Healthy Brain Happy Body

Northeast Region Biofeedback Society

The brain is a sophisticated organ, and its health and functioning is vital for our overall well being. This podcast examines the dynamic interactions between the brain and body, and how they profoundly influence each other, along with the biological, psychological, and social forces that impact both. We will speak with experts from diverse backgrounds to hear how they incorporate their understanding of this brain-body connection into their work. We will dive into a variety of topics from anxiety and depression to performance and ADHD with a focus on how neurofeedback, biofeedback, QEEG, and talk therapy can be used to address these issues. Hosted by Dr. Saul Rosenthal, a psychologist who specializes in brain-body health, this podcast Healthy Brain, Happy Body, is brought to you by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. Join us as we examine the three pound mass of 85 billion neurons and 125 trillion connections that makes each of us who we are - the brain! #biofeedback #neurofeedback #psychophysiology #brain #EEG #mentalhealth #health #brainbody #mindfulness #nrbs read less
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Episodes

Beyond the QEEG with Mitch and Angelika Sadar
Feb 26 2024
Beyond the QEEG with Mitch and Angelika Sadar
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this podcast, join NRBS for our free webinars and continuing eduction series.Our guides today are Angelika and Mitch Sadar, directors of Sadar Psychological and Sports Center, sponsors of NRBS. Mitch also serves as the NRBS President, and Angelika as the Executive Director. For many years, they have worked with clients and trained neurofeedback providers. In today's conversation, they discuss the HBI database, and what it provides beyond qEEG analysis. In addition to maps showing client brain activity compared to the “norm,” the database allows analysis of event related potentials, which show how the brain process visual and auditory information. HBI has also developed measures of attention, vigilance, alertness, internalization/externalization, and emotional regulation.Join us as they discuss how the HBI database can provide more information for your clients, and for planning interventions. In the next episode, we dive deeper into the database itself, for a wonkier discussion of quantitative brain analysis.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.#biofeedback #neurofeedback #nrbs #qEEG
Paced Contractions for HRV with Fred Shaffer
Jul 25 2023
Paced Contractions for HRV with Fred Shaffer
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this podcast, join NRBS for our free webinars and continuing eduction series.This episode’s guide is Fredric Shaffer, PhD, BCB, BCB-HRV. He is a biological psychologist and professor of Psychology, and former Department Chair at Truman State University, where he has taught since 1975 and has served as Director of Truman’s Center for Applied Psychophysiology since 1977. He is the recipient of many awards for his teaching and research. Dr. Shaffer is a BCIA Senior Diplomate in Biofeedback. He is the Past-Chair and current Treasurer of the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA), director of its Biofeedback and HRV Biofeedback Task Forces, and a member of its Neurofeedback Task Force. He is the President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB). He also frequently teaches courses for certification in heart rate variability (HRV), as well as Biofeedback and HRV Bootcamps with Drs. Inna Khazan and Donald Moss.

 Dr. Shaffer was the principal co-editor of Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback (3rd ed.) and the second co-editor of the 4th edition, which is due out in the next few months. I talked with some of the editors of that edition on Episode 12 of this season. He wrote the Primer of Biofeedback and edited the Foundations of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: A Book of Readings with Donald Moss. These books are available in the AAPB store. He is a contributing editor for the Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He is also the owner of BioSource software, which publishes training and review resources for biofeedback, neurofeedback, and qEEG practitioners, as well as a weekly blog about neurofeedback and heart rate variability.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.#biofeedback #neurofeedback #nrbs #HRV #HeartRateVariability
Event Related Potentials with Andrea Meckley Kutyana
Jul 16 2023
Event Related Potentials with Andrea Meckley Kutyana
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode's guide is Andrea Meckley Kutyana. Andrea specializes in applied psychophysiology and neuroscience techniques to assess and train all aspects of human physiology, helping individuals optimize their functioning. She has over 20 years of experience in analyzing EEG, multiple bio- and neurofeedback modalities, neuromodulation, self-regulation, and relaxation techniques. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialty in Psychophysiology and a Master’s degree in Health Psychology. Andrea is a Licensed Psychological Associate and Health Service Provider in North Carolina, is Board Certified in biofeedback and neurofeedback by BCIA, and as a Quantitative EEG Technologist by IQCB. She trains and mentors neurofeedback and quantitative EEG, has published several book chapters and articles, and presents at scientific meetings.Dr. Kutyana will discuss Event Related Potentials (ERPs). These are the brain's response to any sort of stimuli. ERPs are well studied in neurology, and tend to follow specific patterns, indicating how the brain processes information. ERPs can help us better understand the struggles some people have understanding some types of information compared to others. For example, some people are better visual than auditory learners. Others have difficulty with multi-sensory information. ERPs provide an even more detailed understanding of some brain functions than EEG or qEEG alone.If you enjoyed this podcast, join Dr. Kutyana for her free webinar, or get a recording of it and the other webinars in the series. You can also join us for NRBS's inexpensive continuing eduction series.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.#biofeedback #neurofeedback #nrbs
Biofeedback for Military Personnel and First Responders with Manuel "Dominic" Halter
Jun 21 2023
Biofeedback for Military Personnel and First Responders with Manuel "Dominic" Halter
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode's guide is Manuel “Dominic” Halter is psychophysiologist provider, researcher, and instructor with experience in biofeedback, neurofeedback, quantitative EEG, and neurobiomodulation. He is retired from the US Army’s Special Forces, going on to complete a Doctor of Philosophy with a specialization in talent performance optimization. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology, a Master of Arts in Developmental Psychology, and a Master of Arts in Clinical Neuropsychology. His particular area of interest lies in optimizing physical and cognitive performance, both in research and service provision. Among his many projects is working with InMindOut Emotional Wellness Center, LLC and Successful Practitioner, teaching courses in Biofeedback, Neurofeedback, and QEEG.Register to join Dr. Halter's free seminar on June 30th or listen to a recording. You can also join our inexpensive Continuing Education Series of webinars.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.#biofeedback #neurofeedback #nrbs
High Conflict Relationships with Michael Holler
May 17 2023
High Conflict Relationships with Michael Holler
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this podcast, join NRBS for our free webinars and continuing eduction series.This episode's guide is Michael Holler, a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in individual, couples and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, neurofeedback, forensic evaluation, telemental health, and mediation. He is the Past President of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, and currently serves on the Board of Directors as  Parliamentarian & Ethics Committee Chair.In addition to being a prominent relationship counselor, Michael has presented at national conferences and to general audiences speaking on the topics of Direct and Inferential Communication, Transactional Analysis, Counselor Ethics, Counselor Laws and Rules, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Kink/Alternative Relationships, Life Styles Aware Counseling, and Laws, Rules, and Ethics in Mental Health Counseling.He has recently published his first book, Structured Relationship Theory: Nothing Less Would Have Sufficed.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.