🚨 Should Life Coaches Be Licensed? The Risks & Science Behind Mental Health Coaching 🚨

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Join us for another NeuroNoodle Neurofeedback Podcast episode featuring Jay Gunkelman, QEEGD (the man who has read over 500,000 brain scans) and Dr. Mari Swingle (author of i-Minds). Hosted by Pete Jansons, this episode dives into the controversy around unlicensed life coaches, the role of neurofeedback in mental health, and why executive coaching could benefit from EEG scans.

✅ Topics Discussed:
✅ Should life coaches be licensed to discuss mental health?
✅ The dangers of unregulated mental health coaching
✅ How neurofeedback can optimize brain function
✅ What EEGs reveal about procrastination and motivation
✅ The role of TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) in mental health treatment
✅ How executive coaching could benefit from brain scans

⏱️ Key Moments:
0:00 Show Start
0:24 Bill aims to prevent unlicensed life coaches from practicing mental health therapy 👉 https://www.ksl.com/article/51238579/...
1:36 California’s Non-Licensed Practitioner Law
9:31 What Can a Life Coach Help With? Procrastination?
10:12 Get the Raw EEG Data First
10:58 Look for Phenotypes in EEG
12:56 What Data Should Be Looked at Before You Get a Coach or a Coach Looks at You?
13:55 What Does Procrastination in EEG Look Like?
14:05 Anterior Cingulate and Its Role in Motivation
15:38 EEG Patterns Linked to Addiction, ADD, OCD
18:18 Combining Neurofeedback With Stimulation Technologies
18:37 Using TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) for Mental Health Treatment
20:25 Neurofeedback in Conjunction With TMS for Optimal Brain Function
21:38 Companies Pay Good Money to Screen Their Executives, So Why Don’t They Include EEG or Sleep Tests?
23:50 Benzodiazepines Mess Up Your Sleep and Can Cause Long-Term Cognitive Issues
26:50 Ronald J. Swatzyna, PhD Wife’s EEG Story 👉 https://www.hnbraincenter.com/team-me...
31:10 EEG Phenotypes Are Predictors of Treatment, Unlike DSM-5 Diagnoses
32:10 What About Genome Testing for Mental Health?
36:57 Executive Selection Screening Companies for CEOs Don’t Look at Health Markers—Should They?
38:50 Should the NFL Use EEG for Combine Athlete Testing?
41:44 How Can You Tell Who’s the Best Employee Candidate?
42:22 Q/A Session Reference: TMS and Mental Health
44:47 How to Use EEG to Target TMS for Precise Brain Stimulation
48:00 Martijn Arns’ Research on Cardiac Deceleration With TMS
49:56 Should a TMS and EEG Amplifier Company Merge?
55:11 Gunkelmentary Documentary—Where Can We Watch It?

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