Addiction, a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behaviour or substance, can come in many forms and can be overcome with the use of brainwave entrainment to change the dominant brainwave frequency. Alcohol and drugs are what most people acquaint with addiction, but activities like excessive gambling and distorted eating habits also fall into this category. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), addiction, including alcoholism and “process” addictions like gambling, to be “a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.

The ability of a person to assimilate and apply information (knowledge) dictates how successful a person will be in every area of life. This is true in every aspect of life.

Talk to any world class athlete or Olympic hopeful and no doubt they will say they dream every day of that moment they take the gold. Ask the right question and the conversation will then turn to how they use visualisation to motivate and prepare themselves to go to a place they dream of, olympic gold.

Living on the edge was a term I used to use for myself. Packing in as much as I could each day for fear of not achieving everything I’d dreamed of. I would leave no room for error and always demanded more of myself. This in itself created a number of issues both within myself and socially.

Recently I was introduced to meditation as a form of relaxation to allow my mind to slow down and empty out some of life’s trash, being the personality type that will give anything a go once I immediately took up the recommendation to see what I could do for me. The initial moments were spent trying to find a comfortable position, those positions that Buddhist Monks and serious yoggies get themselves into are not realistic for the average punter! Trust me on that one.