A Mind of Your Own

A Mind of Your Own At A Mind of Your Own I offer neurofeedback therapy and a program in expressive arts. Neurofeedback is biofeedback for the brain.

The goal is to provide holistic services in order to help individuals stabilize their own brain and offer outlets to express emotions and guide clients to finding joy. It helps regulate, calm and stabilize the brain. Using computerized feedback, the brain learns to increase or decrease certain brainwaves based on parameters that have been set in order to improve brain function. The brain helps reg

ulate sleep, emotions, thinking, behavior and human physiology, among other things. The training doesn't directly change sleep or other problems. It just helps the brain become better regulated, more balanced. Since sleep, emotions or behavior are regulated by the brain, improvements of conditions related to these areas are generally seen after training. In other words, although neurofeedback doesn't target these specific conditions, a stabilized brain translates to a more calm and stable body as a whole.

04/16/2026

Book recommendation: The Mind Rewired by Michael Cohen brings an important perspective to the field of brain health. Through 25 real-world case stories from clinicians working with PTSD, TBI, ADHD, and more, it challenges the idea that individuals are “stuck” and highlights what can be possible when the brain is properly supported.

As part of our mission to raise awareness about neurofeedback, we’re sharing resources like this to highlight what’s possible. If this message resonates, consider picking up a copy, leaving a review, or sharing it with someone who needs it.

👉 Get the book: https://a.co/d/04SGHuSI

04/01/2026

A Simple Metaphor: Training Wheels for Your Brain
Here’s a simple way to picture neurofeedback using a metaphor most people can relate to.
Think of it like training wheels for your brain.
Imagine you don’t know how to ride a bicycle. You sit on the seat, start
pedaling, and immediately tip over to the right. (The training wheels catch
you.) Tipping over is your feedback; you leaned too far.
You try again and tip to the left.
After a few tries, your brain, without any conscious thought, starts
adjusting, learning how to balance so you don’t tip over.
Before long, you’re riding smoothly.
--Center for Brain, Michael Cohen

03/30/2026

If every child with ADHD presents differently, why does the medical community continue to treat the diagnosis as a single category?

ADHD's presentation is notoriously inconsistent. Two children with the same label may have entirely different daily experiences, with one struggling with focus and another with hyperactivity. This variability, or heterogeneity, suggests that a single category is too broad.

Doctors currently rely on the DSM-5, which uses behavioral checklists to make a diagnosis. These lists track symptoms such as inattention, but they rarely reflect the biological processes happening in the brain.

By using normative modeling and morphometric similarity networks, the new study aimed to move beyond behavioral checklists. The research team worked to identify stable biological profiles to see how a child's brain structure deviates from a typical developmental path.

The researchers looked at structural MRI scans from over 1,150 children to create a growth chart for brain connectivity, similar to how a pediatrician tracks height and weight. Instead of looking at one brain region at a time, they mapped “morphometric similarity”—a technique that measures how different brain areas resemble each other in physical traits such as thickness and volume.

The team grouped participants based on how their brain networks deviated from neurotypical scans.

➡️ Biotype 1: showed widespread, global changes in brain networks and was linked to the most severe symptoms. These children also showed a higher likelihood of symptoms persisting as they aged.
➡️ Biotype 2: showed more localized changes, especially in deep brain areas called subcortical regions. These children had moderate symptoms.
➡️ Biotype 3: had minimal changes and cognitive profiles that looked much like those of children without ADHD.

The team validated these types by associating them with genetic risk factors, brain chemicals, and medication responses, confirming that the three groups represented real biological differences.

Different biotypes also responded differently to stimulant medications, supporting the idea that the categories are based on biology instead of only behavior.

Moving toward precision psychiatry changes how ADHD is treated. Instead of examining every diagnosis the same way, doctors can look at the specific biology of a child’s brain, moving ADHD care away from a one-size-fits-all diagnosis. The research suggests that a brain scan could one day help predict which children need the most support.

Longitudinal studies are needed to follow these children as they grow into adults to see if these brain categories remain the same and whether the biotypes stay stable over many years.

02/25/2025

Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact Brain Development and Mental Health

A decade-long study reveals how childhood adversity alters brain development, increasing the risk of mental health disorders and substance use.

Researchers found that adolescents who experienced early adversity showed delayed cognitive control and unusual brain activity in self-regulation regions.

Brain connectivity, rather than cognitive control behavior, was a stronger predictor of substance use initiation.

Specifically, weakened connections between key brain areas responsible for self-regulation dropped significantly one year before substance use began.

Despite these challenges, the study also highlighted the brain’s resilience, as cognitive control function often improved in late adolescence.

These findings suggest that early interventions targeting brain development could help at-risk youth build resilience and reduce long-term mental health risks.

https://neurosciencenews.com/neurodevelopment-adversity-mental-health-28437/

https://youtu.be/91DC5JY0CEY?si=tefiEeCjZks8CmOsPhysiologically there is a purpose for everything the body does. As a m...
11/24/2024

https://youtu.be/91DC5JY0CEY?si=tefiEeCjZks8CmOs
Physiologically there is a purpose for everything the body does. As a modern culture, sometimes we can be a bit arrogant in suppressing what nature has intended as essential for our well being.

We all shed tears. We cry when we are sad, but also when we are glad, surprised by beauty, love, or touched by other deeply felt and uniquely human experienc...

10/24/2024

Removing Pre-Bed Screen Time Improves Toddler Sleep

A groundbreaking trial shows that eliminating screen time in the hour before bed improves toddler sleep quality.

In the study, 105 families were asked to remove screens before bed and engage their toddlers in calming activities like reading or playing puzzles instead.

The results showed improved sleep efficiency and fewer night awakenings in toddlers who participated in the intervention.

The study is the first randomized controlled trial to confirm the link between reduced screen time and better sleep in toddlers.

Parents found the intervention easy to implement, with all families successfully completing the 7-week trial.

These findings support pediatric guidelines that recommend limiting screen time before bed to promote healthier sleep.

https://neurosciencenews.com/screen-time-sleep-toddlers-27921/

Did you know that among other things, neurofeedback therapy can help with brain fog post Covid? Masuko T, Sasai-Ma...
07/16/2024

Did you know that among other things, neurofeedback therapy can help with brain fog post Covid?
Masuko T, Sasai-Masuko H. Efficacy of Original Neurofeedback Treatment Method for Brain Fog From COVID-19: A Case Report. Cureus. 2024 Mar 20;16(3):e56519. doi: 10.7759/cureus.56519. PMID: 38646408; PMCID: PMC11026996.

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Neurofeedback is an all natural approach to stabilizing the brain, and by doing so, can alleviate conditions like anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder and post traumatic stress disorder. It is a type of biofeedback that uses the EEG. It helps regulate, calm and stabilize the brain by balancing brainwaves. Using computerized feedback, the brain learns to increase or decrease certain brainwaves based on parameters that have been set, in order to improve brain function. It helps the brain become better regulated, more balanced.

Since sleep, emotions or behavior are regulated by the brain, improvements of conditions related to these areas are generally seen after training. A more stabilized brain translates to a more calm and stable body as a whole.

​When you give the brain information about itself, (which is what the computerized feedback does) it has an enormous capacity for change. Neurofeedback makes the information available to the brain almost instantly, and asks it to make adjustments. This gives the brain a greater ability to self-manage or regulate. Think of it as the brain looking at itself in the mirror for the first time. With this tool it now has the capacity to notice poor habits and change for the better. We're saying " This is what you're doing. This is what we'd like you to do. How does that feel?"