The Balanced Brain Neurofeedback Training Center

10/26/2025

What is neurofeedback?

Santiago Brand and I discuss this at the Suisun Conference.

Watch the full video on our YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/gxOFSx8Rhvk?si=15xfyiyHEMKIZZ45

10/19/2025

Coming from The Balanced Brain!

We had the privilege of sitting down with Santiago Brand at the Suisun Neuroscience Summit — one of the world’s leading voices in qEEG applied psychophysiology.

We talked about how neurofeedback and self-regulation training give the brain a chance to heal and perform at its best.

🎬 The full interview drops this week on YouTube — stay tuned!

10/19/2025

09/05/2025

OK, it's rat brains but still a remarkable feat!

Showing how complex decision making is, just how many brain areas are involved, some were unknown contributors.

We in the neurofeedback field know this from experience but wonderful to see some data.

Science marches on.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/first-mouse-brain-decision-map?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

07/24/2025

Because we embrace the concept of holistic healing in our work here at The Balanced Brain, I was delighted to see that Alice Walton, the richest woman in the world, has put her fortune to good use and opened a medical school!

"Instead of drilling young physicians to chase symptom after symptom and perform test after test, Alice Walton wants her school’s graduates to keep patients healthy by practicing something that most doctors today don’t prioritize: preventive medicine and whole-health principles, which involve caring for (and not just treating) the entire person and all of the factors—from their mental health to their living conditions and lifestyle choices—that contribute to well-being.:"

We are turning a corner in supporting preventative, integrative healthcare.

https://time.com/7303692/alice-walton-school-of-medicine-new-medical-school/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

07/19/2025

The next frontier in medicine isn’t another drug.

It’s a radical shift in how we view the body, the brain, and disease itself.

Depression is often rooted in systemic inflammation, gut dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, trauma, or disrupted circadian rhythms. ADHD may be tied to neuroinflammation, poor blood sugar control, or nutritional gaps like low magnesium, zinc, or omega-3s. And heart disease? It’s largely a food-borne illness, driven by a diet of ultra-processed, inflammatory, nutrient-poor calories.

There is no single root cause. But there are root causes.
And they are almost always connected by lifestyle, environment, and systems-level dysfunction.

Medications have their place… But they were never designed to reverse chronic disease. They manage symptoms, often while the underlying dysfunction worsens.

If we want to reverse the chronic disease epidemic, mental and physical, we need to stop asking what drug treats this and start asking why the body lost balance in the first place.

The answer isn’t in the pharmacy… It’s in how we eat, move, sleep, connect, and live.
It’s in our soil, our food system, our communities, our kitchens.

The next revolution in medicine will come not from the lab but from returning to the root.

06/19/2025

What a qEEG revealed about disconnecting from the phone. Andrew's experience is closing in on 100k views, yours should be one. He is quite a talented documentarian and The Balanced Brain is are proud to have been a part of this journey. It's not for the faint of heart!

This time with a link!

30 Days without a phone Changed my Brain- Andrew Feinstein

https://youtu.be/8h8H9xf0JDY?si=gHNbXrpXQLcgcOdP

05/22/2025

Since nutrition for brain health is a vital component of our training program and some of the clients we work with are young, I read with interest an article from STAT news on the content of breakfast cereals marketed to children with a study from JAMA (link below) showing changes over time.

The results are disturbing.

Sodium, fat and sugar ("a single serving exceeding 45% of the American Heart Association’s daily recommended limit for children") all showed big increases while protein and fiber decreased.

We parents are responsible for helping guide our children's food choices, we must do better. Read the labels!

https://tinyurl.com/whxsj8pp

05/07/2025

Doctors receive inadequate nutritional training. At The Balanced Brain we evaluate our client's nutrition because it impacts their success with brain training and because it's the right thing to do.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833657?guestAccessKey=9847f598-7435-410c-9cf5-3571806c2157&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=050225

This Medical News article discusses the persistent gap in nutrition education across US medical schools, in which students receive limited formal training despite evidence linking diet to mortality.

05/05/2025

This is why our neurofeedback program includes extensive gut health testing and coaching for lifestyle changes. It's more than just the brain.

https://www.labroots.com/trending/cell-and-molecular-biology/28827/inflammation-cause-mood-changes-anxiety

04/30/2025

Neurofeedback brain training as part of an integrative approach to health. Josh and I discuss this and more!

Subscribe to his podcast, you'll be smarter for it!

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/50Q7NU0pmVpCmCN1Aylald?nd=1&dlsi=2c8fb61e1cd44077

Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/64-rewiring-the-brain-the-power-of-neurofeedback/id1680035572?i=1000705250002

04/05/2025

Neurofeedback training can help the brain to work more quickly and clearly.

We're always looking for ways our clients can do things in their lives outside our office to help improve things, like nutrition and sleep.

But what else can you do at home?

How about some simple yoga poses to improve that function?

Here's an article I ran across. Give one a try.



https://www.bustle.com/wellness/yoga-poses-brain-fog