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12/07/2025

How Breathing Better Reduces Anxiety Mental Health Therapist Explains

In this episode of Neuroshifts, Dr. Cale explains the link between breathing and anxiety reduction. Cant learning to breathe more slowly and rhythmically can significantly improve mental well-being? Yes! Consistent practice over months is necessary to strengthen this beneficial communication pathway between the heart and brain. Enjoy the episode!

In this episode of Neuroshifts, Dr. Cale explains the link between breathing and anxiety reduction. Cant learning to breathe more slowly and rhythmically can significantly improve mental well-being? Yes! Consistent practice over months is necessar...

12/06/2025

How To Feel Better When Having Deppressing Thoughts Part 4 By Licensed Psychologist Dr Randy Cale

Feeling better video number four. If you can appreciate and not get dejected at the idea that you've got this knapsack filled with pennies and you put it there, not consciously, you didn't realize you had control, but now you do. Your job becomes don't put any more pennies in. Secondly, I've got to actively take the pennies out. Well, how do I do that? Well, once I sort of turn away from a negative thought.

I don't fight it, I don't argue, I don't scream at it, I don't whine about it, I don't share it. Do not share it, do not talk about it. Instead, what do we do? We've got to focus on something positive. You've got to turn your attention toward what you enjoy, what you appreciate, what you can immerse yourself in. What do you find beautiful? What do you find interesting that's not depressing or sad or stressful, which means you virtually have to cut off all the news. This is a key.

12/06/2025

How Fear Feeds on Itself and Heightens Anxiety
Anxiety rarely storms in loudly. At least not at first. It slips in quietly-disguised as overthinking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or the urge to control every detail. It feels like we’re solving problems or being responsible. But in truth, we’re training our brains to stay anxious.

Fear feeds on attention. It thrives when we keep scanning for threats, rehearsing what-ifs, or obsessing over the future. The more attention we give it, the stronger those neural patterns become. Over time, anxiety stops feeling optional—it becomes the brain’s default. We start believing the thoughts that keep us circling the same worries, while anxious feelings quietly take over.

Fear’s Stealth Strategy: Pay Attention!
Here’s the challenge: fear doesn’t announce itself as fear. It hides behind helpful-looking behaviors—triple-checking plans, asking for reassurance, or avoiding discomfort. It convinces us it’s there to protect us. These patterns create the illusion of safety, but never bring peace. Why? Because they keep our attention glued to what we fear, and false strategies to keep the fear at bay. And as I often say: what you feed with attention will grow. Fear is no exception.

When fear dominates our focus, the brain reinforces the anxiety circuit. Each round of worry makes it fire faster and more automatically. Without realizing it, we become experts in fear. And anxiety then owns our lives, or the lives of our children. What to do?

Calm Is a Skill: Small Shifts That Weaken the Anxiety Loop

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12/04/2025

How To Feel Better Part 2 When Feeling Your About To Crash Out

How to feel better when you are about to crash out, video number two. So outside of those generalizations, how do I feel better today? Understand that this is an incremental process. It's going to take time. You're going to go at it for a while. But you can actually start to feel better today. Now one of the things I talk about a lot is the role of the flicker process. What's the flicker process? It's understanding that in the background, the way the brain works.

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12/04/2025

Why Less Is More: The Parenting Paradox We Keep Missing

Parents often show up in my office mentally, emotionally, and physically tired. Not because they’re doing too little, but because they’re doing too much. Too much talking, too much coaxing, too much explaining, too much rescuing, too much… everything. And despite all this effort, things aren’t improving. In fact, they’re often getting worse. The kids are more demanding, not more respectful. More anxious, not more confident. More emotionally reactive, not calmer. More dependent, not independent.

This came up just this week when a parent called for help with her 17-year-old daughter. She was still giving directions, reminders, and emotional pep talks as if her teen were six. Like many well-meaning parents, she didn’t realize that this constant over-involvement was part of the problem-not the solution.

When “More” Becomes the Problem

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12/02/2025

Understanding and Addressing Depression's Neurological Basis

This episode of Neuroshifts highlights recent research indicating that depression is not primarily caused by a serotonin imbalance, explaining the limited effectiveness of long-term antidepressant use for some individuals. Instead, Dr. Cale focuses on brain activity patterns, specifically an "Alpha asymmetry" observed in client brain maps. He explains that this imbalance, often developing over years, correlates with the emergence of mood disorders. Enjoy the episode!

This episode of Neuroshifts highlights recent research indicating that depression is not primarily caused by a serotonin imbalance, explaining the limited effectiveness of long-term antidepressant use for some individuals. Instead, Dr. Cale focuse...

12/02/2025

Why Counseling Often Fails for Kids—And – What To Consider that Works!

Many of the parents I coach arrive at my office frustrated and exhausted, carrying a hefty list of past efforts that “should have worked.” They’ve invested in counseling-sometimes for years-with the hope that a trained professional could talk their child into better behavior.

Whether it’s explosive tantrums that seem to escalate every month, a teen who refuses to engage with school or family, or a chronically defiant child who seems to thrive on conflict, these parents often share a similar story: counseling felt like a band-aid-if that. Home life continued to decline, and their child became more skilled at resisting change.

Why does this happen? Why does counseling often fall short, even when led by caring, competent professionals?

Let’s look at what’s really going on.

Who Wants the Change?

This is the single most crucial question to ask:
Who is actually invested in making a change?

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https://capitaldistrictneurofeedback.com/why-counseling-often-fails-for-kids-and-what-to-consider-that-works/

12/02/2025

How To Feel Better When Feeling Depressed

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Clifton Park, NY

12/01/2025

How To Feel Better When Feeling Dysregulated, Throwing Up Anxious, Depressed, Angry Thoughts Dr Cale

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Capital District Neurofeedback Therapy
634 Plank Rd 101
Clifton Park, NY

12/01/2025

Neurofeedback for OCD and Anxiety Relief

In this Neuroshift episode, Dr. Randy Cale explains neurofeedback as a treatment for OCD and anxiety. OCD often presents with frontal lobe dysregulation, which may require longer neurofeedback training compared to other anxiety disorders. However, patients typically experience some symptom relief within the initial weeks of treatment, providing reassurance of progress even if full resolution takes several months. This early improvement is crucial for continued engagement in neurofeedback therapy.

Dr. Randy Cale's latest Neuroshift episode, he explains neurofeedback as a treatment for OCD and anxiety. OCD often presents with frontal lobe dysregulation, which may require longer neurofeedback training compared to other anxiety disorders. Howe...

11/29/2025

The Effects of Neurofeedback on Depression

Depression of any type or on any level of intensity is hard to live with. However, for someone suffering from manic depression such as Bipolar Disorder, quality of life is completely compromised. According to statistics, depression is something experienced by millions of people around the world. Because of this, there has been a tremendous amount of research and money invested to find viable, long-term solutions.

Today, many remarkable advances have been made, which is evident with neurofeedback training. Because this treatment is considered one of the most important treatments available for people with depression, we wanted to take the opportunity to provide some of the key benefits. Keep in mind that, unlike more conventional treatments, neurofeedback is unique since it is beneficial at the onset of symptoms, but also once depression has already set in.

Common Symptoms of Depression

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We can eliminate symptoms associated with Depression. Here's how:

11/29/2025

Your Thoughts Shape Your Destiny: Why Small Choices Matter More Than You Think

“Watch your thoughts, for your thoughts become words. Watch your words, for your words become actions. Watch your actions, for your actions become habits. Watch your habits, for your habits become character. Watch your character, for it becomes destiny.”
-Frank Outlaw

This quote has hung in my office for years. I reference it often-not because it’s poetic, but because it’s true. In just a few lines, it captures the path we all walk, whether consciously or not.

This isn’t just philosophy. It’s how our brains work. Modern neuroscience confirms what Frank Outlaw captured decades ago: Our daily thoughts and habits quite literally wire our brains and shape the lives we end up living.

So let’s break this down-because inside this quote is the secret to lasting change, both for us and for our children.

Thoughts Are the Starting Point

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https://capitaldistrictneurofeedback.com/your-thoughts-shape-your-destiny-why-small-choices-matter-more-than-you-think/