Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 75

EP 75 – How to Train Your Brain for Optimal Performance with Aziz Kaddan, Forbes Top 30 under 30 and CEO of Myndlift

Aziz CEO and co-founder of Myndlift talks to Angela about developing a neuro training platform that has been recognised globally and brings neurofeedback to the masses.

Myndlift means that neurofeedback is now available to everyone at home with training influenced by real-time brain activity enabling specific training to increase performance.

Aziz explains not only the development of Myndlift but also the potential applications and positive ways personalised needs can be met through targeting of very specific areas in this fascinating episode.

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How to Train Your Brain for Optimal Performance with Aziz Kaddan, Forbes Top 30 under 30 and CEO of Myndlift

Aziz CEO and co-founder of Myndlift talks to Angela about developing a neuro training platform that has been recognised globally and brings neurofeedback to the masses.

Myndlift means that neurofeedback is now available to everyone at home with training influenced by real-time brain activity enabling specific training to increase performance.

Aziz explains not only the development of Myndlift but also the potential applications and positive ways personalised needs can be met through targeting of very specific areas in this fascinating episode.

Key Takeaways

  • It’s a performance hack that means you can work at home with a practitioner, making it accessible without compromising clinical quality.
  • Neurofeedback is a type of training that has existed for over forty years. It’s a form of conditioning that measures the brain in real-time.
  • You are dealing with the brain so you need professional supervision and oversight.
  • It’s like meditation on steroids.
  • With this technology, you are able to visualise and hear what’s going on.
  • When neurofeedback is successful then it improves performance.
  • When supervised by a professional it can be very personalised targeting very specific areas and very specific needs.
  • We are currently exploring how to combine cognitive behavioural therapy with neurofeedback.
  • For specific conditions it is beneficial to combine the two therapies each has its strengths, behavioural therapy helps you understand your emotions and thinking better providing a structure for how you think and behave in real life whilst neurofeedback trains you physiologically.

Best Moments

‘Clinic professionals want to be able to view and control what their clients are receiving so that they can make continued progress’

‘You can work with a practitioner at home to train your brain to be faster and better’

‘Myndlift brings neuro feedback to the masses’

About the Host

Angela Foster

Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.

After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:

To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.

Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.

About the Guest

Aziz Kaddan

Aziz Kaddan is a mental health advocate who has been exploring the human brain for many years. He is a CEO and co-founder of Myndlift – a neurofeedback training platform

 

Aziz himself has experienced the negative side effects associated with the ADHD medication prescribed to children, which inspired him to co-found Myndlift. Myndlift technology uses EEG sensors to measure brain activity and provides specific training to increase the brain’s ability to regulate itself. The company has been recognized globally, was listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor in Health and Wellness for 2018 and supported by clinical partners, such as Miami Children’s Hospital

 

The start-up has been featured in multiple news outlets such as CNBC, Israel 21C, Globes, Polidea, Iconyc. By the age of 23, Aziz was honoured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.

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