Anxiety & Chronic Stress
When your brain is stuck in overdrive, it can feel like you’re always “on” – even when you’re exhausted. Brain reset and optimization can help your nervous system relearn calm, whether you’re here in Colorado Springs or training from home.
If This Sounds Like You, You’re Not Alone
Anxiety and chronic stress don’t always look like panic attacks. More often they look like:
- A brain that won’t shut off at night
- Constant “what if” thinking and worst‑case scenarios
- Feeling wired and tired at the same time
- Snapping at people you love over small things
- Tight chest, shallow breathing, racing heart
- Feeling on edge in crowds, stores, or at work
- Never really relaxing, even when you should be “off the clock”
These physical symptoms are part of the somatic side of anxiety, where the body carries tension even when the mind tries to relax.
Most people blame themselves: “I should be coping better.”
In reality, their brain has built habits around survival, not ease and capacity.
Your Brain Is Not Broken. It’s Overprotective.
Your brain and nervous system are always trying to take care of you.
After enough stress, loss, or overload, they can get stuck in habits like:
- Hypervigilance (“always on guard”)
- Fight/flight reactivity (irritability, anger, panic
- Freeze/shutdown (numb, checked out, flat)
These patterns also disrupt emotional regulation, which is why even small stresses feel overwhelming.
These are learned brain habits. They helped you get through hard seasons – but now they’re running even when you’re relatively safe.
The good news: just like any habit, brain habits can be changed.
Brain reset and optimization don’t “force” you to be calm. They give your brain real‑time information so it can:
- Notice when it’s slipping intoold, inefficient patterns
- Practice shifting into more balanced, regulated states
- Build new, healthier habits for how it responds to life
Over time, many clients report:
- Less background anxiety
- Fewer spikes of overwhelm
- Feeling more like “themselves” again
How Brain Reset & Optimization Support Anxiety
For anxiety and chronic stress, we typically focus on:
- Stabilizing the nervous system soyour baseline is calmer
- Improving sleep quality, since poor sleep worsens anxiety
- Supporting focus and decision‑making, so you don’t feel as scattered
- Softening fight/flight responses, so you react less and respond more
- Building stronger stress resilience so everyday challenges feel more manageable
Tools we may use (depending on your plan):
- Dynamical neurofeedback for whole‑brain regulation and resilience (Brain Reset Foundation)
- Linear neurofeedback when we need more targeted regional support
- HEG training to support prefrontal focus and emotional regulation
- tPBM light therapy to support cellular energy, recovery, and sleep
- Coaching for habits, boundaries, and stress‑reducing routines
We’ll design a plan based on your goals, history, and capacity – not a one‑size‑fits‑all protocol.
In‑Person or At‑Home: Which Is Better for Anxiety?
Both paths can help; the “best” one depends on your situation and capacity.
In‑Person Brain Reset (Colorado Springs) is often best if:
- Your anxiety is severe or long‑standing
- You want hands‑on support and a quiet, dedicated space
- You may benefit from additional in‑center tools like QEEG, HEG, tPBM, or BioMat
At‑Home Brain Reset is often best if:
- You prefer to train in the safety and comfort of your own space
- You have kids or teens who do better at home than in an office
- Your schedule or location makes in‑person sessions hard
Both in‑person and at‑home brain training offer a non‑medication, drug‑free way to support reduced anxiety and a more balanced nervous system.
Not sure which fits you best? That’s exactly what the Brain Plan Call is for.
What Clients With Anxiety & Stress Notice
"I started with Raquel when I was dealing with significant insomnia and anxiety. It was affecting my life every day and I was starting to feel like I was broken beyond repair… I recently remarked to a friend that I feel ‘the most like me’ I’ve felt in a long time. The anxiety is so much less and I feel like I have enough skills to manage it so much better.”
“Neurofeedback has been so helpful to my life struggles with anxiety and feeling overwhelmed – it has calmed me and helped so much with thinking clearer.”
“At the lowest point of my life, life felt so dreadful I began welcoming death… After brain training I finally experienced a sense of peace. My thoughts became positive instead of constantly filled with war and abuse. I feel hopeful again.”
“I used to have panic moments 3–5 times a day and slept 2–3 hours a night. After sessions, my mind finally calmed down. I sleep, I don’t obsess, and I can actually let things go. It’s made a tremendous impact on my life, my marriage, and my parenting.”
You Don’t Have to Manage This Alone
If anxiety and chronic stress have been running your life, it’s not because you’re weak. Your brain has just been stuck in protective habits for along time.
We’ll help you:
- Understand what your brain has been doing and why
- Choose a realistic starting plan (in‑person, at‑home, or tools‑first)
- Support your brain in building calmer, more balanced patterns over time
