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These are exciting times here at Futurehealth.org.

This past week we took our podcast system live. Now, you can easily, and FOR FREE, access podcasts from my Futurehealth Radio Show. Links to the latest ones are included in the links to articles below. These are averaging 60-75 minutes each and they're the latest thinking and sometimes, some interesting historical anecdotes from some of the most influential people in the history of the field, who are, for the most part, still working at the cutting edges.

Podcasts Coming next week, (show airs on 1360 AM or www.wnjc1360.com

Peter Russell, author of the book, Global Brain,

and

Earl Miller, a neuroscientist working on Top down and bottom-up brain processes at MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. His observations about ADHD, Autism, attention, brain synchrony, based on fMRI and implanted microelectrode brain studies in humans and monkeys is fascinating and understandable english.

By sunday night, we will have the podcasts up, ready for download.

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By Rob Kall
Nate Zinsser; Sports Psychology, Preventing Soldier PTSD, Optimizing Winners, the Science of Confidence, the Heart of the Warrior

a wide ranging conversation with a true, cutting edge leader in Sports Psychology and Performance Enahancement, whose work has been adopted by the US army and used with tens of thousands of troops.

By Rob Kall
Les Fehmi & Susan Shor Fehmi; Open Focus, Attention, Brain Synchrony, Couples EEG Training

a wide ranging interview with Les and Susan, covering much of their work, Les's book, their approach to healing, their ideas about attention, about neurofeedback, about qEEG.

By tom collura
FLEXIBILITY AND APPROPRIATENESS -AN UNDERPINNING WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON
Flexibility and appropriateness of brain function are put into context, and show up at the core of many applications of neurofeedback. It is not so much an issue of "too much" or "too little" as it is one of the brain having the ability to be flexible and appropriate, to access brain states that are suited to the task or situation.

By Rob Kall
Paul Swingle; Brain Stim for Autism, Coma, PTSD; Tying Acupuncture to Neuro/Biofeedback

 Paul was a professor at University of Otawa and a lecturer at Harvard before he moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada, where he has one of the most successful neurofeedback practices anywhere.We explored a range of topics. Brain Dryver is non-volitional. stim for Autism, ADHD, With

By Mariella Fischer-Williams, MD, FRCP
The Neurology of Biofeedback; A Neuro-anatomical and Physiological Review
People commonly ask the questions : "Why?", "How does a thing work?" and "How can I fix it?". I do not attempt to answer "Why?" because it is a metaphysical question. Much of this article answers the question of "How can I fix it?".

By Lewis Mehl-Madrona
The Miracle of Peacefulness

Unfortunately, miracles cannot be guaranteed or produced on demand. What is more certain is our ability to cultivate a sense of peacefulness and meaning even in the face of illness. This is miraculous in itself given today's world and medical culture. So many people sit namelessly, faceless and alone on nursing home floors, passing the time before death.

By Vietta Sue Wilson
Electroencephalography and Sport; Review and Future Directions
The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the psychological traits and states that are believed necessary for performance in competitive sport. This information may help guide areas of brain research that could have a large practical impact upon enhancing performance. The paper will then focus on reviewing studies which used electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain processing in athletes.

By Jon Frederick
The Role of Mind Body Medicine in the Mind-Body Problem
It is commonly claimed that biofeedback increases conscious awareness of physiological processes that are otherwise subconscious. By measuring awareness explicitly, EEG state discrimination paradigms provide a quantitatively rigorous and largely unexplored method of observing the boundaries between consciousness and the brain.

By Rob Kall
Crosstraining for Body, Mind & Spirit; Integral Life Practice: Interview With Terry Patten

This is a transcript of my Jan 24th, 2010 interview with Terry Patten, co-author, with Ken Wilber and others, of Integral Life Practice; A 21st Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening. Terry was, on an earlier leg of his journey, founder of Tools for Exploration.

By Nancy White
Alpha-Theta Neurotherapy As a Multi-Level Matrix of Intervention

Alpha-Theta Neurotherapy, has been found in clinical practice, as in the original work of Elmer and Alyce Green and further developed by Eugene Peniston and described in his original research, to reduce or eliminate alcoholic craving while simultaneously addressing mental, emotional, physical and, at times, spiritual dimensions of alcoholism and surrounding issues.

Ski Gold Medal Winner Bilodeau's sports psychologist shares some advice, Including Biofeedback
"...if the heart is beating too fast or an athlete is sweating from feeling anxious, they must use biofeedback or other things they've been taught to regulate or self-manage themselves."

By Rob Kall
An interview with Joe Kamiya Inventor of Neurofeedback

Joe

By Rob Kall
Interview with Joel Lubar-- ADHD, LORETA, Z-Scores, History

Dr. Joel LubarSome notes taken

Olympic Gold Winner Says Neurofeedback Helped

Alexandre Bilodeau won the Men's Mogul event in Vancouver with the help of neurofeedback.

By Rob Kall
Obituary: Brian Costello

Brian was an incredibly energetic Australian force of nature, inspired by and passionately working on new ideas and approaches to biofeedback, usually with his southern California colleague, Russ Cassell. It was very common to get an email blast from Brian, overflowing with new ideas, copied to dozens, all over the world, giving credit and kudos to many.

By Jim Donovan
Yes, You Have Every Right to be Angry But . . .
Remaining angry at someone is like letting them live rent free in your head.

By Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Drug Abuse Prevention; Why do the American media avoid discussing research findings?

It is known that programs like Vancouver's Insite reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and of hepatitis C and reduce drug overdose. No evidence exists to support its spreading drug abuse.

By Dr. Clare Albright
Get in the Zone with Neurofeedback
Peak Performance can be enhanced with neurofeedback

By Rob Kall
Futurehealth Ames Schneider Gunkelman MTBI
The first Rob Kall Futurehealth Radio show, with Gary Ames, Carol Schneider and Jay Gunkelman discuss LENS, Neurocare, Minimal Traumatic Brain Injury, qEEG, working with the military, new ways to describe neurofeedback to get paid for doing it, helping wake coma victims.

By Rob Kall
Gary Schummer; Working with ADD ADHD with Neurofeedback, with the system

Neuropsychologist specializing in Neurofeedback, Brain Mapping, / qEEG, particularly with ADHD attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

By Judith Acosta
The Right to Expect?
It is, or so we believed, our natural birthright. Birds did it. Bees did it. We did it. Just like that. In fact, most of the women visiting fertility specialists right now were afraid of getting pregnant and, for years, juggled IUD's, diaphragms, condoms, and pills to protect themselves from what they felt would be inevitable if they didn't cover themselves with creams and impermeable membranes.

By Dr. Clare Albright
How Neurofeedback Therapy Can Help Athletes Reach Peak Performance Levels
Can neurofeedback help athletes to reach peak performance levels?

By Rob Kall
Your Biofeedback Practitioner's Hero's Journey

Joseph Campbell described a mythic pattern that any hero, any person going through a process of growth and increased personal awareness experiences. This model works very well for biofeedback practitioners, describing the stages, steps, experiences, problems, opportunities, challenges and rewards you can expect to encounter on your path to becoming a master of the world of biofeedback.

By Kirtley Thornton
A Cost/Benefit Analysis of Different Intervention Models for LD/Special Ed. Students

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By Pam Oltman
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By Thomas Budzynski
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By Siegfried Othmer, Ph.D.
Our Declining State of Health
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By Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Treatment Programs -" Do they work?
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