CalmWaves: Brain Health and Performance

About CalmWaves: Brain Health and Performance

Unlocking Brain Potential: Dive deep with Dr. Doug Cowan and Dallas Cowan, leveraging his 35 years of expertise in mental health, as we explore cutting-edge technologies, innovative techniques, and holistic philosophies to enhance brain health and performance. From optimizing athletic prowess to aiding veterans with PTSD, discover ways to amplify your brain's capacity and agility.

Publisher

Dallas Cowan and Dr. Doug Cowan

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Feb 2022

Latest episode

23 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Jul 2026

   029: Tiffany Lewis - The Surprising Power of Neurofeedback to Regulate Trauma in Just One Month

   What if the key to transforming lives suffering from trauma, grief, and complex emotional wounds is not just talk therapy, but a scientifically backed process that rewires the brain in weeks instead of months? Tiffany Lewis, a trailblazing therapist in El Salvador, shares her groundbreaking method of combining direct neurofeedback with trauma-focused techniques to unlock resilience and healing at an astonishing rate — sometimes in just one month.Imagine a world where traumatic memories no longer trap you in the past — where post-traumatic stress, grief, and emotional blocks are systematically broken down using technology that regulates the nervous system and facilitates subconscious healing. Tiffany’s journey from traditional therapy to harnessing neurofeedback’s power has revolutionized her work, helping over 18,000 sessions in just three years, with a method that scales quickly and deeply impacts each individual’s recovery. In this episode, you're going to discover: How neurofeedback acts as a ‘regulator’ for the nervous system, opening up the window for trauma processing and lasting change. The unique dance of calming and processing trauma — and why healing often requires going back and forth between regulation and processing. Surprising insights into how trauma impacts the brain’s ability to imagine, learn, and hope — and how neurofeedback can reverse those effects. The secrets behind Tiffany’s rapid, scalable treatment model that enables her to serve up to 40 clients a day — a feat that defies typical mental health limits. How this innovative approach is empowering organizations like nonprofits to expand access to trauma healing resources worldwide, especially in underserved communities. If you're a therapist, mental health advocate, or someone seeking trauma recovery strategies that work fast and scale, this episode is a must-listen. Tiffany’s story from the frontline in El Salvador, her scientific breakthroughs, and her visionary plans with Restore the Last nonprofit will leave you inspired and equipped to rethink what’s possible in trauma treatment.Join us to explore the science, hope, and potential of neurofeedback-driven healing — transforming trauma from a lifetime sentence into a chapter of resilience.

2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   028: Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World) — Paying Your Dues & the Value That's Nailed to the Wall

   Dallas sits down with Zach Lind, drummer of Jimmy Eat World, on tour for the 25th anniversary of Bleed American. They get past soundcheck and into the internal game: how Zach stays locked in after thousands of shows by treating every song as a chance to get 1% better, why he tells himself "every song is a dance song" to sink into the pocket, and the posture and visual-cue resets he uses when a show starts slipping. Zach opens up about the grind behind the breakthrough — getting dropped by Capitol, firing their manager, and self-funding Bleed American on nothing but delusional self-belief and a few fans showing up to half-empty bars. Growing up around his dad's minor league clubhouses taught him what paying your dues really looks like, and it shows up in how he talks to his own son about staying process-driven in an age of endless comparison. The through-line is a simple, durable idea: your value is "already nailed to the wall" — intrinsic, not earned through rankings or results — and self-improvement works better when it's built on that foundation. Dallas and Zach also connect the dots between drumming warmups, bilateral stimulation, EMDR, and nervous-system regulation, tying it back to CalmWaves' mission of helping people heal the body and mind. A conversation about performance, presence, gratitude, and building something you believe in — even when the room is empty.

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   027: Mike Ahmed — Building Identity, Mindset & Performance with Seven Pillar

   In this episode of the CalmWaves Podcast, Dallas Cowan sits down with Mike Ahmed — former pro baseball player (drafted by the Dodgers, seven seasons in the minors) turned performance coach and co-founder of Seven Pillar, the holistic athlete development platform he built with his brother Nick Ahmed. Mike breaks down his framework for high performance, starting with the pillar he says athletes neglect most: identity. His "Three S's" — Self-worth, Story, and Standards — give a refreshingly tangible definition of a word that usually stays vague. From there, the conversation covers coaching as relationship and trust, why your job as a coach is to make athletes their own best coach, the danger of one-size-fits-all coaching, and how the psychological and physiological sides of performance work together. Mike also shares the turning points in his own journey — leaving the game during COVID, learning to trust his gut as a player, and the faith foundation that shaped how he and Nick built Seven Pillar. Find Seven Pillar: Website: https://sevenpillar.co (https://sevenpillar.co) Instagram & X: @sevenpillar

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