Healthy Within

Healthy Within Healthy Within is an Integrative brain health center, experienced in incorporating neurofeedback to

Clinic moments we love 🤍Dr. Kakaya in action, guiding a neurofeedback session with our very own tech, Zach. Neurofeedbac...
01/13/2026

Clinic moments we love 🤍
Dr. Kakaya in action, guiding a neurofeedback session with our very own tech, Zach. Neurofeedback helps train the brain to function more efficiently, supporting focus, emotional regulation, sleep, and overall mental wellness. We love practicing what we preach and growing together as a team 🧠

Neurodivergent students aren’t struggling because they lack resilience or emotional regulation. They’re struggling becau...
01/08/2026

Neurodivergent students aren’t struggling because they lack resilience or emotional regulation. They’re struggling because school environments often place twice the emotional burden on their nervous systems.

The key takeaway?
🧠 The problem is the environment, not the student.

When classrooms are chaotic, inflexible, or dismissive of neurodivergent needs, emotional distress is a predictable brain response, not misbehavior.

Supporting neurodivergent students means:
✔️ Designing flexible environments
✔️ Reducing sensory and social stressors
✔️ Honoring different ways of learning and regulating

When we change the environment, we change outcomes for mental health, learning, and long-term well-being.

Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202507/why-autistic-adhd-and-audhd-students-are-stressed-at-school

Sleep is not a luxury, it’s a biological necessity for brain health 🧠✨Chronic insomnia doesn’t just affect how you feel ...
01/06/2026

Sleep is not a luxury, it’s a biological necessity for brain health 🧠✨

Chronic insomnia doesn’t just affect how you feel the next day. Over time, disrupted sleep impacts memory, emotional regulation, learning, and long-term brain health. Research continues to show that poor sleep is linked to neurodegenerative conditions, while regulated sleep supports healthy brain rhythms like sleep spindles and REM cycles.

Neurofeedback works by helping the brain learn how to downshift out of hypervigilance and into a calmer, more regulated state, supporting both mental and physical sleep onset.

Whether it’s racing thoughts, nighttime anxiety, restless sleep, or frequent awakenings, addressing the brain patterns behind sleep issues can make a meaningful difference.

đź“Ť San Diego
📧 drkakaiya@healthywithin.com
đź“ž 858-622-0221

As we step into the new year, we’re setting intentions around understanding the brain not pushing it harder.Brain mappin...
01/02/2026

As we step into the new year, we’re setting intentions around understanding the brain not pushing it harder.

Brain mapping (QEEG) offers a window into how your brain is functioning, where stress may be showing up, and how different regions communicate. With that insight, support becomes more targeted and intentional.

To start 2026, we’re offering a brain mapping special for those who want clarity as they move into the year ahead.

đź“… Offer available through January 31, 2026
🧠 Learn more about your brain’s unique patterns

If this aligns with your intentions for the year, we’re here.

As 2026 begins tomorrow, we’re setting intentions, not resolutions.Sustainable change starts with a regulated nervous sy...
12/31/2025

As 2026 begins tomorrow, we’re setting intentions, not resolutions.

Sustainable change starts with a regulated nervous system, not pressure or perfection. When the brain feels supported, intentions like learning, confidence, and self-reflection become easier to maintain.

Here’s to regulated minds and resilient lives in the year ahead. 🧠

❄️⛄This season can hold many different experiences all at once. For some, it’s full of tradition, family, and celebratio...
12/25/2025

❄️⛄This season can hold many different experiences all at once. For some, it’s full of tradition, family, and celebration. For others, it can bring feelings of loss, distance, pressure, or simply exhaustion. And for many, it’s just another time of year that doesn’t look or feel like a holiday at all.

At Healthy Within, we want to acknowledge all of it. Whether you’re celebrating with loved ones, navigating the season quietly, showing up for others while carrying your own worries, or not celebrating Christmas at all, you matter. Your experience is valid, and you deserve gentleness, rest, and care.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and Happy Holidays to those who don’t. However, this season finds you, we’re wishing you peace, warmth, and moments of kindness toward yourself and others.

Your brain has the ability to change, adapt, and optimize when it’s given the right feedback.If you’re curious about imp...
12/23/2025

Your brain has the ability to change, adapt, and optimize when it’s given the right feedback.

If you’re curious about improving brain functioning, supporting mental clarity, or learning how tools like neurofeedback and brain mapping work, our YouTube channel breaks it down in an approachable, science-backed way. We share educational videos that explain how the brain functions, how we measure brain activity, and how neurofeedback can support overall brain health and performance.

Subscribe to learn more about your brain and how to work with it, not against it.

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12/18/2025

Our friend of Healthy Within shares his experience using the Neuronic PBM (photobiomodulation) device and the results speak for themselves 🧠

PBM uses targeted red and near-infrared light to support brain health by increasing cellular energy (ATP), improving blood flow, and helping the nervous system shift into a more regulated, relaxed state.

Clients often report feeling clearer, calmer, and more grounded and as you can hear, he absolutely loved it.

This is one of our favorite non-invasive tools for supporting focus, mood, recovery, and overall brain performance.

If you’re curious about PBM and what it can do for your brain, we’d love to share more ! Contact us :

858-622-0221
DrKakaiya@HealthyWithin.com

🎶Music isn’t just something we hear; it’s something the brain experiences.Playing or listening to music activates multip...
12/16/2025

🎶Music isn’t just something we hear; it’s something the brain experiences.
Playing or listening to music activates multiple brain networks at once, supporting memory, focus, mood regulation, creativity, and stress reduction.

Research shows music can lower cortisol, influence dopamine release, synchronize brain waves, and enhance cognitive functioning. It’s one of the most accessible tools we have for supporting brain health at any age.

At Healthy Within, we look at how everyday experiences like music interact with the brain and nervous system, and how targeted approaches like neurofeedback can further optimize brain function.

If you’re curious about brain health or how neurofeedback can support focus, mood, or stress regulation, reach out to us:
858-622-0221
DrKakaiya@HealthyWithin.com

🧠🤯Anxiety is deeply tied to patterns of heightened beta activity in the brain. When these patterns stay elevated, the bo...
12/11/2025

🧠🤯Anxiety is deeply tied to patterns of heightened beta activity in the brain. When these patterns stay elevated, the body remains in a constant state of alert, making calm feel impossible. Neurofeedback helps retrain these patterns by teaching the brain to regulate arousal and return to balance.

Different areas of the brain contribute to different anxiety symptoms. The front of the brain may show worry and compulsive thoughts, while the right side may drive emotional reactivity, hyper vigilance, fear responses, and attachment insecurities. Deeper midline areas relate to panic and dissociation, and the back of the brain often contributes to physical tension and feeling disconnected.

At Healthy Within, we work directly with these patterns through individualized neurofeedback protocols to support long lasting anxiety relief.

Contact us to learn more:
858 622 0221
DrKakaiya@HealthyWithin.com

At Healthy Within, we work directly with these patterns through individualized neurofeedback protocols to support long-lasting anxiety relief.

Roblox has become one of the most influential digital environments children spend time in, yet many parents only see the...
12/11/2025

Roblox has become one of the most influential digital environments children spend time in, yet many parents only see the surface level of bright colors and simple games. What often goes unnoticed is how immersive, social, and emotionally charged these online worlds can be for a developing brain.

Children don’t just “play” on Roblox; they socialize, copy behaviors from older players, learn social norms from strangers, and internalize how people treat them in real time. These experiences can shape self-esteem, emotional regulation, stress responses, and even how children interpret friendships and a sense of belonging.

One of the biggest concerns is that Roblox combines two things kids are highly sensitive to:
• fast-paced reward systems
• unpredictable social environments

This creates a level of stimulation that can be difficult for young brains to navigate without guidance. When children are exposed to older players, intense language, high conflict, or adult-themed spaces, it can blur boundaries they’re not yet developmentally ready to understand.

Parents don’t need to ban Roblox. What they need is awareness. Staying involved, checking in regularly, and understanding the digital spaces kids occupy can make a tremendous difference. When children feel supported and when parents stay informed, the online world becomes much safer and less overwhelming.

Healthy Within is committed to helping families understand how modern technology affects the developing brain. If you have questions about digital habits, emotional changes, or screen-related stress, our team is here to support you.

Useful source to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmk38_M4ykU

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As a parent, it is difficult to watch your child struggle through everyday life with any type of brain condition. You always want what’s best for your child, but sometimes you don’t know what that is!

Our society has become highly skilled at identifying symptoms and making a drug to alleviate them. One in six Americans currently takes psychiatric medication, and the use of these drugs has risen by 65% in the last 15 years. With these statistics, it may seem logical to jump on the prescription bandwagon. However, when Dr. Divya Kakaiya noticed the early signs of ADHD in her son, she sought out a more integrative approach. As a psychologist, neuroscientist, and mom, she saw these staggering statistics related to medication usage and decided she was going to find a better solution - a solution backed by 40 years of research. So Dr. Kakaiya implemented the effective brain regulation of neurofeedback to her psychotherapy practice at Healthy Within.

Dr. Kakaiya established Healthy Within in 1985. In 2009, Healthy Within Brain Health Center began to focus on healing through the practice of “brain fitness” using neurofeedback. What sets Healthy Within apart is that it does not diagnose medical conditions nor use medications; Healthy Within offers a non-medical, noninvasive, drug-free neurofeedback program for adults and children. It offers effective and life-changing treatment options for children, teens, adults, seniors, and military men and women through neurofeedback sessions. Neurofeedback has been changing lives in hospitals, mental health treatment centers, rehabilitation centers, schools, and outpatient centers.

Dr. Kakaiya’s son improved through neurofeedback sessions, and his ability to remain on task, focused, and complete his homework promptly continues to hold up well. 15,000 other clinicians use neurofeedback worldwide with similar positive results. If the field of neurofeedback had even 20% of the ads that are carried by big pharmaceutical companies, more people would be choosing it without a second thought!