About this episode

The episode discusses how BrainTap can help alleviate brain fog, fatigue, and poor sleep through light and sound therapy.

Your brain may be stuck in survival mode. That could be why fatigue, brain fog, and poor sleep refuse to budge no matter what you try. People with Long COVID, ME/CFS, and chronic fatigue often do everything right: clean up their diet, run labs, try every supplement, and they still don't recover. In this conversation, Patrick Porter, PhD, founder of BrainTap, explains why nervous system regulation may be the piece that keeps getting skipped. We cover how stress recovery, brainwave training, sleep quality, and brain fitness affect energy production, mental clarity, and the body's ability to heal. In this episode, you'll learn: Why chronic stress is often less of a problem than a lack of recovery How nervous system dysregulation can keep the body stuck in fight-or-flight mode The connection between brainwaves, energy production, and brain fog Why sleep quality matters more than simply spending more hours in bed How light, sound, and brainwave training are used to support neuroplasticity Practical strategies that may help improve focus, resilience, recovery, and sleep Guest: Patrick Porter, PhD is an award-winning author, speaker, and founder of BrainTap, a neuroscience-based…

People in this episode

Host: Evan H. Hirsch, MD

Guest: Patrick Porter, PhD

Topics covered

• brain health
• fatigue
• sleep quality
• nervous system regulation
• neuroplasticity
• brainwave training

Keywords

• brain fog
• fatigue
• sleep
• nervous system
• neuroplasticity
• brainwave training
• chronic fatigue
• Long COVID

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BrainTap, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Joe Rogan Experience

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