your journey
Our process is rooted in the belief that healing isn’t about becoming someone different, it’s about evolving into your best self. We meet you exactly where you are, guiding you through a journey that gently unwinds stress, clears mental noise, and helps you reconnect with your own inner wisdom. Using brain-based tools and whole-person practices, we support your shift from overwhelm and self-doubt to clarity, calm, and confidence. This is your space to grow, to feel, and to come home to yourself—fully, freely, and at your own pace.
“what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
how it works…
NeurOptimal® is the advanced neurofeedback software we use in every brain training session.No crazy caps, no medical equipment, no conscious effort, just 5 sensors and calming music for 33 minutes.
First, the “neuro” part of neurofeedback—while you listen to music and relax, NeurOptimal® collects information about your brain activity 256 times per second (that’s over 500,000 times in one session!). This information is given back to your brain via small pauses in the music—and that’s the “feedback”.
What does that look and feel like for you? It might look like more nights of restful sleep. It might feel like more energy and less stress. You feel more capable and confident and life seems easier.
It’s like hiring a personal trainer for your brain. NeurOptimal® isn’t here to fix your brain, it’s here to help guide your brain as it self-heals. Trust your brain, it knows what’s best for you!
our process
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What does it entail
Our sessions begin with a 33-minute NeurOptimal® brain training experience, supported by thoughtful check-ins before and after each session. This gentle, FDA-certified wellness technology reads your brain activity and offers real-time feedback to support optimal brain function. The process is non-invasive and deeply calming, creating space for your brain to self-correct and move toward greater balance.
How do we use this to help you
We work with your brain, not against it - gently interrupt patterns that may be keeping you stuck in stress, overthinking, or emotional overwhelm. Through consistent sessions, your brain learns to shift toward healthier responses, building flexibility and resilience along the way. Over time, this training supports a stronger capacity to adapt, stay grounded in stressful moments, and return to your natural state of clarity and calm.
How this is incorporated in our service
Each session is designed to meet you where you are, whether in the comfort of your home or in a calming public space like a park or café. We begin by getting to know your current state through a personalized pre-session consult, a 100-point concerns checklist, and a brief stress quiz. This thoughtful intake process helps us tailor your experience and track your growth over time, making each step of your journey intentional and restorative.
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What does it entail
Alignment is about more than just feeling balanced, it’s about living in sync with your values. We offer personalized support throughout your brain training journey, helping you align your daily habits and routines with your deeper wellness goals. This creates a more intentional, sustainable path forward, one that feels rooted and true to you.
How do we use this to help you
Throughout your sessions, we provide strategies for stress management, emotional regulation, and productivity, tailored to where you are in your process. We help you stay accountable to your progress and create space to celebrate both small shifts and big wins. You’re not expected to do it all perfectly, you’re simply supported in moving with intention.
How this is incorporated in our service
Each session includes time to reflect on your progress, identify any challenges, and explore what’s working for you. We offer clear, actionable steps to support your growth between sessions, along with thoughtful questions to help you stay connected to your intentions throughout the week.
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What does it entail
Discovery is the starting point of transformation. It begins with understanding your personal goals —what behaviors you'd like to shift, what your ideal day looks like, and how life might feel if stressors and triggers didn’t get in the way. This stage is about clarity: uncovering what you truly want, both personally and professionally, and identifying what’s been holding you back.
How do we use this to help you
We support you in turning insight into action. Through thoughtful guidance, we help you clarify goals, identify current blocks, and begin mapping out a path forward. Whether you're ready to dive deep or just need space to talk things through, this part of the process creates the foundation for intentional, meaningful progress.
How this is incorporated in our service
Your discovery process is supported with tools that track progress and create space for honest reflection. We use pre-session check-ins, in-between session touch points, and periodic reassessments to ensure your goals are evolving with you. Every few sessions, we revisit and realign so you’re always moving in the direction of your most grounded, authentic self.
FAQs
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We can think of the brain like a house. While you can definitely live in a cluttered home, you might struggle to find things you need, have difficulties getting from room to room or take a long time to do simple daily chores.
Brain training with NeurOptimal® is similar to "decluttering" your house. With less clutter, you're able to find what you need, travel freely from room to room, and overall live in a calmer, less chaotic environment.
NeurOptimal® is like having someone to help sort through, organize and de-clutter your brain. With each session, your brain gets less "cluttered" and learns how to adapt and re-organize itself more efficiently. With each session, your brain learns to function more flexibly and resiliently so you can feel calm and confident in tackling whatever life has in store.
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NeurOptimal® is the first and only Dynamical Neurofeedback® system that helps to train your brain by providing it with information about itself. Other forms of neurofeedback or biofeedback, require a diagnosis, a medical professional and can often come with side effects because the neurofeedback is trying to "correct" your brain by telling it what it should do.
NeurOptimal® does not tell your brain what to do, rather it reads your cortical activity and provides that information back to your brain so that it can make its own corrections. Your brain naturally self-regulates and self-heals as efficiently as possible, but there are many things that can cause "clutter" and make it less efficient. Stress, anxious or negative thoughts, alcohol, trauma, the challenges of daily life and everything in between can create "clutter" in your brain and can make you feel stuck or hopeless.
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Anyone with a brain can train with NeurOptimal®! There is no age limit or requirement and unlike other forms of neurofeedback, you do not need a diagnosis to use or benefit from NeurOptimal®.
Age Disclosure (18 and below)
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Yes! NeurOptimal® is safe and has been designated a General Wellness Product by the FDA.
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Each NeurOptimal® session is 33 minutes long and is held on a Microsoft Surface Tablet. Sensors are placed on your ears and head and you can relax while you listen to music and watch a visual for the duration of the session. Throughout the session your brain will receive feedback from the NeurOptimal® software via brief pauses in the music. These pauses occur as NeurOptimal® detects shifts in your cortical activity and relays that information back to your brain in real-time. It's like putting a mirror in front of your brain so that it can see exactly what it's doing. Your brain then decides what it wants to do with that information; it's that simple!
New clients will have a 20-30 minute intake before their first session. We will go over any issues you would like to address with brain training and how we will track your progress.
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Every brain is different and how many sessions you need depends on you and what your goals are.
Your brain learns and changes with each session and some people might feel a shift after just one session while others may need 10-20 sessions to notice changes in sleep, mood, etc. It's best to be patient with your brain as it learns to shift away from patterns of "stuckness" while re-learning to self-organize and self-heal.
I will check in with you before each session (or throughout the rental period if you're renting a system) to help you identify shifts, check in on how you're feeling and to answer any questions before your next session
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I accept cash, credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, checks, FSA (flexible spending accounts) and HSA (health savings accounts).
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You can find all session & rental pricing on our Services page.
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Because NeurOptimal® neurofeedback is a training tool not a medical treatment, it cannot be billed to medical insurance.
Think of it like paying for a gym membership. While going to the gym or a yoga class is not a necessity, you might choose to partake in these activities because they help you feel good, strengthen your body and mind and help relieve stress in your daily life.
NeurOptimal® is not a treatment, but it helps your brain train itself to be more adaptable and resilient. When your brain can better adapt to life's challenges, you spend less time and energy stressing over things you can't control and more time feeling empowered by what you can do and accomplish!
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn (founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction)
Change has a way of shaking us, whether it arrives gently or all at once. It can stir up uncertainty, disrupt our routines, and leave us questioning our footing. But growth often hides in those in-between moments - the transitions, the endings, and the fresh beginnings. While navigating change can feel overwhelming, we’re here to remind you that you don’t have to walk through it alone. We’ll support you through each season and every bump in the road, helping you transform what feels heavy into an opportunity for resilience, renewal, and deeper self-connection.
NeurOptimal® is not a medical treatment, device or methodology. It is not used to diagnose medical disorders nor is it used as a medical treatment for disorders and has not been approved for any medical purpose by the FDA, Health Canada or any governing agency. While Zengar® users may or may not be licensed health care practitioners, their use of NeurOptimal® is solely as a tool for brain training and optimization and not as a means of diagnosis or as a medical intervention.
It is not possible to predict what the client’s central nervous system will do with the information it is offered and consequently there can be no guarantee as to the results of my training. Under normal use, NeurOptimal® does not produce side effects. Some clients however, may experience some temporary effects from training due to the increase in challenge to the brain that the training represents. This effect typically resolves after a few Sessions.