Our Team of Doctors: Brain Optimization Institute
Dr Longyearโs passion for helping others comes from a personal experience. Having gone through a traumatic football injury that left him paralyzed during his sophomore year in high school, he beat the odds and did what the doctors said wasnโt possible. After feeling defeated hearing that he would never walk again, he used their words as fuel to drive his rehab and he walked out of the hospital a month later. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to helping others defy the odds and never accept their new normal. In his own case, none of his doctors really had a consistent diagnosis. So he started researching his case. His passion led him to Parker University to study chiropractic, where he graduated valedictorian and continued his studies in Applied Clinical NeuroScience. Still searching for answers, he continued to study many disciplines: Chiropractic, Neurology, Psychology, Functional Medicine and Energy Medicine, just to name a few. These disciplines have all helped him design his unique brand of health care. Before moving to Jacksonville, Dr Longyear was the Director of the NeuroLIFE Institute at Life University where he specialized in complex neurological conditions that other health care practitioners had given up on. While there, he was also a part of research with concussion and depression. In addition to clinically treating patients and participating in research he was responsible for designing and teaching programs for doctors around the world in the cutting edge field of Applied Clinical Neuroscience and Functional Neurology.
His goals in Jacksonville are to combine his education and passion with his wifeโs specialities and that of Dr. Kevin Determan and Dr. Cathy Goldstein to bring a revolutionary approach to vitalistic healthcare.
Dr. Meaghan dealt with depression and anxiety for as long as she can remember. The sad heart forcing the smile. She was introduced to the healthcare field early in life by her mom, who is a Registered Nurse. She continued her healthcare journey during high school working at the local hospital as a Nurse Assistant. During this experience, she felt a huge pull to work with people! In college, she studied Nursing, Psychology and then Law Enforcement, but none of these careers felt like the right fit. Settling for a Bachelorโs Degree in Business Administration, the depression of not finding a career that felt fulfilling became very overwhelming. She kept trying to find her niche and explored an array of different careers in healthcare over the years. Then one day she had NeuroEmotional Technique (NET) performed on her by a chiropractor and she had a huge realization of just how debilitating past traumas can be in our day to day lives. She knew she needed to learn and share this technique with others as well as continue receiving this therapy for her own healing. Her passion thrived while in chiropractic school where she was able to help her colleagues and classmates overcome their past traumas. Combined with Quantic Touch and the BioGeometric Integration (BGI) approach, Dr. Meaghan has developed a style of her own that has helped guide her patients to release mind/body emotional blocks and experience a deeper level of healing.
Dr. Meaghan is excited to be joining forces with her husband in creating an integrative healthcare center that will help people connect back to whole health on a deeper level.
