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Neurofeedback FAQ

  • NeurOptimal® is an advanced neuro-technology that offers training to the brain, enabling it to function at its best.

    NeurOptinmal® Neurofeedback is an advanced form of Brain Training Technology.  It is a safe, natural, non-invasive, drug-free, effective method grounded in decades of evidence-based clinical research that allows the brain to restore healthy mental processes and achieve life changing results.

    Neurofeedback uses real-time displays of brain activity through the use of electroencephalography (EEG), to teach self-regulation of brain function.It teaches brain self-regulation across the range of emotional, sensory and cognitive functions. It provides invaluable insights to your brain, enabling it to reorganize itself for optimal performance. As a result, clients typically experience enhanced physical and emotional well-being.

  • It measures your brain’s activity 256 times per second and provides feedback in real-time via audio / l interruptions with visual elements supporting your brain to optimise itself, just like looking at yourself in a mirror and self-correcting. It works best with each person’s individual brain, and is the only dynamical neurofeedback system available, and used by a range of wellness professionals. Furthermore, the NeurOptimal® neurofeedback system engages your central nervous system to support neural plasticity. A flexible mind adapts more easily to the different changes we encounter every day.

  • Everyone can train with this system! No age barriers. Anyone who wants to improve their focus, confidence, experience greater calm, mental acuity and performance, whilst also supporting you to manage stress. NeurOptimal® is designed to optimise your well-being.

  • Although there is a wide range of benefits, the quickest to notice is that training sessions:

    • improve memory, concentration, attention and focus

    • speed of learning and depth of comprehension

    • quiet mind chatter

    • improve positive attitude

    • improve mental agility

    • improve resilience

    • improve quality of decision making (such as problem solving, creative and innovative thinking)

    • improve resilience to stress and fatigue, reduce burnout

    • improve productivity and performance

    • improve emotional stability, regulation and general confidence

  • One of the features of Neurofeedback is that it is very safe because the person is able to change at their own rate without any forcing of the process. In addition, everyone is starting from a different place with a different history and they are coming for different reasons. Some achieve their desired outcome in ten sessions. Most require between ten and twenty sessions, with some requiring more. Remember, you do not need to do ten or twenty sessions to experience benefits as this will be evident within the first few sessions. Neurofeedback is not a quick fix; it is a program that allows your brain and central nervous system to release old habits and re-train itself in a healthier form which takes commitment on your part in the form of regular sessions.  The total number of sessions required differs from person to person.

  • Neurofeedback is a safe, non-invasive therapy with no known harmful side effects. It uses real-time EEG sensors to gently guide your brain back into balance, promoting natural self-regulation. While most clients experience positive changes like reduced anxiety and better focus, some may feel temporary fatigue as their brain adjusts. The process is natural and personalised to make sure it’s a safe and comfortable experience.

  • The response differs based on the client because every brain is unique. A person’s self-awareness affects how long it takes to detect improvements. Clients who are more conscious of their thought patterns, emotions, and body sensations typically notice quicker. Many people start to notice differences between 1-5 sessions.

  • Neurofeedback brain training is safe. Over the past 40 years, numerous varieties of neurofeedback have been created, including linear, neurostimulators, fMRI, and dynamical. The initial generation, also known as protocol neurofeedback, was linear. NeurOptimal® is an advanced Dynamical Neurofeedback system that uses advanced speed and power through computers and it’s safe and effective.

  • As changes become more stable, they will become your new norm and will remain with you through your lifetime.  It’s like learning how to read or swim - once you know how, you can’t not know, although you may get rusty.  However, your brain is living tissue and can get thrown off by stress, chemicals, hormonally changes, an anesthetic, head injury or other challenge. If this happens to you, a few booster sessions will help your brain return to its good place.

  • I have helped hundreds of clients in all areas with my unique therapeutic approach developed from my extensive professional development and my own journey to heal myself. I will teach you the techniques, strategies and practices that I uses in my own life so you can transform your life, find freedom, happiness and thrive.

  • You will sit in a comfortable chair and simply relax. Five sensors in total are secured to your head and ears. Two are applied to your scalp and ear clips to your ears. These sensors allow NeurOptimal® to read the delicate electrical activity of your brain.

    Then as you are listening to relaxing music you may hear brief pauses and interruptions in the music indicating NeurOptimal® is at work and giving your brain feedback to make adjustments. These interruptions in the music invite your central nervous system to pull away from this less-than-ideal path and bring you back to the present moment.

    Despite the complexity during the Neurofeedback session no effort is required from you at all! Simply relax and enjoy the 33minute session while your brain does all the work until it becomes your new normal and your brain functions more efficiently, effectively and comfortably. 

    You will know when the session has finished as the music stops. You may feel immediately more relaxed, refreshed and clear headed after your session.

Dietless Life FAQ

  • This program is the first of it’s kind, there is nothing like this on the market and will free you from the ever having to diet again as you will find ‘food freedom’ and fall in love with your body as you release what has been holding you back that has been stopping your efforts to lose weight. 

    Nicky Tangney is one of the first globally and first in Australia to be trained by Marisa Peer, with her new revolutionary program Dietless Life. Marisa Peer has been voted Britain’s best therapist in the UK for many years. I feel very privileged to be the first trained in this expertise and like it changed my life I would like it to change yours too.

  • Nicky Tangney is one of the first globally and first in Australia to be trained by Marisa Peer, with her new revolutionary program Dietless Life. industry.

    Being trained by Marisa Peer and using the Dietless Life Program to heal her own weight issues Nicky Tangney has developed her own special program, to deliver these powerful methods to help you find ‘food freedom’, get to your ideal weight, but most of all to change the way you view yourself and your body.

    Nicky’s number one priority for all her clients is to first heal their relationship with themselves and develop true self-love.

    Nicky Tangney has helped hundreds of clients in all areas with her unique therapeutic approach developed from her extensive professional development and her own journey to heal herself. Nicky will teach you the techniques, strategies and practices that she uses in her own life so you can transform your life, find freedom, happiness and thrive. 

  • This program is perfect for those wanting to uncover the root cause of their weight issue, stop the overeating, binge eating, emotional eating  and find ‘food freedom’ as you free yourself from the shackles of the ‘diet industry’ insanity. 

  • This program resets your mind and your relationship with your body and with food. 

    This is not just a weightloss program but with my complete holistic approach this program will affect so many areas of your life as I will teach you self-love whilst also rewiring you to think differently about your body, food and so much more. 

    When you're in the womb, food is there 24 hours a day. It's like having 24-hour room service. Babies are born believing that food is always there: "I feed when I want to." It's almost impossible to get a baby to overeat - even a one-year-old - because they still have that wiring. Things only change as they get older, when their parents say, "Don't leave that; it's a waste. Do you know how much that cost?”

    Did you know that every time you restrict calories, you reduce the likelihood of your diet working? That's because your resting metabolic rate decreases each time you diet, and it doesn't go up again. Then, when you regain and start carrying excess weight, your resting metabolic rate drops further. And this is the damage dieting does to you. More dieting simply can't fix this.

    This program can increase your metabolic rate, improve your digestion and change your taste buds, leaving you preferring healthy food and limiting the junk. It won't feel restrictive or like hard work and I am here to guide you every step of the way.

  • Have you ever tried to change a habit using your strongest willpower, only to discover a week later that you've fallen back into the same old pattern of behaviour?

    Hypnosis works by getting to the root cause—digging deeper, to specifically rewire your subconscious mind and change your habits for good.

    Most of us aren't aware of what drives our habits and behaviours because of subconscious blocks, so we self-sabotage. Therefore, we continue to run the same patterns repeatedly and get stuck in a rut.

    To truly understand our mind, we need to change it at its core. Unless we change at the root, no matter what we try to change at the surface level, we'll always revert too old, familiar patterns of behaviour, which, of course, feels very frustrating.

    Imagine your mind is like an elastic band: it continues to bounce back to only what it knows. Hypnosis stretches and breaks that 'elastic band' entirely. In other words, when you use your hypnosis audio, your mind will stretch, breaking the old behaviour and making a new pathway—a brand new habit, habit of thinking and habit of action.

    Hypnosis also gets extraordinary results because it works on our emotional state. We have a conscious, 'logical' mind' and a subconscious, 'feeling mind.' Our subconscious emotions and feelings will always defeat the logical part of our mind. That's why your hypnosis audio will help reprogram your mind to tackle any fears and blocks your rational (conscious) mind simply cannot reach.

  • Diets don't work: diets have an almost 98% failure rate. No one can stay on a diet for more than six weeks. The real problem with dieting is that when a diet fails, people never say the diet failed; they say, "I failed" and "I failed to stick to a diet.”

    You cannot stick to a diet. So this is an anti-diet program that works. This program shows you that staying on a diet makes you addicted to the process of constantly trying new diets and being in a cycle of always needing to diet. It makes you understand that this is not your fault; you didn't design hideous foods full of sugar, unhealthy fats, and addictive chemicals.

    With this program you will move away from these foods that are toxic and move towards healthier more nutritious foods that nourish your body. 

  • I’ve been there - I’ve got ALL the diet and weight loss injection and juice cleanse stories. Dietless Life works because it’s not another quick fix. I help you change your mindset and get to the deep emotional issues that diets overlook. If you’re feeling stuck, this is exactly what you need to break free.

  • I guarantee that you will get results if you put the time and energy into listening to your recording consistently for 30 days and being involved in our coaching sessions so you can learn the unique strategies and techniques I will teach you so you can truly transform.

    I am with you every step of the way with unlimited access to me so I can guide you, support you and teach you a new way.

  • Yes, Absolutely. I will make you a phenomonel bespoke recording for you to listen to which will change your relationship with yourself and give you ‘food freedom’. This recording will cement the positive changes and rewires your subconscious mind for lasting transformation. It is essential this is listened to for 30 days.

  • I’m with you every step of the way. My clients are everything to me and I’ll work with you to make sure you get what you need to succeed.  

Transformational Hypnotherapy FAQ

  • Hypnotherapy (Rapid Transformational Therapy®) is a powerful method that gets right to the heart of what’s holding you back.

    RTT® works differently to traditional therapies as traditional talk therapies focus on what's happening in your conscious mind whereas Rapid Transformational Therapy® uses a dynamic blend of various therapy techniques such as hypnosis, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), regression therapy, inner child work, emotional wound healing and recovery therapy.

    I will guide you through the process of Hypnotherapy by communicating to your subconscious mind which will uncover the real reasons behind your struggles that are causing destructive, unwanted behaviours so you can release the emotional burdens that are holding you back.

    One of the best parts about Hypnotherapy combined with therapeutic coaching is the rapid results you get. You don’t have to spend endless sessions with me talking about your issues like traditional therapies. You can change your beliefs, habits and thoughts at a subconscious level which is where the real change happens so you can find true freedom from your issue.

  • Have you ever tried to change a habit using your strongest willpower, only to discover a week later that you've fallen back into the same old pattern of behaviour?

    Hypnosis in a Rapid Transformational Therapy Session works by getting to the root cause—digging deeper, to specifically rewire your subconscious mind and change your habits for good.

    Most of us aren't aware of what drives our habits and behaviours because of subconscious blocks, so we self-sabotage. Therefore, we continue to run the same patterns repeatedly and get stuck in a rut.

    To truly understand our mind, we need to change it at its core. Unless we change at the root, no matter what we try to change at the surface level, we'll always revert too old, familiar patterns of behaviour, which, of course, feels very frustrating.

    Imagine your mind is like an elastic band: it continues to bounce back to only what it knows. Hypnosis stretches and breaks that 'elastic band' entirely. In other words, when you use your hypnosis audio, your mind will stretch, breaking the old behaviour and making a new pathway—a brand new habit, habit of thinking and habit of action.

    Hypnosis also gets extraordinary results because it works on our emotional state. We have a conscious, 'logical' mind' and a subconscious, 'feeling mind.' Our subconscious emotions and feelings will always defeat the logical part of our mind. That's why your hypnosis audio will help reprogram your mind to tackle any fears and blocks your rational (conscious) mind simply cannot reach.

  • Hypnotherapy works by uncovering the deep-rooted beliefs and emotional patterns that drive your self-sabotage. Whether it’s lacking confidence, procrastinating, or feeling stuck in self-doubt, Hypnosis helps you break free by reprogramming your mind to work for you, not against you.

  • There are three types of change from Rapid Transformational Therapy – every person is different:

    1. Immediate: You feel a massive shift right away – immediate changes in your physiology, thoughts and behaviours right in the session.

    2. Incremental: You see consistent shifts every day, or over time.

    3. Retroactive: You don’t see the shifts right away and then one day you suddenly look back and see all of the things that are different in your life.

    You may experience a combination of the three.

  • I understand you feel apprehensive but let me reassure you, Hypnotherapy is completely safe, and you’re always in control. Hypnosis is a natural state of being, infact we go in and out of hypnosis daily.

    Hypnosis is a relaxed state of focus where your mind is more open to positive change. You’re fully aware throughout the process and won’t do or say anything you don’t want to. It’s about helping you find clarity and understanding so you can be free of your issue as you can’t heal what you don’t understand.

  • If you go back to scenes from your life that are related to things like sexual or physical abuse, or other trauma, it’s important to remember that you are not reliving that scene, you are simply reviewing it and that you are safe. I will support and nurture you through this process and create a safe space for you to express your emotions and heal.

  • RTT® is designed to give you a powerful breakthrough and create big changes in your life. Some clients may need more than one session on a particular issue, depending on how deep it is it can take up to three sessions. Some clients want to keep doing sessions to work on other areas of their life. For both these reasons I offer different packages and can create custom packages for clients.

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