Dr. Blake Holloway — Inventor of NuCalm — On How and Why it Works This Is NuCalm

Dr. Blake Holloway, inventor of NuCalm, shares a treasure trove of scientific knowledge on how our brains work and why NuCalm so readily integrates into the optimization of neurotransmitter function. This is definitely an episode you’ll want to have pen and paper for!
 
Introduction quote
“GABA is like the engine coolant for your automobile, it keeps the whole system from overheating and the other transmitter sites from going into hyper-arousal.” — Dr. Blake Holloway
 
Guest bio
Dr. Blake Holloway was chief science officer and founder of Solace Lifesciences and inventor of NuCalm. He spent 30 years as a researcher in applied and neuro-psychobiology. From his private clinical naturopathy practices, Holloway helped people nationwide with anxiety, trauma, depression, pain, addiction, and circadian disorders.
 
Key Takeaways
[1:00] David welcomes Dr. Blake Holloway — inventor of NuCalm — and asks him to walk us through who he is and how pathological curiosity led him to where he is today.
 
[8:00] Dr. Holloway shares how AMAs were the original inspiration for the NuCalm device. He also touches on the desperately high relapse rate among alcoholics and drug addicts.
 
[11:00] On the cranial electrotherapy stimulation device that led Dr. Holloway down the GABA path and private clinical research.
 
[14:12] Correlating high anxiety with endogenic levels of certain neurotransmitters was a huge step towards the NuCalm system. Dr. Holloway talks about the three methods he used to evoke brain potential.
 
[21:23] The newest version of NuCalm is what Dr. Holloway calls a quantum jump from what it used to be.
 
[23:50] Dr. Holloways explains what the stress response is at the neurological level as well as how NuCalm helps regulate it.
 
[27:00] Your stress response triggers your immune response. Dr. Blake Holloway explains why this is a problem — and how it relates to COVID-19 deaths.
 
[32:02] Listener question #1: What’s the best way to use NuCalm?
 
[35:24] #2 Why do some people get restless leg syndrome during a session?
 
[38:57] #3 Are there benefits to taking amino acids during a session?
 
[40:12] #4 Are there people for whom NuCalm is not effective?
 
[42:58] #5 What about doing NuCalm in the evenings?
 
[47:56] #6 Is there any research on NuCalm and BiPolar disorder?
 
[50:12] #7 Can you focus on the breath while doing NuCalm?
 
[51:45] David thanks Dr. Blake Holloway for all of his contributions as well as his generosity.
 
Continue on your journey and until next time, breathe deep, relax, and keep looking forward.
 
Mentioned in this episode
NuCalm
 
More about your host
Connect with David Poole — Chief Business Officer at NuCalm on LinkedIn
 
More about NuCalm and the podcast
This is NuCalm, the show for those looking to improve sleep quality, manage stress, and boost recovery. Brought to you by Solace Lifesciences, the makers of NuCalm, the world’s only patented and proven neuroscience technology that works within minutes, without drugs, every time! In over one million medical sessions, NuCalm has helped men and women around the world.
 
NuCalm: stress relief for the way we live today, technology to help you disconnect.
 
Pull quotes
 
“It’s not the alcohol or the drugs that make you high, it’s the hyper-release of dopamine.” — Dr. Blake Holloway
 
“If you block light to the eye, you automatically put your brain in the alpha-state.” — Dr. Blake Holloway
 
Tweet #1
Ever wonder about the detailed neuroscience of the NuCalm system? This is NuCalm Episode 14 guest is none other than its inventor, the late Dr. Blake Holloway
 
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How does your brain generate stress and why does NuCalm help regulate it? This is NuCalm Episode 14 guest, the late Dr. Blake Holloway, inventor of NuCalm, answers every detailed neurological question we throw at him!
 
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