Daniele De Mari, Founder and CEO of Neurogram, points out the significant problem of non-standardized data formats in EEG (electroencephalography), compared to the universal standard used in radiology.  Neurogram has developed a hardware-agnostic, cloud-based solution that standardizes EEG data from various manufacturers, integrates with EMRs, significantly improves clinical workflows, and is accessible from any computer. With improved data security and the ability to analyze large datasets, this platform can support advances in biomarker development for neurological conditions and stimulate more clinical research and collaboration.  Daniele explains, "So the problem is not 100% on medical exams. It happens exclusively on EEG, and that makes it worse, because it doesn't happen everywhere, it's actually worse for EEG scans. So, knowing a parallel between EEG scans and radiology, every data point in radiology is DICON. So DICON is a universal file format that is standardized. I can send you a DICON over email or to your phone, WhatsApp, and you can open it on your phone. That's how universal it is. That's how open the file type is. It's compatible with EMRs. And so that's awesome. And that's one of the reasons why radiology grows so much. And EEG, it's an electroencephalogram. We have, I would say, 15 different brands around the world. In Brazil, we have seven. In the US, we have top like four or five companies, and they all export data in a different file format. So brand A has its own format, brand B has its own format, brand C, and so forth." "So we managed to be compatible with most of the brands out there, most of the EEG brands out there. We have a solution that is 100% agnostic and 100% in the cloud, which means we can read from multiple EEG devices out there. If you record in brand A, and I'm not going to say the brands in the podcast, but if you require data from brand A, brand B, brand C, all of it gets standardized into one unified system. So the physician no longer has to log into multiple devices in multiple systems, and it's all in one place. As I said, it's 100% in the cloud, so they can access from a Mac computer, which is now impossible to read EEGs from a Mac computer. Now you can do this. It's compliant. It's HIPAA compliant. We're moving towards the FDA approval process right now for the system, although we're actually selling in Brazil." #Neurogram #EEG #HealthcareIT #ClinicalNeurophysiology #DigitalHealth #HealthDataStandardization #EMRIntegration #MedicalAI #PatientSafety #HealthcareInnovation neurogram.com Download the transcript here

Daniele De Mari, Founder and CEO of Neurogram, points out the significant problem of non-standardized data formats in EEG (electroencephalography), compared to the universal standard used in radiology.  Neurogram has developed a hardware-agnostic, cloud-based solution that standardizes EEG data from various manufacturers, integrates with EMRs, significantly improves clinical workflows, and is accessible from any computer. With improved data security and the ability to analyze large datasets, this platform can support advances in biomarker development for neurological conditions and stimulate more clinical research and collaboration.  Daniele explains, "So the problem is not 100% on medical exams. It happens exclusively on EEG, and that makes it worse, because it doesn't happen everywhere, it's actually worse for EEG scans. So, knowing a parallel between EEG scans and radiology, every data point in radiology is DICON. So DICON is a universal file format that is standardized. I can send you a DICON over email or to your phone, WhatsApp, and you can open it on your phone. That's how universal it is. That's how open the file type is. It's compatible with EMRs. And so that's awesome. And that's one of the reasons why radiology grows so much. And EEG, it's an electroencephalogram. We have, I would say, 15 different brands around the world. In Brazil, we have seven. In the US, we have top like four or five companies, and they all export data in a different file format. So brand A has its own format, brand B has its own format, brand C, and so forth." "So we managed to be compatible with most of the brands out there, most of the EEG brands out there. We have a solution that is 100% agnostic and 100% in the cloud, which means we can read from multiple EEG devices out there. If you record in brand A, and I'm not going to say the brands in the podcast, but if you require data from brand A, brand B, brand C, all of it gets standardized into one unified system. So the physician no longer has to log into multiple devices in multiple systems, and it's all in one place. As I said, it's 100% in the cloud, so they can access from a Mac computer, which is now impossible to read EEGs from a Mac computer. Now you can do this. It's compliant. It's HIPAA compliant. We're moving towards the FDA approval process right now for the system, although we're actually selling in Brazil." #Neurogram #EEG #HealthcareIT #ClinicalNeurophysiology #DigitalHealth #HealthDataStandardization #EMRIntegration #MedicalAI #PatientSafety #HealthcareInnovation neurogram.com Listen to the podcast here

Jay Gunkelman is handed one clue — the patient is 17 — and reads the EEG blind. From the brainwave patterns alone, he explains why the recording points toward a right-hemisphere traumatic brain injury and discusses the cortical hyperexcitability that may follow. Before the cold-read, a published study flips addiction treatment on its head: treat the brain's EEG phenotype instead of the DSM label. In a 30-person case series, this was associated with an average General Intellectual Ability (GIA) increase from 99 to 120 over one year, as discussed in the episode.

What if your brain doesn't produce consciousness any more than a radio produces the music? My guest today is Dr. Arnaud Delorme, a computational neuroscientist at UC San Diego and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He wires up Tibetan monks and mediums to see what actually happens in their brains. When a medium connects with a loved one on the other side, he expected brain activity to spike. Instead, it went almost silent. The more accurate they were, the more their working memory shut down. As if the information wasn't coming from inside them at all. Arnaud started asking "why am I here?" at 11 years old. He has spent decades risking his career to challenge the idea that your thoughts and choices mean nothing. This conversation is about data, non-local consciousness, and what happens when science finally looks beyond the skull. 00:00 The 11-Year-Old Who Asked "Why Am I Here?" 03:09 Welcome Arnaud Delorme 04:12 From Firefighter to Neuroscientist 07:00 The Reductionist Pyramid (And Its Limits) 12:36 Quantum Mechanics: Shut Up and Calculate 16:27 How Science Finally Opened Up to Consciousness 18:33 EEGLAB and Studying Mediums 22:45 Split-Brain Patients and the "Real Illusion" 25:54 The Alternative Hypothesis: You Are More Than Your Brain 30:27 Why Most Scientists Still Need More Data 35:21 The EEG Finding: Accurate Readings Shut Down Working Memory 38:30 Mind Wandering vs. Daydreaming (And a Button in Your Hand) 43:24 Can Meditation Decrease Mind Wandering? Yes. 48:39 Is AI Conscious? (No. But Could It Be? Yes.) 53:33 Arnaud's Fiction Book "The Noetic Particle" + Where to Find Him 55:39 Closing LEARN MORE ABOUT GUEST:· Website: arnauddelorme.com· Institute: noetic.org· Academic Book: (on mind wandering / EEG)· Fiction Book: The Noetic Particle (hard science fiction about AI and consciousness)· Software: EEGLAB (open-source EEG analysis tool) JOIN MY COMMUNITY In The Space Between membership, you'll get access to LIVE quarterly Ask Amy Anything meetings (not offered anywhere else!), discounts on courses, special giveaways, and a place to connect with Amy and other like-minded people. You'll also get exclusive access to other behind-the-scenes goodness when you join! Click here to find out more --> https://shorturl.at/vVrwR Stay Connected: - Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/ysvafdwc- Facebook - https://tinyurl.com/yc3z48v9- YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/ywdsc9vt- Website - https://tinyurl.com/ydj949kt Life, Death & the Space Between Dr. Amy RobbinsExploring life, death, consciousness and what it all means. Put your preconceived notions aside as we explore life, death, consciousness and what it all means on Life, Death & the Space Between.**Brought to you by:Dr. Amy Robbins | Host, Executive ProducerPodcastize.net | Audio & Video Production | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPart 1 focuses on the drum as an ancient technology of altered consciousness. The argument is not that every beat causes trance, or that neuroscience has proven spirits. The stronger argument is that rhythm enters the human organism through hearing, motor prediction, breath, movement, attention, emotion, expectation, culture, and social synchrony. The drum becomes powerful when sound, body, group, ritual frame, and meaning converge. These sources support the archaeology, neuroscience, EEG research, shamanic studies, possession studies, Indigenous and culturally specific drum traditions, ritual theory, placebo and meaning-response research, ceremonial magic, and modern witchcraft material used in the episode.Core Academic and Scientific SourcesHuels, Emma R., Hyoungkyu Kim, UnCheol Lee, Tirsa Bel-Bahar, Ana V. Colmenero, Alexandra Nelson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, George A. Mashour, and Richard E. Harris. “Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15 (2021): 610466.Gordon, Yoel, Golan Karvat, Noa Dagan, and Ayelet N. Landau. “Neural Tracking at Theta Predicts Drumming-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Scientific Reports 16, no. 1 (2026): Article 10204.Aparicio-Terrés, R., et al. “The Neurobiology of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Drumming and Other Rhythmic Sound Patterns.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025.Neher, Andrew. “Auditory Driving Observed with Scalp Electrodes in Normal Subjects.” Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 13 (1961): 449–451.Neher, Andrew. “A Physiological Explanation of Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums.” Human Biology 34, no. 2 (1962): 151–160.Maurer, R., V. K. Kumar, L. Woodside, and R. J. Pekala. “Phenomenological Experience in Response to Monotonous Drumming and Hypnotizability.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 40, no. 2 (1997): 130–145. Use for monotonous drumming, subjective altered experience, imagery, absorption, and hypnotizability.Maxfield, Melinda C. “Effects of Rhythmic Drumming on EEG and Subjective Experience.” PhD diss., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1990. Use as older supporting context on drumming, EEG, imagery, body-image changes, and subjective altered experience. Do not make this the main scientific proof; use it as background.Nozaradan, Sylvie, Isabelle Peretz, and André Mouraux. “Tagging the Neuronal Entrainment to Beat and Meter.” The Journal of Neuroscience 31, no. 28 (2011): 10234–10240. Use for EEG evidence that the brain can track beat and meter. This supports the claim that the brain does not merely hear rhythm as background sound; it can represent rhythmic structure in measurable ways.Nozaradan, Sylvie. “Exploring How Musical Rhythm Entrains Brain Activity with Electroencephalogram Frequency-Tagging.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, no. 1658 (2014). Use as broader rhythm/EEG entrainment support. This helps explain frequency-tagging, beat tracking, meter, neural entrainment, and the measurable relationship between rhythmic structure and brain activity.Thaut, Michael H., Gerald C. McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg. “Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2015). Use for rhythm as motor-system timing information. This supports the claim that a beat can become bodily instruction, not just sound for the ear. Especially useful when discussing rhythmic auditory stimulation, motor planning, gait, entrainment, and the auditory-motor bridge.Ross, Jessica M., John R. Iversen, and Ramesh Balasubramaniam. “Time Perception for Musical Rhythms: Sensorimotor Perspectives on Entrainment, Simulation, and Prediction.” 2022. Use for rhythm, timing, prediction, sensorimotor entrainment, and the way musical rhythm interacts with time perception.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960. Use for synchrony and social bonding. This helps support the group-body argument: moving or acting in time with others can increase affiliation.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5. Use for the claim that synchronized movement can increase cooperation and attachment among participants.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096. Use for music, synchrony, bonding, endorphin/social mechanisms, and why group rhythm can feel like more than private listening.Fancourt, Daisy, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Louise Atkins, Fatima Kilfeather, and Aaron Williamon. “Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (2016): e0151136. Use for modern group-drumming research showing psychological and physiological effects, including anxiety, depression, social resilience, wellbeing, and inflammatory immune response. Use carefully: this does not make group drumming a cure-all. It supports the more grounded claim that embodied rhythm and group participation can affect mood, social connection, and body chemistry.Bittman, Barry B., et al. “Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 38–47. Use as older supporting material on group drumming and neuroendocrine-immune measures. Keep secondary. Fancourt is cleaner for the main script body.Archaeology and Deep History of DrumsLawergren, Bo. “Neolithic Drums in China.” In Music Archaeology in China. 2006. Use for clay drums in Neolithic China and the deep-history claim that drums are not just poetic symbols of antiquity. They appear in the archaeological record as instruments tied to early sound-making, ceremony, and social order.Both, Arnd Adje. “Music Archaeology: Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.” Use as general support for why ancient instruments should be treated as ritual and social evidence, not merely decorative objects.Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Ritual, and TranceRouget, Gilbert. Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. Translated by Brunhilde Biebuyck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Essential source. Use for the caution that music does not mechanically or universally cause trance. Rouget helps keep the argument academically serious by emphasizing culture, ritual frame, meaning, and expectation.Becker, Judith. Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. Use for music-linked trancing, emotional absorption, religious experience, and culturally trained ways of listening. This supports the “hearing versus entering” distinction.McNeill, William H. Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. Use for marching, dance, drill, muscular bonding, synchronized movement, and rhythm as social glue. This is useful both for Part 1's group-body material and Part 2's war-drum material.Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Use carefully. Eliade's phrase “archaic techniques of ecstasy” is powerful, but the episode should also note that later scholarship criticizes his tendency to universalize shamanism.Winkelman, Michael. Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2010. Use for shamanism as a ritual technology involving altered consciousness, healing, social integration, symbolism, and body-brain processes.Winkelman, Michael. “Shamanism and Psychedelics: A Biogenetic Structuralist Paradigm of Ecopsychology.” European Journal of Ecopsychology 4 (2013): 90–115. Use as supplemental background on shamanism, altered consciousness, and comparative models of trance and visionary states.Kontouli, Athanasia, Michael J. Hove, Alexandre Lehmann, Peter Vuust, and Peter E. Keller. “The Rhythms of Trance: Cultural Phenomenology and Neural Mechanisms of Music-Induced Lewis-Williams, David. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Use cautiously for altered states, entoptic imagery, ritual vision, and the relationship between neuropsychology and symbolic culture.Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2026. Use for the bridge between cultural phenomenology and neuroscience. This supports the point that music-induced trance is not only acoustics; it involves body, training, expectation, culture, environment, and interpretation.Tart, Charles T., ed. Altered States of Consciousness. New York: Wiley, 1969. Use as classic altered-state background.Hultkrantz, Åke. “The Drum in Shamanism.” Use for classic comparative material on the shamanic drum, especially Arctic, SiberiAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

Jay Gunkelman goes in BLIND on a 10-year-old's EEG — no diagnosis, no story. What he finds isn't a broken brain: it's gross over-arousal with FAST alpha near 12 Hz, beta spindling up at 32 Hz that a database stopping at 30 would never see, and a left-side sympathetic source pointing at the insula. The likely complaint? Anxiety — maybe labeled OCD, maybe pushed toward an SSRI that would make this brain worse, not better. Jay lays out the actual fix: the Scott protocol's pre-treatment FIRST (calm the sympathetic trigger and slow content), THEN slow-alpha and alpha-theta training to drop the arousal. Read the brain, and the trajectory of a whole life changes. Plus: Joshua Moore previews his first QEEG-phenotypes workshop.

What if the same brain states people spend years chasing through psychedelics could be accessed through meditation alone, and in as little as seven days? In this fascinating solo episode, Darin Olien explores groundbreaking new research from University of California San Diego, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and University of Montreal suggesting that meditation may produce brain patterns remarkably similar to those observed during psychedelic experiences. From the suppression of the default mode network and increases in neural complexity to neuroplasticity, endogenous opioids, and measurable biological changes in the bloodstream, Darin unpacks the science behind one of the most powerful, and completely free tools available to human beings. He also walks listeners through a practical seven-day protocol combining focused-attention meditation, Vipassana, breathwork, walking meditation, and loving-kindness practices designed to help cultivate greater awareness, emotional resilience, cognitive flexibility, and inner peace. What You'll Learn The groundbreaking UC San Diego meditation study and its surprising findings Why meditation may create brain states similar to psilocybin What the default mode network is and how it shapes everyday thinking How meditation may reduce rumination, anxiety, and self-referential thought The concept of brain criticality and cognitive flexibility Why post-meditation blood samples stimulated neuronal growth How meditation influences neuroplasticity and whole-body biology The differences between Samatha and Vipassana meditation What advanced monks are teaching scientists about consciousness The limitations and caveats of current meditation research A practical seven-day meditation protocol anyone can begin Why meditation may be one of the most powerful health interventions available today Chapters 00:00:03 – Welcome to SuperLife 00:00:33 – Sponsor: Alkemis and the hidden toxicity of indoor air 00:00:57 – Conventional paints, petrochemicals, and endocrine disruptors 00:01:24 – Why VOCs and PFAS may be affecting your home environment 00:01:55 – Fire-resistant mineral paints and healthier living spaces 00:02:27 – Cradle to Cradle certification and sustainable design 00:03:23 – The meditation study Darin can't stop thinking about 00:03:33 – Scanning the brains and blood of meditators 00:03:44 – Brain activity resembling psilocybin experiences 00:04:09 – The promise of a seven-day meditation protocol 00:04:22 – Psychedelics, consciousness, and dissolving the sense of self 00:04:47 – Ancient practices and modern scientific validation 00:05:23 – Why meditation research is entering a renaissance 00:05:41 – Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and advanced consciousness mapping 00:06:00 – University of Montreal's study of monks with 15,000+ hours of practice 00:06:16 – Why psychedelics and meditation are converging scientifically 00:06:37 – What listeners will learn in today's episode 00:06:54 – Breaking down the UC San Diego retreat study 00:07:18 – Thirty-three hours of meditation, breathwork, and group practice 00:07:42 – EEG scans, blood draws, and laboratory neuron testing 00:08:05 – Reduced activity in the default mode network 00:08:24 – The science of mental chatter and rumination 00:08:50 – Blood plasma stimulating new neuronal growth 00:09:02 – Neuroplasticity and new neural connections 00:09:29 – Increased cellular metabolism and endogenous opioids 00:10:13 – Samatha vs Vipassana meditation explained 00:10:42 – How different meditation styles reshape the brain 00:10:50 – Harvard's advanced meditation consciousness studies 00:11:18 – Mapping concentration states and consciousness cessation 00:11:46 – Ancient contemplative traditions meeting modern neuroscience 00:11:50 – Important limitations of the research 00:12:05 – Why advanced monks aren't average practitioners 00:12:20 – Correlation versus causation in psychedelic comparisons 00:12:48 – What may actually be happening inside the brain 00:13:03 – Understanding the default mode network 00:13:26 – Anxiety, depression, addiction, and overactive self-talk 00:13:53 – Why meditation and psilocybin share common neurological effects 00:14:10 – Beginner studies showing measurable brain changes 00:14:28 – Brain criticality and cognitive adaptability 00:14:48 – The most surprising finding: meditation changes the blood 00:15:05 – Meditation as a whole-body signaling event 00:15:18 – Better sleep, digestion, hormone balance, and recovery 00:15:39 – Neuroplasticity, immune function, metabolism, and pain regulation 00:15:56 – Why meditation may be the ultimate free medicine 00:16:10 – Introducing the seven-day meditation protocol 00:16:34 – Sponsor break: Alkemis Paint 00:19:02 – Building a research-backed at-home meditation practice 00:19:24 – Why consistency matters more than total hours 00:19:41 – Combining focused attention and open monitoring 00:19:53 – Days 1–3: Stabilizing attention 00:20:02 – Morning focused-attention meditation instructions 00:20:34 – Evening body scan practice 00:21:04 – Preparing the brain for deeper awareness 00:21:08 – Days 4–5: Opening awareness through Vipassana 00:21:31 – Letting thoughts, sensations, and sounds pass freely 00:21:39 – Evening box breathing for nervous system regulation 00:22:01 – Why days four and five often feel more challenging 00:22:11 – Days 6–7: Deepening and integrating the practice 00:22:27 – Walking meditation and embodied awareness 00:22:52 – Loving-kindness meditation and compassion training 00:23:02 – Vagal tone, heart rate regulation, and inflammation reduction 00:23:18 – Three rules that determine success 00:23:26 – Eliminating distractions and protecting attention 00:23:36 – Why you should never judge your meditation sessions 00:24:00 – Extending the practice beyond seven days 00:24:19 – Psychedelics, meditation, and the search for transformation 00:24:51 – What the medicine always teaches: sit with yourself 00:25:03 – The wellness industry's tendency to monetize stillness 00:25:20 – Why you don't need expensive tools to transform 00:25:36 – Meditation as radical self-reclamation 00:26:02 – Meeting yourself without distraction 00:26:17 – Final reflections and closing thoughts 00:26:29 – Outro and farewell Thank You to Our Sponsors Alkemis: Go to https://alkemispaint.com/ and use code DARIN10 for 10% off your order. Manna Vitality: Go to mannavitality.com/ and use code DARIN12 for 12% off your order. Join the SuperLife Patreon: This is where Darin now shares the deeper work: - weekly voice notes - ingredient trackers - wellness challenges - extended conversations - community accountability - sovereignty practices Join now for only $7.49/month at https://patreon.com/darinolien Find More from Darin Olien: Website: darinolien.com Instagram: @darinolien Book: Fatal Conveniences Platform & Products: superlife.com New Show: Roadmap to Happiness Key Takeaway "Perhaps one of the most profound discoveries emerging from modern neuroscience is that many of the states of awareness humans have sought through substances, rituals, and external interventions may already be available within us. Meditation is not simply a relaxation practice—it appears to be a biological, neurological, and consciousness-altering intervention capable of reshaping the brain, changing the body, and transforming how we experience reality. The question is not whether the door exists. The question is whether we are willing to sit still long enough to walk through it." Bibliography/Sources: Here is the fully formatted bibliography for the "Seven Days to a New Brain" episode. It is organized by category, formatted in strict APA Style (7th Edition), and includes a direct link for every single source : Primary Studies Brewer, J. A., Worhunsky, P. D., Gray, J. R., Tang, Y. Y., Weber, J., & Kober, H. (2011). Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(50), 20254–20259 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1112029108 Lieberman, J. M., Rahrig, H., Britton, W. B., et al. (2025). Toward a neuroscience of consciousness using advanced meditation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews . https://meditation.mgh.harvard.edu/files/Lieberman_25_NeuroscienceAndBiobehavioralReviews.pdf Pascarella, A., Jerbi, K., et al. (2026). Meditation induces shifts in neural oscillations, brain complexity, and critical dynamics: Novel insights from MEG. Neuroscience of Consciousness . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41287816/ Patel, H., et al. (2025). Intensive meditation retreat induces rapid changes in brain activity, blood-based biomarkers, and neurotrophic signaling. Communications Biology . https://today.ucsd.edu/story/meditation-retreat-rapidly-reprograms-body-and-mind Shinozuka, K., et al. (2025). Neuroelectrophysiological correlates of extended cessation of consciousness in advanced meditation [Preprint]. bioRxiv . https://meditation.mgh.harvard.edu/files/Shinozuka_25_bioRxiv.pdf Van Lutterveld, R., et al. (2025). An intensively sampled electroencephalography case study of advanced concentration absorption meditation (jhana) [Preprint]. SSRN . https://meditation.mgh.harvard.edu/files/VanLutterveld_25_SSRN.pdf Supporting Press Coverage & Explainers Harvard Gazette. (2026, January). Your brain on advanced meditation . https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/your-brain-on-advanced-meditation/ Medical Xpress. (2026, February). Study of 12 monks finds meditation heightens brain activity, reshaping neural dynamics . https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-monks-meditation-heightens-brain-reshaping.html PsyPost. (2026). Brain scans of Buddhist monks reveal how different meditation styles alter consciousness . https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-of-buddhist-monks-reveal-how-different-meditation-styles-alter-consciousness/ ScienceDaily. (2026, April 6). Scientists say 7 days of meditation can rewire your brain . https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260406192913.htm UC San Diego Today. (2026). Meditation retreat rapidly reprograms body and mind. UC San Diego News Center . https://today.ucsd.edu/story/meditation-retreat-rapidly-reprograms-body-and-mind Université de Montréal. (2026, January 5). Meditation doesn't rest the brain, it reshapes it. UdeMNouvelles . https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2026/01/05/meditation-doesn-t-rest-the-brain-it-reshapes-it  

Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/quantum2026 In this episode with repeat guests Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling and Ian Mitchell, you'll explore how Quantum Upgrade technology uses coherent quantum fields to counteract the effects of EMF exposure on the body, from red blood cell clumping and sluggish white blood cells to disrupted oxygen delivery. You'll also hear live blood demonstration results, EEG data, and findings from a randomized study showing measurable drops in depression, anxiety, and stress alongside improved cognitive function. Additionally, you'll gain insights into the real science behind biological quantum effects, how blue light and LED exposure degrade the body's natural EMF defenses, whether a Quantum Upgrade field can reach you inside a Faraday cage or an EMF-shielded home, and how to run a meaningful 30-day self-experiment, including which biomarkers to track and how to choose the right frequency for your goal. Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling is a coach, conscious entrepreneur, energy healer, and international bestselling author. He served as Vice President at T-Mobile International and T-Mobile US before founding Leela Quantum Tech and Quantum Upgrade. He is also a Kundalini yoga teacher and was ranked #1 in the US in Men's 50+ tennis in 2024. Ian Mitchell holds patents in nanomedicine, materials science, and biochemistry and runs a research lab focused on quantum energy experimentation. Try Quantum Upgrade free for 15 days here using code BEN15. Episode Sponsors: JOYMODE: Visit tryjoymode.com/BEN or enter BEN at checkout for 20% off your first order. Formula IQ: Recuperate IQ is a comprehensive copper supplement supporting mitochondrial energy, iron balance, and metabolic health. Try it at formulaiq.com and use code BEN for 10% off. Anthros: A posture chair with a Precision Posture System at the pelvis and a built-in Clinical Posture Consult. Go to anthros.com and use code BEN for an exclusive $200 discount, risk-free for 60 days. Quantum Upgrade: Recent research revealed Quantum Upgrade increased ATP production by 20-25% in human cells. Unlock a 15-day free trial with code BEN15 at quantumupgrade.io. BlockBlueLight: Flicker-free, ultra-low EMF, circadian-friendly BioLights with three modes to support natural rhythms and sleep quality. Get 10% off at blockbluelight.com/Ben (discount auto-applied at checkout).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jay Dhaliwal, founder of Super Patch, joins Mind Pump to break down one of the most unconventional technologies in health and wellness — haptic patches that alleviate pain, improve sleep, boost athletic performance, and more with zero compounds or drugs.  Sal opens up about being deeply skeptical until reviewing the peer-reviewed studies, and the guys walk Jay through the entire origin story — from a passion project to help his mother with MS, to 17 years of research, $40 million of his own money, and 16 published peer-reviewed studies.  They cover the neuroscience of how skin receptors communicate with the brain, what the studies actually show (50% pain reduction, 85% sleep improvement, 5–8% athletic performance gains in D1 athletes), and why half the teams in the NFL are already using the product. Super Patch — https://mindpump.superpatch.com $30 off — no code needed, discount automatically applied at checkout (price drops from $99 to $69) SPONSORS Seed Daily Synbiotic — https://seed.com/mindpump Code: 25MINDPUMP — 25% off first month MAPS 15 BOGO — https://maps15bogo.com Buy 1 get 1 FREE — limited time (all 7 MAPS 15 programs same price) LINKS Mind Pump Store: https://mindpumpstore.com Maps Fitness Products: https://mapsfitnessproducts.com Instagram: @mindpumpmedia 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - What is Super Patch? Sal's skepticism and what changed his mind 5:13 - How this compares to when red light therapy first came on the scene 8:02 - Jay's origin story — his mother's MS and 17 years of research 13:16 - The Loretta Z database — quarter million EEGs and the search for normative neural networks 20:10 - The first breakthrough — identifying the vestibular response network in 2014 24:47 - First proof: comparing his mother's EEG against the normative database 27:43 - From brainwaves to skin receptors — how Braille unlocked the next phase 30:08 - The 2010 discovery of piezo two ion channels and skin sensation science 34:07 - The first product — socks that improved balance and gait by 31% 36:59 - Brain mapping 35 people with the world's leading EEG expert — the impossible result 39:07 - How the pattern in the patch is designed — 1200 iterations of micro tooling 43:52 - 2017 Japan study — skin sensation is permanently imprinted on the sensory cortex 45:46 - From socks to patches — how pain and sleep networks were identified 49:01 - The first clinical study — 50% reduction in perceived pain, 70% reduction in interference scores 53:02 - Sleep study results — 85% of subjects went from bad sleep to good or great sleep 56:51 - Pain relief comparable to 400mg Advil — without the drug 58:38 - Stress patch — 33% reduction in perceived stress, 24% improvement in mental health factors 1:01:35 - D1 athlete study — 5–8% improvement in lower extremity power at University of Arizona 1:03:55 - Half the NFL is already using Super Patch 1:04:17 - Stacking patches — which combinations work best for athletes 1:05:30 - Neuroplasticity — why your baseline gets higher over time with consistent use 1:07:52 - Full product lineup — pain, sleep, stress, focus, libido, immune, Zen flow state & more 1:11:28 - Appetite suppression pilot — 20% improvement in resting metabolic rate 1:13:32 - 5000 MDs in America now recommending Super Patch  

What if an invisible field could protect your brain from EMF damage, improve your HRV, accelerate recovery, and optimize your biology without pills, devices, or a single lifestyle change? Host Dave Asprey sits down with Philippe Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, founder of Leela Quantum Tech and Quantum Upgrade, to explore one of the most controversial and compelling frontiers in biohacking today: quantum energy fields delivered remotely, in real time, to your body, your pets, your home, and even your business. -Try Quantum Upgrade Free for 15 days, no credit card required: quantumupgrade.io/dave -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Philippe Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling is a coach, conscious entrepreneur, and energy healer who built a parallel path alongside a high-level international business career, working through his own blockages to fully connect with his true self. He served as Vice President at both T-Mobile International and T-Mobile US, and is now the founder and CEO of Leela Quantum Tech and Quantum Upgrade. He is also a kundalini yoga teacher, a passionate bio and bio-energy hacker, a father of two, a dog lover, and the number one ranked tennis player in the US in the Men 50+ category. His work sits at the intersection of functional medicine, quantum biology, and human performance, and the science behind his technology is harder to dismiss than most people expect. Dave and Philippe go deep on how chronic EMF exposure from 5G towers, Starlink satellites, electric vehicles, and everyday Wi-Fi actively disrupts your brain waves, blood cells, heart rate variability, and mitochondria function. They also break down how Quantum Upgrade works as a remote, customizable field that can harmonize these frequencies in real time, and why it may be one of the most underrated tools for sleep optimization, brain optimization, recovery, anti-aging, and longevity. This episode also covers the groundbreaking work Philippe is doing with autistic children, including a clinical study showing measurable reductions in autism spectrum scores, and a remarkable collaboration with Susie Miller of the Telepathy Tapes. This is essential listening for anyone serious about biohacking, human performance, anti-aging, longevity, brain optimization, sleep optimization, functional medicine, mitochondria health, and hacking every system in your body with smarter not harder solutions. You'll Learn: Why EMF from 5G, Starlink, and electric vehicles is more biologically dangerous than most people realize How a 256-channel EEG captured real-time brain changes triggered by Quantum Upgrade What "quantum coherence" actually means for your biology and why it matters for human performance and longevity How remote quantum fields affect HRV, blood clarity, ATP production, and mitochondria function Why autistic children showed measurable spectrum score reductions in a clinical trial using this technology How to customize your own quantum field for sleep optimization, recovery, energy, and brain optimization What Dave uses Quantum Upgrade for at his 40 Years of Zen facility in Austin Thank you to our sponsors! - Superstratum Labs | Get Dave's exact home mold detox kit and save 10% at superstratumlabs.com/products/dave - Suppgrade Labs | Grab your DAKE and Minerals 101 duo at shopsuppgradelabs.com and use code DAVEPOD for 15% off today - Timeline | Go to timeline.com/dave and you'll get an additional 20% off your first month - Amp | If you're ready to make fitness fit into your life, go to amp.ai to check it out Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights inhealth, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient. Keywords: Philippe Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, Quantum Upgrade, Leela Quantum Tech, quantum energy, EMF protection, electromagnetic fields, 5G health effects, Starlink radiation, biohacking, human performance, longevity, anti-aging, brain optimization, sleep optimization, mitochondria, functional medicine, HRV, heart rate variability, dark field microscopy, EEG, ATP production, quantum coherence, biofield, energy healing, autism spectrum, telepathy tapes, Susie Miller, kundalini yoga, electric vehicle EMF, Wi-Fi health effects, smarter not harder, Dave Asprey, 40 Years of Zen, wound healing, placebo controlled trials, quantum biology, coherent field, EMF harmonization, remote quantum field, energy frequency, conscious entrepreneurship Resources: • Try Quantum Upgrade Free for 15 days, no credit card required: quantumupgrade.io/dave • Get My 2026 Clean Nicotine Roadmap | Enroll for free at https://daveasprey.com/2026-clean-nicotine-roadmap/ • Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to https://daveasprey.com/ to join Inside Track today. • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15 • My Daily Supplements: SuppGrade Labs (15% Off) • Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses: TrueDark (15% Off) • Dave Asprey's BEYOND Conference: https://beyondconference.com • Dave Asprey's New Book – Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated • Join My Substack (Live Access To Podcast Recordings): https://substack.daveasprey.com/ • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com Timestamps: 00:00 – Trailer 01:15 – What Science Can't Explain 04:05 – What Is Quantum Upgrade? 06:04 – The Research 07:47 – Origin Story 12:20 – EEG Testing & Brain Effects 12:53 – EMFs, Electric Cars & 5G 17:57 – Measuring Results 21:25 – Autism Study & Telepathy Tapes 26:16 – Frequencies & Settings 29:09 – Starlink & Global EMF 30:54 – Skeptics & Proof 33:08 – Kids & Pets 37:10 – Wrap-Up & Free Trial See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.