From Anita Hess, Battle Creek, Michigan
Mother of Elmer Hess, 21-year-old with Downs Syndrome
At age 14, Elmer stopped conversing with his family and teachers.

“Brainwave Optimization has helped Elmer significantly. Elmer has gone from a state of being totally disconnected with his surroundings to being fully aware of his surroundings. He has demonstrated his ability to cognitively make his own decisions such as what he wants to eat or drink and when and where he wants to go.  If he is not ready to come home, he won’t get out of the car and if he is ready to go somewhere, he will go and get in the car.

To most people, the changes are unnoticeable but to me, as his mother, I can detect the slightest positive changes. As of now the subtle changes are sporadic in nature yet they are signs of the potential outcome we are striving for over a period of time and we are yet waiting to see the full manifestation. We frequently see his attempts to speak… which results in low whispers or mouthing words.

Other changes we have seen since he has undergone treatment have mainly been subtle. I have seen him make attempt at his self-care such as brushing his teeth, dressing himself and trying to tie his shoes without being prompted.

Prior to the school year ending, Elmer’s teacher also noticed subtle changes in his behavior at school. He was more cooperative, participatory in class and more energetic. His bouts of stubbornness decreased significantly and he was more cooperative and participated in class activities. He is more playful around the house and loves the praise and worship service at the church. He actually plays the tambourine and bounces to the music…smile. We still experience periodic bouts of stubbornness but they are far from what they use to be.

Regarding his sleeping patterns, I can truly say brainwave optimization has helped his overall patterns. Prior to this process, there were times when Elmer would stay up all night. The nights that he did manage to sleep was interrupted by his inability to breathe properly (sleep apnea). Over the past several months, we have noticed his quality of sleep has increased and if he does happen to wake up, he goes right back to sleep.

From my personal perspective, any progress is a major milestone in my eyes as his mother who knows where he once was along this journey. We are thankful that God is using Lee’s gift to bring our son back to us after all of these years.”

**Names and Photos used with permission. 

E.G., 44
Professional Fitness Athlete, Model, & Makeup Artist

“My name is E. G., I am 44 years old and I am a professional fitness athlete, model, and makeup artist. I have suffered from depression most of my life and really have known no other way to live or to feel. As a child, I was raised in a very suppressed, controlling environment where it was not necessary to have feelings or to own an opinion. Consequently, I shut off all the switches and dared not make a decision or take responsibility for my life. In my 30’s the depression worsened and there was not a day I would wake up without feeling anxiety and wondering why I would have to get out of bed and face life… all I felt was hopelessness and desperation.

One day a friend who was familiar with Geoff and Skip from the Brain Training Centers of Florida, and knew how badly I suffered from depression and anxiety, called me up and asked me how I felt on a scale of 1-10. I was sitting at about a 3, not good. I ended up going to Brain Training Center of Florida for 8 days and took in 20 sessions in that time period. During the assessment before my brain training began, they told me how I was feeling (depressed, anxious, fearful, paranoid) without me telling them what I was feeling. They also explained that there was no reason for me to feel this way other than my brain chemistry was altered since childhood in order to cope with the environment in which I was raised. They said they could help me by building new neuropathways in my brain.

I remember feeling different on the 3rd day waking up with no anxiety in the pit of my stomach for the first time in I don’t know how long; this was a strange feeling for me to feel nothing (no anxiety) in my stomach, and to actually feel like getting out of bed in the morning. Upon finishing the 20 sessions, I went back home to Las Vegas and allowed for the 10 days to settle things in my brain. I can honestly say that I truly started LIVING from that point forward. I remember saying “so THIS is what it feels like to LIVE??”. The desperation and hopelessness was gone, no more anxiety or fear of everything. The calmness that came over me to deal with life’s situations and the sense of worthiness and entitlement to go and achieve anything that I wanted to in this life. I have not suffered from depression since then and almost a year later, my life has only begun. I feel like I’m 20 years old again!

Look out world!!! Here I come!!”

trained by Geoff Gole & Skip Flynn
Brain Training Centers of Florida
Miami, FL

E.P.

“With the help of group therapy, I learned that I have a disease in which to arrest, I have to stay clean from drugs and alcohol. I prayed on a daily basis that I could gain some acceptance that a happy life does not consist of cheap pleasures and a quick fix. This new way of life was given to me as a second chance. I was previously in critical condition. I tried to take my own life as I couldn’t take the pain of heroin withdrawals. I took a bottle of blood pressure medication hoping that it would do the job. I gave up on life and couldn’t find a reason to live anymore.  In fear that I would not die from overdose, I severed my left radial vein and right brachial artery. I suffered from brain injury due to lack of oxygen and lost 3/4 of total blood volume.  Flat lining twice and for a period of fourteen minutes, my brain received no oxygen. There was little hope for a life without mechanical ventilation or a response to any stimuli.

Miraculously, I was weaned off of a ventilator and began to respond to commands such as “blink twice for ‘yes’”, wiggle your toes”, “Squeeze my hand”. Shortly after, I was wheelchair bound working on speech and occupational therapy. A month later, I was walking with a cane for the assistance of my left side. Due to dysphasia, my speech was muffled and slow. I had swallow precautions due to the risk of choking on my own saliva my peripheral vision was poor and my depth perception was two dimensional. It was frustrating to get dressed every day. Writing was a challenge because I lost the dexterity in my fingers. A cognitive skills test showed a loss in my short term memory.  The chance to regain it was slim. My I.Q remained above normal but I couldn’t bear the fact that I looked and talked like a handicapped person. My dreams of becoming a nurse were crushed. I graduated from nursing school before this incident occurred, but I didn’t think it was a realistic goal to prepare for my state boards. It is, after all, a requirement to have good communication skills, excellent fine motor skills and good memory. Most importantly, I didn’t think pursuing a career in taking care of patients was altruistic for someone with addictive tendencies, like me. In addition to the physical and mental disabilities, I had emotional insecurities, as well. I suffered from untreated chronic depression for thirteen years. I would self medicate with any mind altering substances. My whole life consisted of periodic traumas. Both parents were abusive alcoholics and one of them died when I was nineteen. Episodes included bankruptcy, death by suicide, violent street crimes and molestation by a family member. Co-dependant relationships and drug use was the way I knew how to cope with my past. Drug use was the only means of comfort I was familiar with, especially when experimenting with needle use. I’ve been told numerous times that my life did resemble the Jerry Springer show, or a soap opera to be polite. Read the rest of this entry »

T.E.
“I am writing this letter with hope. I know there is a better way to live a life. I have lived a life buried in drugs (marijuana). I lived this life for 5 years. I remember when I was high I would always think “I’ll live a sober life in the future”. I said this to myself for probably four out of the five years that I was abusing marijuana. Using marijuana put a cap on my potential as a person. I did not care about my life or my future; I just wanted to get high. I lost friends. I never allowed myself as a teenager to have a relationship with my parents. I as a person didn’t even know what I wanted for my self. I was lost.

There was a point when I hit rock bottom and threw my hands up to surrender. I had thoughts about changing my life the whole time I was abusing; the truth is that I didn’t know where to start. I was scared; I had to admit things to myself that I had been hiding from other people my whole life. I met Cherylee about a year ago. I wanted to stop abusing marijuana so I jumped right into brain training. I think I was smoking pot on a Monday and by Thursday or Friday I was sitting in a chair and having brain training. I did not know what I wanted, I felt as if I was not worth setting goals. I had an Intensive brain training. It lasted about ten days. I can truly say that during the time of brain training I did have strong urges to smoke. I did smoke once and talked to Cherylee about it. As a person she made me feel that it was ok that I had slipped. I felt no judgment from her. I would say that is one of her talents – talking with people about their past and having the person telling the story feel that it was ok to have been down that road. After talking about smoking with a real person – a grown up – I felt that I really did not like getting high and I was masking a pain that was deeper than my marijuana habit.

I am writing this letter eight months after completing brain training. I have changed my life. There is a funny saying “a person only notices pain while it is present, once it dissolves it is hard to remember when exactly it left the body.” It is such a humbling experience to have been through the drug world, and to be able to announce to ones self that I survived my own mistakes. I am a better person now. I know what I want. I have reached goals and felt the sense of accomplishment. My life now is much harder, because I have a choice. I as a person have made the choice to live my life sober to be free from drugs and alcohol.

Having Brain State Technologies in the White Mountains is a blessing. Healing is just around the corner. First a person has to be willing to admit they have a problem and surrender to the change. Changes will occur with Brain State Technologies. The feelings I have had in my body are incomparable to the drug. Drugs are drowning; life is uplifting and should be filled with memorable actions and a sense of belonging. It is my testimony to you that if you want a change, Brain State is on the White Mountains and available to you. You have to believe in your self to change your life. I know that Brain State Technologies works. I have experienced it.

Thank you Cherylee Lisonbee!”

trained by Cherylee Lisonbee
Mobile Unit for On Site Sessions
Pinedale / Show Low, AZ

B.F.

“I am one week out of 8 sessions. I have since then felt calm, grounded, often joyful. I am more attentive, especially to music/rhythm. I am clearer in my emotions; more appropriate and less guilty about asserting myself. I have some negative thoughts but they seem to move past me quickly rather than to become repetitive as they were in the past. I do not wake up in the mornings anymore and resume telling myself my story about myself nor do I have the obsessive detective along trying to figure things out. I am still critical and judgemental, making snap judgements, but then I don’t believe them. I am disconnected from the negative feelings. I see the humor in a lot of things and feel generally more aware and alert. I followed my sessions with a wonderful retreat in a Christian setting and know that was a good thing to do for myself to allow myself some space. I saw my shadow a few days ago and truly understood that I am not my thoughts or my ego or my shadow. I am flesh and blood and of God; every moment is new and I am free.”

trained by Thomas Portney
A Sound Mind
Augusta, GA

R. S.,  30
Horticultural Artist

I was in a place of getting into depression “holes” (days of isolation filled with sadness and fear), my emotions were really controlling me, and I was experiencing peaks and valleys. The results from the assessment showed that I had problems overreacting when feeling infringed upon, and asked if I used painkillers, which happened to be my party drug of choice.

Halfway through the brain training sessions, my taste for coffee left and my chewing tobacco made me nauseous.  I lost my craving for these two habits. The brain training exhausted me.  By the last day of sessions, I felt like I was in sixth grade again, laughing and laughing with not a care in the world!

For weeks afterwards my mood was stable at a mild, higher level than usual. My relationships actually got better.  My sleep improved as I would wake up rested and I had amazing dreams for two weeks.  Since then, I have chosen to return to coffee and chewing tobacco, so my dreams have moderated.

I have adult ADD and was on ADD medication but chose to stop taking the meds before the brain training.  I can focus now and I’m still off the meds four months after training.  I feel the master of my reality for the first time.  The chatter in my head is quiet.  I know in my core that I can choose to be helpful and feel calm whereas before the chatter led me.  The fog has lifted.  It is quiet and clear in my mind.

I no longer have extreme peaks and valleys.  I now call them undulations.  There’s way more balance in my life and emotional state, and I know that’s not going to go away.

I get to choose my thoughts and move on, rather than getting stuck in the immediate reaction.  My road rage used to choose me, but now I have a reaction gap of time to make a decision about how to feel and what to do.  Intellectually, I always knew that gap was there, but the subconscious script has been broken, and now I have the chance to choose calmness.  I cannot remember the last time I exploded.

I’ve done mens’ groups and what we share is what we can recall and then grow to understand.  I could never understand the cause of my depression holes, no matter how much I talked about them!  That’s what I really like about Brainwave Optimization.  You don’t have to reopen wounds to clean them and heal.  And it doesn’t serve me or others to live with some of these problem issues.

trained by Kean Pitcairn
The Evolutionary Brain
Huntingdon, PA

J.L.
CPT, USAF, RET

“From the initial assessment to the final session, your staff of trainers and administrative personnel showed a refreshing professionalism, punctuality, and positivism.  All of this served to create a space where I felt safe letting go of some deeply held tension. The seizures in my hand reminded me of the tense moments of flying my A-10 attack jet during air refueling, weather formation flights, and sketchy surface attack and close air support missions throughout South Korea, Arizona, and Alaska.  But, there was clearly a lot more stored tension than just that incurred through my military service. The feedback I received from the BST staff and the Brainwave Optimization with RTB™ equipment has given me clear benchmarks for opening and connecting with a space of rejuvenation, relaxation, and release.  Your team at BST and this process of Brainwave Optimization put effective tools for “letting go” into my hands.  You offered this experience to me as a veteran service-member, but I must thank you as a human being.  I can’t express enough, my gratitude for your hospitality, encouragement, generosity, and attention to detail!”

trained by BST Staff
Brain State Technologies
Scottsdale, AZ

L.P.
Attorney

“I can count on one hand the number of nights this year during which I have slept without awakening. It is quite common for me to wake several times during the night and to stay awake for long periods of time. I have completed 12 sessions with Neuro Fitness Center and I am happy to say that my sleeping pattern has changed. My nights of sleep are far less broken. I am only getting up once at night and thankfully I go back to sleep within minutes. My slumber is deeper and much more restful. This is a very significant improvement for me as I have struggled with broken sleep and a lesser quality of sleep for over ten years.

Before my sessions were complete, I saw a difference in the way in which I was handling both personal and professional aspects of my life. I reacted very calmly to a very serious recurring problem at work which has typically caused my stomach to flutter. Instead of the anxiety that I previously experienced in just thinking about how I would handle it, I faced it head on. And, once it was addressed, I was done with it! No second guessing my decision~ simply done! Likewise, I feel better about some of the relationships that are most important to me. I find myself being more honest about my feelings and putting myself first, without guilt! I attribute these significant changes to Brainwave Optimization and deeply appreciate the support that Neuro Fitness Center has provided.”

trained by Art McCullar
NeruoFitness Center
Farmington Hills, MI

S.K. – 39 Yrs Old – Mother

“How do I begin to thank you for giving me back my life? I have been depressed, in one form or another, for most of my adult life. Years of therapy and antidepressant use have helped at various times, but the underlying feelings of hopelessness and helplessness never really went away. I came to Brain State Technologies as a last resort. My marriage was crumbling and my children avoided telling me anything they thought would upset me. I felt that I lived my life walking on egg shells.

After the first session, I was feeling more hopeful than I could ever remember feeling. Family and friends started commenting that I seemed different…. I smiled more. After the 7th session I was thinking clearly, focusing on my writing and interacting with my family in a new and healthy way. My husband and I are working at reestablishing the marriage we once had.

Thank you for giving me a fresh start.”

trained by BST Staff
Brain State Technologies
Scottsdale, AZ

From Lee Gerdes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7182514/Women-in-the-Armed-Forces-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-problems.html

This article is representative of what we have been saying.

It has been the experience of BST that females who have experienced severe trauma seem to have an imbalance situation in functional brainwave patterns to be greater than that of males who have experienced similar trauma. The hypothesis for the source of this difference involves the female corpus callosum  which is the connecting white matter of the brain between the left and right hemispheres. Since this hemispheric connection is less dense for females, it allows for faster multi-tasking (making left vs right – or detail vs context – dominant processing easier to connect back and forth). The difference is about 2 to 2.5 times more permeable for females than males, and this seems to mean that the female brain will encounter energy shock from trauma on both sides about 2 to 2.5 times more than a male brain.

BST formulated this hypothesis when we discovered that approximately 2 to 2.5 times as many sessions were required for a female vs a male with similar trauma histories.

Now, the military study has confirmed that pathologies for females are about twice as likely for females vs males due to Combat Stress.

The BST difference of tracking functional brainwave patterns with great technological clarity as well as by gathering brainwave patterns of over 20,000+ people from around the world into a relational data base will reveal much more to us as we advance into the future and can make our 20,000+ people into 100,000+ people in a functional brainwave relational data base. We don’t yet know what will be revealed in time, but we do know that this is cutting edge science and extremely important.