Our Holiday show with Drs. Hal Myers, Stephen Sideroff on Bio/Neuro Feedback

Listen Now to Drs. Myers and Sideroff on Bio/Neurofeedback

 Hal and Stephen are pioneers in the world of biofeedback, neurofeedback, addiction and human potential.  I first got to know them when we were all at McGill University together, back in the 1970’s.  Hal and I were taking a class in Advanced Research Methods in Psychology, and Stephen was our instructor.  Today Hal runs Thought Technology, a company of 60 employees, and Stephen teaches at UCLA and runs Moonview Sanctuary, a rehab center for the stars in LA.  

A future project we will be exploring is what Stephen calls “The Mind/Body Room,”  a place you can tune into your highest personal capabilities.  We’ll be discussing exactly what that is…

Here are their bios:  

Hal Myers, Ph.D.

Hal Myers, Ph.D. is Cofounder and President of Thought Technology Ltd.
 
Hal conceived of and designed the original Thought Technology products, including the world’s best selling (over 600,000) GSR2 biofeedback home trainer. Since then, he has defined and directed all new product development at Thought Technology.
 
Hal earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, and his Doctorate in Experimental Medicine (a combination of Behavioral medicine, Cardiology, and Biomedical Engineering) from McGill University.
 
His doctorate and post-doctoral research involved using biofeedback to control pain in general and then specifically for Angina Pectoris. In addition, he received training in psychophysiology and saw a wide variety of patients for principally behavioral problems in which biofeedback was the primary or adjunctive treatment.
 
Since 1980, he has devoted his time to new product development, regulatory affairs, and all the issues related to jointly running what is currently a 53 person company. He also enjoys working with clinicians to discuss new applications and protocols, and is very interested in future technological trends.
 
On the personal side, Hal is an avid photographer, and enjoys mountain biking, kayaking, rowing, cross country and downhill skiing, and other outdoor sports. He also enjoys a healthy lifestyle including a mostly vegetarian diet, and spends the greater part of the six warm summer months working from his island home, 60 miles north of Montreal.

Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D.

Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D, is the Clinical Director and founding partner of Moonview Sanctuary, overseeing all treatment protocols and research study design. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, specializing in Gestalt therapy, stress related issues and optimal performance. He is an internationally recognized expert and researcher in behavioral medicine, bio and neurofeedback and addiction. Dr Sideroff is also an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, as well as the Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics.

Dr. Sideroff helped establish the first Gestalt Therapy clinic in Los Angeles and partnered with Santa Monica Hospital to open the first hospital-based stress treatment center. 
Dr. Sideroff has traveled nationally and internationally presenting professional training workshops and invited lectures. By combining his research in behavioral psychology with his clinical training in Gestalt Therapy and neuroscience, Dr. Sideroff developed two top selling audio programs aimed at helping individuals develop greater resilience towards stress. The first program, Stress Control with Biofeedback, has sold over 50,000 copies and has been translated into four languages. The second audio program, Resilience, defines the nine components of resilience & outlines a six week self-guided program of stress mastery and optimal functioning. 
A former college handball champion, Dr. Sideroff now specializes in the strategies of peak performance in sports and the science of optimal functioning in all areas of performance. He has worked with a number of elite athletes, as well as teams, including the UCLA men’s basketball team, the Pepperdine men’s basketball team, the UCLA women’s golf team, the US Men’s National soccer team, and the Nike women’s beach volleyball team. 

Dr. Sideroff has also studied indigenous healing practices for fourteen years with a South American shaman.

Specialties

Behavioral Medicine, Neurofeedback, Optimal Performance, Substance abuse, Resilience

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Listen Now Dr. Future news 12.20.2011

And now for the latest in Dr. Future News, an optimistic realistic humorous look at stories of the week that portend our collective future..

Guests are Dr. Kerry M. Kriger and Michael Starkey of Save the Frogs!

Listen Now to Dr. Kerry Kriger and Michael Starkey

In terms of monitoring the health of our planetary ecosystem, no technology is better at tracking the well-being of the system than our amphibious friends, the frogs….like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, they tell us what’s happening in both our fresh water sources and in the atmosphere. Our guests tell their story:

Dr. Kriger is the Founder & Executive Director of SAVE THE FROGS!, America’s first and only public charity dedicated to protecting amphibians. He conceived and coordinates Save The Frogs Day, the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. Dr. Kriger holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Griffith University in Gold Coast, Australia, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He is a recognized expert on the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, a topic on which he has published 15 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals. Dr. Kriger’s research into amphibian declines has been supported by the National Geographic Society and various philanthropic organizations throughout the world, and he has presented the results of his research at scientific conferences in several countries. He has previously done research on endangered Hawaiian birds, and on the biophysical properties of amino acids involved in cystic fibrosis. He has taught university courses in Ecology, Vertebrate Biology, Applied Mathematics and Chemistry, has written and edited chapters for encyclopedias, and is fluent in Spanish. He has climbed mountains in the Himalayas, Alps, Alaska Range, Southern Alps and the Andes, and is an avid photographer whose photographs have been featured on CNN and in airports and magazines worldwide. You can learn more about Dr. Kriger here or view his CV here.

 Speaking with Dr. Kriger is

Michael Starkey

Ecologist, Advisory Committee Chairman
Oakland, CA

Michael is an amphibian biologist, activist, ecological consultant and public speaker working to educate and involve the public in amphibian conservation issues. He is also the Chairman of the SAVE THE FROGS!Advisory Committee, working to increase and expand scientists’ role in amphibian conservation. Learn more about Michael here. 

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Listen Now to Dr. Future News 12.13.11

Once again Dr. & Mrs. Future with Agent MC Hager take you on a scintillating discussion of the latest greatest Future News relevant to our here and now…

The History and Future of the Flying Car with inventor Dr. Paul Moller

Listen now to Dr. Paul Moller

 Since the dawn of consciousness, it been a dream of humankind to fly, to effortlessly travel from once place to another, hovering above the world, taking  a breathless moment  to appreciate the magic of the bird’s eye view.

For 50 years now, Dr. Paul Moller has been chasing that dream in earnest.  Every year he gets a bit closer to the realization of it, taking the form of what he calls the “Skycar.” In its ideal form, this vehicle is personal transportation, comparing in costs to an automobile, but with the ability to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.  And soon, with the advent of computer aided navigation and flight controls, it will be automonous, like the Google cars we’ve admired from a distance.  

The latest news is that Moller International is  joining a consortium that includes a private company in China and representatives from a economic and development zone.

The company has a series of investment objectives totaling $13.7 billion, and a production goal of 100,000 units per year by 2018.

So get comfortable as we share with you the tale of humanity’s dream of personal flight, with Dr. Paul Moller as our guest..