The Listening Program Radio and Podcast

Both science and spirituality agree that every particle of matter, every phenomenon we experience, is a form of resonance or vibration. The human voice is quite literally a mouthpiece of this truth; there is no form of expression more personal, more tied to our identities, than our voices. In her book, The Naked Voice Chloë Goodchild gives readers the tools to guide them in a process of sound healing and soul communication that is guaranteed to open the heart and restore forgiveness, compassion, and interconnectedness between individuals and in their communities. At the heart of every human journey exists the longing to feel at home in one’s self and in the world. Join Alex Doman and his guest Chloë Goodchild as they discuss some essential components of The Naked Voice including: A direct experience of your own authentic voice An opportunity to make your inner voice audible A selection of transformative vocal tools for living Energy movement practices to embody your intention and purpose. A new perspective on the significance of spoken, sung and silent voice for leadership An opportunity to develop an empowering relationship with your vulnerability

Over the past decade, the first treatment response for the military and veteran epidemic of sleep disorders, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, mental health, and suicide prevention has been pharmaceuticals which are ineffective and have long-lasting negative side effects. At present, the suicide rate among veterans is 23 lives a day; sleep disorders among active duty is above 54%, and the most common pharmaceuticals used for mental health and sleep disorders are both highly addictive and proven to do permanent harm. The only effective, drug-free solutions to address all of these life-debilitating physiological and psychological issues, are non-invasive neurotechnologies. U.S. military veteran, tactical, defense and performance expert, and motivational speaker Fara Eve Barnes is on a mission to rapidly implement neurotechnology solutions for defense and tactical applications within the defense, military, veteran, and law enforcement populations. Join Alex Doman and his guest Fara Eve Barnes as they discuss the role of neurotechnology in defense and tactical applications for resilience, performance and rehabilitation including: implementing an advanced training model beyond the current elite mental and physical strength and extreme endurance paradigm. accelerated learning for advanced skills training. real-time evaluation and improvement of individual and team tactical performance, leadership, and deadly force decision making (DFDM). resilience against and recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress (PTS), sleep disorders, suicide, and more. non-pharmaceutical solutions offering military and their families, and veterans mobile neurotechnology hardware, software and apps with customized training and personalized programs to use in the convenience of their home or work, out in the field, and down range for optimal resilience, performance, and recovery.

With clarity, humor, and insight, award-winning filmmaker Barnet Bain guides readers to unlock the raw power of the creative self. Sharing creativity principles and practices at the leading edge, The Book of Doing and Being offers a life-altering map for stepping beyond what we already know and into a dimension of imagination from which innovation is born. Known for his inspiring movies and documentaries, as well as his popular creativity workshops, Barnet Bain makes available his teachings for the first time in book form. Discover how will and action come together with imagination and feeling to form the very foundation of creativity by working with this treasury of more than forty transformative exercises. Each one is designed to spark new creative connections by challenging our usual ways of thinking, feeling, and perceiving. These lessons, tools, and techniques serve to unlock great reservoirs of creativity in every individual, whether it’s jumpstarting or completing a project, launching a new business, creating a work of art, experiencing more fulfilling relationships, or making other dreams come true. Bain’s motivational guidance includes: rewiring your brain to unleash ultra-creativity; finding freedom from self-criticism, perfectionism, and other obstructions to productivity and creative expression; harnessing the two forces of creativity: inspiration and action; discovering your emotions as the doorway to creative aliveness and ingenuity; and heeding the call of your Real Work, regardless of age, education, or experience. Step by step, you will make the discovery of a lifetime: how to stop being ruled by your past and start consciously creating your present and future. You will be surprised and energized—by your next creative impulse, the next idea that excites you, the next experience that moves you—and you will live a creative life. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Barnet Bain as they discuss his new book Doing and Being.

Taking its lead from neuroscience and best practices in early childhood mental health, Bloom, the latest book from author and pediatric psychologist Dr. Lynne Kenney and Wendy Young offers parents, teachers and care providers the words, thoughts and actions to raise calm, confident children, while reducing the need for consequences and punishment. Bloom allows you to take a collaborative stance with your children, improving their cognitive, emotional and social skills. It offers a new approach to human relationships that will change the way you perceive, think, and feel about parenting, love, work and life. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Lynne Kenney as they discuss her new book Bloom, and how we can say, think and do things differently in order to parent and teach children who are anxious, angry, and over-the-top.

Each year, increasing numbers of children are being diagnosed with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, learning disabilities and other neurological disorders. Parents are bombarded by different theories as to the causes of their child’s difficulties, and often confused by the many approaches offered to help them manage or overcome, behavioral, emotional, learning, and social challenges. Dr. Robert Melillo has spent much of his career researching the underlying causes of neurobehavioral disorders. This work led him to suggest a concept called functional disconnection that he and his colleagues suggest may be the primary issue in most learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Dr. Melillo as they discuss neurological disorders in childhood, functional disconnection, and drug-free treatment options intended to help both children and adults improve brain function.

Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical revolution is underway that can solve this problem: Astonishing new research is revealing that the health of your brain is, to an extraordinary degree, dictated by the state of your microbiome - the vast population of organisms that live in your body and outnumber your own cells ten to one. What's taking place in your intestines today is determining your risk for any number of brain-related conditions. In his latest book Brain Maker, the New York Times # 1 bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny. Neurologist David Perlmutter, MD explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become "sick," and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain's destiny for the better. With simple dietary recommendations and a highly practical program of six steps to improving gut ecology, BRAIN MAKER opens the door to unprecedented brain health potential. Join host Alex Doman and David Perlmutter as they discuss Brain Maker, brain disorders, and how to open the door to brain health. Brain Maker is now the #1 brain health book in America (Amazon).

Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that autism is often characterized by complex abnormalities such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, certain genetic abnormalities, exposure(s) to environmental toxicants, immunological abnormalities, infections, and in some cases, developmental regression and seizures. These abnormalities may contribute to the symptoms of autism, such as sleep problems, obsessive behavior, speech delay, impaired social interaction, self-stimulatory behavior, hyperactivity, inattention, and abnormal gastrointestinal findings. Many children with autism have a unique combination of these abnormalities and may possess some or all of these problems simultaneously. The early identification of these abnormalities helps clinicians and parents to choose the most effective treatment options. Dr. Rossignol's aim is to identify the unique biochemical abnormalities that each individual possesses (e.g., the biochemical fingerprint) and works to create the most effective treatments for these abnormalities using evidence-based medicine principles. Join host Alex Doman and Dr. Dan Rossignol as they discuss the latest biomedical research in the autism field, his approach toward individualized treatment, and efforts to prepare other medical professionals to deliver the best possible care to children with autism through the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS).

BREAD HEAD is a new documentary that explores the impact of our diets and lifestyles on brain health. Because changes in the brain begin decades before Alzheimer's symptoms, the absolute best way we can move the needle on this disease is through minimizing risk when it matters most. Max Lugavere is directing this project which includes interviews with David Perlmutter, MD, and many other thought leaders working to help prevent and treat this and other devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Join host Alex Doman and Max Lugavere as they discuss Alzheimer's, the BREAD HEAD documentary, and how you can take control of your brain health.

Neuroscience provides amazing insights into the complex biology of the human brain, but can it do more? Is neuroscience also a gateway to inner being? And, can there be common ground between neuroscience and faith that are not mutually exclusive? Both science and religion seek truth and meaning, and Dr. Jay Lombard postulates that science plus faith equals consciousness. Join Alex Doman and his guest neurologist and author Jay Lombard as they explore his fascinating career, how personalized medicine is improving lives, and the intersection of neuroscience and faith. This program will help you to understand: What is personalized medicine? How genetic and biological markers can inform psychiatric treatments. What is consciousness? And much more…

What does contemporary neuroscience tell us about music and the brain? How do these findings support clinical applications of music therapy in child development as well as recovery or maintenance of function in adults with brain injuries? Drawing from research and her extensive clinical work, many chronicled by Dr. Oliver Sacks, Dr. Tomaino provides an overview of music and the brain and shares evidence for the efficacy of clinical applications of music in stroke rehabilitation, enhanced function in Parkinson's disease and improved memory and quality of life in those with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Join Alex Doman and his guest Concetta Tomaino for insights into music and the brain. This program will help you understand: How is music used in therapy? What is music therapy? What are some of the clinical applications of music to help those with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and stroke? Children with developmental delays? How is the field of neuroscience helping inform the field of music therapy?

In The New York Times Bestseller Brainstorm, Dr. Daniel Siegel illuminates how brain development impacts adolescent behavior and relationships from ages 12-24. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the teenage brain functions can help parents make what is in fact an incredibly positive period of growth, change, and experimentation in their children's lives less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Daniel Siegel for an enlightening conversation about the teenage brain. This program will help you; Identify changes in the teenage brain responsible for increased risk taking Outline how integration in the brain during adolescence promotes gist-thinking Name 4 essential aspects of adolescence Describe an integrated relationship

Alive Inside, the 2014 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary, brings attention to the work of nonprofit Music & Memory, which promotes the use of music to transform the lives of elders in care homes and at their own home regardless of cognitive or physical limitations. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Dan Cohen, the founder of Music & Memory for what is sure to be an inspiring conversation. This program will cover; Benefits of this approach, underlying research, and how it complements live music Toronto 10,000 ipod rollout, and statewide initiatives in Wisconsin, Utah, and Ohio How you can help The impact of Alive Inside

For over 30 years, the Irlen Method has been transforming lives using colored filters. Those who have been helped by it call the method life changing as the filters are designed to eliminate environmental stress so that the brain can function at peak performance. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Helen Irlen, the creator of this fascinating tool for change. This program will cover; What is the Irlen Method? How does it work: Mind-Body Connection Who can benefit from colored filters? How can you tell if you need to see through color? What are the changes?

Are you a clinical or educational professional helping children and adults with sensory processing challenges? If you could quickly screen your clients’ auditory and visual processing skills, how do you think your practice would change? TAVS is the Test of Auditory and Visual Skills, a new, easy-to-use screening tool from Advanced Brain Technologies. In just minutes you can assess areas such as temporal processing, beat competency, pattern recognition, pitch perception and gap detection, areas known to be vital for strong listening, language development, reading, and rhythm awareness. Join host Alex Doman and his guest Alan Heath, the team lead who directed the development of this exciting clinical tool. This program will cover; A review of the 12 different screening areas Auditory and visual testing options 20 minute auditory quick screening Age related reference norms How you can add TAVS to your assessment tool kit

We are all embedded in an unending ocean of sound, a rich stream of information that can be important, trivial, distracting or even dangerous. 350 million years of evolution has led us to develop an intimate relationship with sound that lets our brains sense, perceive and decide in which of categories a sound falls, all in less than a tenth of the time it takes us to see something. This is why hearing underlies some of the most complex cognitive and behavioral processes that we do, and why it provides a powerful, yet frequently ignored, tool for changing those processes. In evolutionary terms, hearing is a universal sense - there are no normally deaf vertebrates. It is highly adaptive to hear because sound lets you usefully detect what is going on at great distances even out of line of sight. Hearing is a mechanical sense - it has the fewest processes between the sensation and the perception. Hearing is the fastest sense; understanding it gives you a sense of the math behind the mind. How working with sound lets us act on with specific elements and processes of the brain and mind, much more so than any other sense.

Alex and his guests, a brain scientist and an educator, will explore the brain science of childrens attention, memory, mood, speech/language, sensory/motor, executive/thinking, and planning abilities. They will bridge this information with educational interventions that help children develop their learning and potential and healthily adapt at home, school, and beyond.

Alex and his guest, a leading music and media effect researcher and award winning music producer will discuss the science of rhythms in biological processes and the use of chronobiological music treatments than could contribute to the management of different disorders such as essential hypertension, insomnia and depression. Chronobiology, the science of rhythm and timing. Neural mechanisms of our internal clock. Benefits of music interventions for the treatment of psychosomatic disorders. Research outcomes of chronobiological music treatments.

Alex and his guest, an author, TED speaker, and leading sound consultant to companies worldwide will explore listening, our active relationship with sound. Listening is something almost everyone does, and it profoundly impacts our health, effectiveness and relationships, and even changes our reality — and yet almost no-one thinks about it consciously or trains to become better at it. What listening is How it differs from hearing and how we do it Why our listening is in danger The pros and cons of headphones Five practices for becoming a conscious listener

Ever feel out of sync? Keep Your Beat with inTime, a revolutionary new rhythm-based music listening method from the creators of The Listening Program®. Your brain health and brain-body connection depend on rhythm. Engaging with the rhythm-based music of inTime can stimulate rhythm awareness, focus, timing precision and adaptive responses to stress, all of which supply your brain with the highest quality of stimulation it needs for optimal function. Join inTime producers Alex Doman, Sheila Allen and Nacho Arimany to learn about the over 5 year process that went into making inTime, and how it can help you flow with the rhythms of daily life. This program will cover: The importance of rhythm & timing in the brain Insights into the therapeutic music production of inTime Early research outcomes How inTime can benefit you and those you care about And much more...

Alex and his guest, an author, music educator, ethnomusicologist, composer, and musician, will discuss the role of specific musical instruments in affecting changes in human health. They will explore drum rhythms, their role in entrainment, and their influence on the brain and our lives. Drum rhythm, heartbeat and brainwave patterns Rhythm, the element of music that distinguishes it from other auditory stimuli Rhythm and the activation of the limbic system and cortex Drum rhythms and the control of subconscious mind