Throughout my life I have struggled with a degree, which has varied extremely, of emotional “unwellness.” I have sought out help for these challenges, trying to keep an open mind to holistic approaches, medicinal approaches, physical activity, nutrition, acupuncture, massage, support groups, therapy and finally, NeurOptimal therapy. Some of my challenges have been reactivity, impulsivity, addiction, distracting, living inside my head and outside of the truth, fear, PTSD, restlessness, sleeplessness, extreme pms and poor self care. Needless to say these challenges have often made it difficult to achieve emotional stability and have affected my personal relationships, particularly in my adulthood. I have seen a great amount of positive change in my life over the years as a result of staying diligent in “getting better.” On some level every attempt through every different avenue I have taken to remedy some of these things has given me a measure of relief, some more than others. At some point it was made clear to me that my brain was reacting and going down pathways it had traveled for years, and as a result causing me some troubles. I felt powerless to some of my thoughts and behaviors. I sincerely wanted to handle situations with grace, patience and understanding. After having a rough emotional day(s) and that affecting myself and others I would often have remorse and guilt and question why I would go to certain places and certain behaviors. NeurOptimal brain training and coaching was recommended to me several months ago. And although I had no idea what is was about and what it would do I remained willing and opened to suggestions. I am very pleased with my experience thus far with Michael and NeurOptimal. I have seen a considerable shift over the months of working with him. My concentration has been much better. I am able to read more, finish tasks and projects that I would have once not completed. I no longer take certain medications that were prescribed to me for mood stabilization and I feel very happy about that from a personal belief standpoint. I have gone from reacting to everything, sometimes with anger and/or fear, to responding to things after pausing before doing anything else. This is probably the biggest change I have seen and its had the greatest positive impact on my relationships. I am also sleeping much better which makes it easier to practice self-care. I started incorporating meditation into my life a couple of years ago and since doing this brain training the meditation has become easier to do and I can sit for longer than before. I have also been able to identify more quickly when my mind is in a delusional trance and/or when I am hormonally challenged and take affirmative action to treat those things with care. The beauty of NeurOptimal training is that I don’t have to do much besides show up, sit down and relax while listening to some wonderful meditation tunes. I have left each session with Michael feeling better than when I came in. Besides the brain work that has enhanced my life, working with Michael has also done so. He spends time talking to me about what we are doing, the changes I have seen and just ordinary life stuff. I thought I would give the NeurOptimal training a try and now I consider the sessions an integral part of my self-care plan.