My name is Renee Willson, and I’m the founder of NeurPhoria Neurofeedback.

That’s “Neur” — for brain. And “Phoria” — as in a very nice place to be.
Because that’s the goal: helping your brain become a better place to live.

Our tagline is:
Where you health yourself. Train your brain. Change your life.

Because that’s what neurofeedback is — a training, not a treatment.
A way to show your brain what it’s doing so it can begin to do better.

Before I launched NeurPhoria, I lived through what can only be described as a full nervous system breakdown.

I began working for Alberta’s Children’s Emergency Department. I then moved to the great white north for a change of scenery.

I spent 7.5 years in the Arctic, working in emergency response.
Shift work disrupted my circadian Rhythm.
I suffered three deeply personal losses in quick succession, hitting one after the other. Sprinkled with a couple big trauma situations.

Add the Arctic’s extremes—20 hours of darkness, 20 hours of daylight, and punishing extreme temperatures...

Minus 63 is a cold that doesn’t just sting — it inhabits you!

The slow drip of chronic stress and trauma was like an invisible drip – subtle at first, but steady and corrosive.

Until one day, I simply shut down.

I was medically exhausted. Traumatized. Anxious. Depressed. Malnourished. My Adrenals failed.
I was unable to sleep.

My body was so tense I couldn’t stretch my arms out. My arms actually curled in. I couldn’t open my jaw. I thought I was having heart attacks but they were panic attacks apparently.

Basically, my system had locked into survival mode - and it was terrifying.

I tried everything: all kinds of therapy, yoga, even giving up on my dream... my home, moving back to Ontario where I was born and raised.

But nothing worked.

I was staring down a life sentence — medicated and never fully recovering.

Desperate, I picked up the book, the Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk— And there it was: a chapter on neurofeedback.

Something inside me lit up.

I found a practitioner a few counties over.
And with nothing left to lose, I dove in – hard.

I committed to daily sessions for 3 months while off work.

And it worked.

My brain recalibrated.
My nervous system stabilized.
And I got the keys back to my emotions.

I started sleeping again. Laughing again.
Living again. Wanting to get up and take care of myself. I could look myself in the mirror again. My body relaxed.

It was like a cheat code for my life’s computer.
that actually worked.

That transformation is what drives me. I’ve lived it.
Now I’m on a mission to help others find the same peace —
with what I lovingly call a “bougie” mental health experience.
A spa day for your brain.

Because trauma isn’t just emotional — it’s neurological.

Our approach is grounded in neuroplasticity, biofeedback, and the brain’s ability to self-regulate.

The brain stores life, trauma, stress….whatever you want to label it as.. All of the above!

In patterns: 

Hypervigilance. Shutdown. Emotional Numbness. Overreaction. Insomnia, to name only a few!

But here’s the good news:
Just like the brain learned those patterns, it can unlearn them.

That’s the heart of what we do at NeurPhoria Neurofeedback.

What Neurofeedback Is – Mirror, Not Manual

So, what is neurofeedback?

Neurofeedback is advanced, non-invasive brain training that shows your brain what it’s doing— in real time so it can self-correct.
No talking. No reliving.
Just calm recalibration, rooted in your brain’s neuroplasticity.

Healing doesn’t have to be hard.
Sometimes, the brain just needs a mirror—not a manual.

After all, it’s the one that got you here.
Let it do the work to get you out!

I call it Neuro Justice!

**That’s a lil nerd humor there for ya.

A session is simple: sit in a cozy recliner—heated, if you like.
EEG Sensors go on your scalp.
They don’t “do” anything to your brain—they simply listen.

We dim the lights, it smells good in there, Lemon grass or other subtle relaxing scent.  

Your brainwaves are monitored 256 times per second.

When the system detects dysregulation—like anxious over-arousal or depressive under-arousal—
it sends subtle feedback to your brain in the form a skip in music, a flicker on computer screen.

Basically, the technology reflects back what your brain is doing in the moment.

This cues your brain to scan and self-adjust—like a rumble strip for your nervous system.

Over time, your brain builds new pathways.
It learns to stay calm, clear, and stable.

Another way to say this is..

Your brain is getting information to see the patterns of dysregulation so it can learn to let that shhhhh go…

This isn’t about you trying harder... It’s about your brain realizing it has better options.

Like a rumble strip on the highway —
You drift off-course, and the road gently reminds you with sound: hey, let’s get back to center.

That’s neurofeedback.

It sounds simple—but it’s profoundly effective, thanks to your brain.

Your brain isn’t a machine to push; it’s an intelligent, adaptive system that responds to information.

It needs accurate data.

Neurofeedback provides that in a way your brain understands—
because it respects the brain’s innate ability to adapt and self-correct.

Neurofeedback works at the source—your brain’s electrical activity.
That’s what sets it apart from talk therapy, which works more with thoughts and memories.

This is healing from the inside out.

And because you're training your brain to function better on its own,
you're not dependent on me or the technology.

You’re creating lasting change from within.

This is healing with an endgame.

This approach is backed by 60 years of science.

Originally discovered by researchers like Barry Sterman, it’s been used by NASA, Olympic athletes, The Vancouver Canucks and elite performers. There is a great blog on my website about the Vancouver Canuck using Neurofeedback if you want to check it out. 

High level executives use neurofeedback to stay sharp, think fast, and perform under pressure.

Now, I bring this technology not to billionaires—
but to working-class warriors.
The parents. The caregivers. The burnt-out professionals. The real MVPs carrying the team, who need it just as much—if not more.

At NeurPhoria Neurofeedback, you’ll find a sanctuary—not a clinic.
No cold rooms. No reliving trauma.
Just warmth and space for your brain to rest and reset

Neurofeeback helps with:

• ADHD & focus

• PTSD & trauma

• Anxiety & depression

• Sleep issues, burnout, emotional overwhelm

• Concussions and “Chemo Brain” Recovery

• And reaching peak performance.

I want to side step here. I wasn’t blessed with the ability to have children. And I have so much respect for parents, so this is always a soft spot for me.

If you’re a parent — or work with kids — this next part might hit home.

Right now, we are seeing a massive surge in children being prescribed stimulant medications for ADHD. In some regions, prescriptions have increased by more than 40% over the past decade alone.

These medications can help in the short term —and I am not a doctor and always listen to your doctor and don’t take your kids off medication with out a doctor but what I do know… is Neurofeedback.

These medications also come with side effects, especially in young, developing bodies.
One of the most common? Appetite suppression.

So now we have children in their formative years — years when their brains are literally building themselves — and they’re not eating enough.

And we know what malnourishment does to cognitive and emotional development long term.

We’re treating attention with medication, but we may be compromising growth, mood, and resilience in the process. Also, its hard to focus when your hungry!

In the United States, neurofeedback is recognized as a Level 1 – Best Support intervention for ADHD.
That’s the same tier as medication.

But unlike medication, neurofeedback doesn’t add anything artificial. It teaches the brain to regulate itself — naturally.

And we’re seeing incredible outcomes. Kids who were unable to focus for five minutes are now sitting through class. Kids who couldn’t sleep are now resting through the night. And parents? They’re getting their child back. My best friend is one of those parents.

Neurofeedback doesn’t sedate a child. It empowers them. And it protects their future by nourishing their brain — not numbing it.

I also want to point out this this great for the men out there.

There is "MEN"-TAL Health that fits the male physce now! Neurofeedback is perfect for men, who, in my personal opinion, don’t have as many options as women and even children these days.

Men have actually been my number one client base, unexpectedly, and here is why I think.  Men are scientific. They are comfortable with machinery and mechanics. So, this technology fits that bill for them.  

They also, don’t have to talk about their feelings to feel better! They don’t have to talk at all. Their brain does all the work. They, like all my clients, just get to show up, relax and let their brain do the work!

This leads me to my next point.  

It’s not about erasing emotions. Its about getting our various emotions back in to healthy levels so we can use them appropriately in the world.

We need anxiety — it’s what gets us out of burning buildings.
We just don’t need it screaming during breakfast and all day long when you’re in a meeting, at the grocery store, when you are trying to sleep or all of the above!

With neurofeedback, you’re not suppressing your emotions.
You’re reclaiming your response to them.

Imagine waking up with 40–60% less anxiety… without medication.
Imagine focus that doesn’t take a fight.
Imagine not just coping — but living.

Imagine being able to look at an old trigger and seeing it for what it is and being able to put it away.

Neurofeedback doesn’t stop life but it helps, in time, empty your over flowing bucket so you have the capacity to get through life a lot smoother.

Think about what that the means to your relationships and interactions with those around you.

With your partner or kids.

If you go from level 10 to a level 4 on the scale of shit.. imagine how much better your interactions will get with the people you love and when you can show up better for them. That rubs off on them and they show up better for you and they pay it forward. They show up better to their closet’s relationships such as their friends and teachers and so fourth…

Let’s be real for a second.

This isn’t a silver bullet. Its not an over night thing. The path to healing like everything is a process but I put my entire reputation on that this is a very profound, gentle and enjoyable processes that I have made as pleasurable as possible.

This is training — not treatment.
And yes, it takes a commitment. Like going to the gym for your brain. It builds on itself but consistency is key.

You have to show up. Two, maybe three times a week.
For a few weeks. Sometimes a few months. At a fraction of the cost of talk therapy.
But here’s the question:

If you’ve been on antidepressants for ten years…
When was it supposed to end?

If you’ve been anxious for half your life, medicated into flatness, or surviving on short-term fixes —
what if six months of brain training could change everything?

What if, for the cost of a few thousand dollars —
the same amount most of us have spent on fleeting relief, temporary distractions, vacations we barely enjoyed —
you could actually get your life back?

That’s not expensive.
That’s priceless.

I’ve worked hard to make this process as accessible as possible.
My office is modest — but warm, private, and comfortable.
Could I have built a big, fancy space with a luxury waiting room? Sure.
But then I’d have to pass those costs on to you.
And I didn’t build NeurPhoria for the elite.

I built it with me in mind.
The working middle class.
The helpers. The nurses. The parents. The caregivers.
The people who keep showing up — even when they’re running on fumes.

This is your “bougie” mental health experience — without the bougie price tag.

Because what’s the point of saving a little money…
if you’re not enjoying your life?

People deserve more than survival.

Whether you're healing or optimizing—
NeurPhoria is your next step.

If your nervous system is dysregulated—if coping’s become your baseline—
You deserve more than survival.

There’s a smarter, proven, data-driven path to healing.
And it starts here—with NeurPhoria Neurofeedback.

Train your brain. Change your life.
Drug-free. Trauma-free. Life-changing.

Thank you so much.

Renee Willson

Founder of NeurPhoria Neurofeedback