Lee Gerdes
BS, NTCB
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Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Expert
Lee Gerdes Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Neuro-Technology, Brainwave Balancing
- Best Sellers
- Limitless You
- Career Focus
- Technologist, Author, Speaker, Educator, Counselor
- Affiliation
- Natural Therapies Certification Board, Columbia University Alumni
Lee Gerdes, Founder and CEO of Brain State Technologies®, is the creator of the cutting edge technology Brainwave Optimization with Real-Time Balancing™, which is transforming lives all over the world.
As the author of Limitless You: The Infinite Possibilities of a Balanced Brain, published in 2009 by Namaste Publishing and now in soft cover, Lee's work emanates from a combination of his interests in how the brain works and its effect on mind, body, and spirit, coupled with his personal experience of trauma in the form of a violent assault in 1992.
As a result of this trauma, in 2000 Lee began working with his own brain to relieve post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His success in overcoming the effects of trauma led him to dedicate his life to understanding neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to change itself) and how the breakthrough insights of neuroscience can be applied to improve peoples’ lives. His work is daily proof that by optimizing our brain, we can optimize our entire life, empowering us to "at last be the limitless individuals we were born to be."
This effort has now evolved into the neuro-technology known as Brainwave Optimization™, which is produced and distributed by Brain State Technologies®, with nearly 200 affiliate offices in 18 countries worldwide serving over 50,000 clients.
Having brought his message to countless magazines, newspapers, radio interviews, and television shows, Lee is sought after to speak around the world, disseminating insight into how we can apply advanced technology to restore balance and harmony to our lives.
Lee's background encompasses work as a systems analyst, pastoral counselor, management consultant, and vice president of solutions for NetPerceptions. His education includes Doane College in Crete, Nebraska; Columbia University in New York; John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California; and Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
The Healing Power of a Balanced Brain
http://www.brainstatetech.com/extra/files/downloads/Limitless%20You%20-%20Chapter18%20-%20excerpt.pdf
Healthy Brain Function = High Mental and Physical Performance
http://www.brainstatetech.com/node/1267
Returning Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD
http://www.brainstatetech.com/about-us/projects
Nevada State Prison, BWO Used on Inmates
http://www.brainstatetech.com/about-us/projects
Arizona Yavapi County, Using BWO on Repeat Offenders
http://www.brainstatetech.com/about-us/projects
Overcoming Depression through Brainwave Optimization
http://www.brainstatetech.com/ipaper/singh-gerdesp2705pdf#infform_id0_h167_w224
Brainwave Optimization in Neurogenerative disease
http://www.brainstatetech.com/ipaper/vsinghfinal5pdf
Neurorehabilitation of PTSD by Brainwave Optimization
http://www.brainstatetech.com/ipaper/jser09vjleev25pdf
Free Audio & Video Samples
Video: BWO: What Is Brainwave Optimization?
http://vimeo.com/35585599
Video: Technology: Brainwave Patterns
http://vimeo.com/31157025
Video: Clinical Trials: Wake Forest University
http://vimeo.com/37247840
Video: Provider Testimonial: Rewarding
http://vimeo.com/32873789
Video: Provider Testimonial: Success
http://vimeo.com/37322472
Video: Client Testimonial: Wynonna Judd
http://vimeo.com/36438980
Video: Client Testimonial: NHL Kurt Sauer
http://vimeo.com/36440649
Video: Client Testimonial: Stroke
http://vimeo.com/34585672
Video: Client Testimonial: Lou Gehrig's Disease
http://vimeo.com/33995206
Video: Client Testimonial: Anxiety
http://vimeo.com/33554249
Video: Client Testimonial: PTSD
http://vimeo.com/30380953
Video: Client Testimonial: Parkinson’s
http://vimeo.com/3544132
Video: Client Testimonial: Addiction
http://vimeo.com/4078645
Video: Client Testimonial: ADD
http://vimeo.com/30049091
Video: Client Testimonial: Stuttering
http://vimeo.com/8678719
Video: Client Testimonial: Insomnia
http://vimeo.com/1986615
Video: Client Testimonial: Depression
http://vimeo.com/1986091
Audio: Namaste Radio Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/lee-gerdes-namaste-radio-jan-4-2011
Audio: Frankie Boyer Show Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/lee-gerdes-radio-interview-frankie-boyer-show
Audio: Dave Ramsey Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/lee-gerdes-radio-interview-about-brainwave-optimization-denver-colorado
Audio: Lars Gustafsson Show Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/interview-lars-gustafsson-and-lee-gerdes
Audio: NPR Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/local-npr-affiliate-runs-interview-lee-gerdes
Audio: Mary McFadden Show Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/radio-interview-lee-gerdes-and-mary-mcfadden
Audio: Intuitive Soul Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/lee-gerdes-interviewed-intuitive-soul-laurie-huston
Audio: Barbara Bruce Interview
http://www.brainstatetech.com/testimonial/audio/radio-interview-lee-gerdes-barbara-bruce
Lee Gerdes Audio & Video Programs
Lee Gerdes Books
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Children and Brain Imbalances
Have you ever heard of "conduct disorder"? Well, in case you haven't, you might like to know that it's one of more than 120 disorders listed at depression-guide.com. If you are anxious, shy, or not focused, these are also disorders. Just about every emotion is today considered by the pharmaceutical industry as some kind of disorder that needs to be treated with medication.
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Taming the Brain: Conquering Addiction and Eating Challenges
Over 900 years ago, a woman who was incredibly advanced for her time understood that what causes us to overindulge in food, put harmful substances in our bodies, and treat each other in a less than caring manner is a refusal to embrace the whole of life as a pleasurable experience. This woman's understanding ran counter to the mainstream of her day, which believed that humans are inherently flawed. Why did people believe they were flawed? Simply because then, as now, many were stuck in a brain state that's restrictive, self-denying, and deadening.r
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The Power of Curiosity
You’ve heard that “curiosity killed the cat,” and for cats that may be true. But for human beings, curiosity can be a powerful enhancer of life’s enjoyment, comfort, and fulfillment. It’s a key to discovering our limitless potential. At times curiosity utterly revolutionizes our lives in the most unexpected ways. For instance, in a farmhouse in Scotland there hangs an old painting. It’s been there several decades and features Mary Magdalene a baby, and a young child. The resident of the farmhouse didn’t care much for the painting, but kept it because her father gave it to her.
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Why It Matters That Men's and Women's Brains Are Different
If you've been keeping up with the news, you know that the issue of women's roles is a hot potato right now on two fronts: political, and religious. I want to comment on the current furor from a neurological viewpoint. I believe it's crucial for the future of our world that we acknowledge what brain research is showing us—that men's and women's brains are not the same. When we finally wake up to this reality and structure society to take advantage of it, we will all benefit. It may just be the salvation of our species, if not of the entire ecosphere.
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***Can Botulin Toxin be Bad for You?
Any invasive chemical – anything at all – supplements, medications, injections of anything, and even foods – can be an antagonist to brain patterns. My hypothesis is that any of these chemicals, if done for a sufficiently long time or if their toxicity is sufficiently potent, may disrupt brain patterns.
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***A BALANCED BRAIN IS THE ANSWER TO IMPROVING FEMALE SEXUAL RESPONSE
Today’s FDA report that flibanserin, the “female Viagra,” doesn’t work comes as no surprise to anyone who understands the differences in the male and female brains. In a race to grab an estimated $2 billion market, pharmaceutical researchers are relying on traditional techniques to find the “little pink pill” that will boost female sexual desire. Well, they’re definitely playing the wrong organ.r
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***PTSD: How to put your thinking brain back in charge
As a friend of mine is given to say, "none of us gets out of this life alive." Top of mind today are the soldiers and others who are valiantly fighting for our freedom. They have chosen an endeavor where danger, crisis and trauma surround them. But in life – as in war – there are no unwounded soldiers. Our police and firefighters experience physical and psychological wounds each day. Those of us going through life in a more "ordinary" way – mothers, fathers, bankers, laborers, athletes, children – also face our share of challenges.
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***What Does the ‘God Particle’ Have in Common with Your Brain?
Scientists are literally salivating over this week’s near-discovery of the so-called “God Particle” at the CERN Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Though the reasons for the search for this particle are inordinately complex, if the hints of the particles so far discerned are confirmed, it will validate what is known as the Standard Model of Physics. What we theorized will have proven correct.
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***Can't Sleep? Learn a New Way to Put Your Brain to Rest
If you think not sleeping well is just one of those discomforts you have to put up with as a side effect of aging, you'll be surprised to hear that new research conducted by the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania turns this conventional wisdom on its head.
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***Antidote for Depression
We have become a society that relies a great deal on prescription medications. For instance, we usernantidepressants to change our mood. But although we rely on them heavily, antidepressants don’t work at all.
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***AN UNAVOIDABLE INHERITANCE
Can trauma pass from one generation to the next? We must return and claim our past in order to move toward the future. It is in understanding who we were that will free us to embrace who we are now.rn—The meaning of Sankofarnr
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***How Cruelty Becomes Caring with Brainwave Optimization™
Two men arrested early Easter Sunday just north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, were charged Monday with a shooting spree that left three black males dead and two wounded. The shooting wasn't a kneejerk reaction to a provocative situation. As a local pastor, Rev Warren Blakney, told CNN, "For a white male to come that deep into that area and to start indiscriminately shooting, that lends itself for many to believe that it probably was a hate crime."
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Lee Gerdes
“By optimizing our brain, we optimize our entire life. We owe it to ourselves to be the limitless individuals we were born to be.”
“The ONLY thing a person can change is his or her own mind.”
"Our job is simple. Our job is to help the client arrive at brain balance and harmony."
“We can see the direction of the trauma, where it happened and how it affects the brain. It’s hard science; it’s measurement."
“The answer isn’t outside us, but within us. For within is where we interface with universal consciousness. It’s the natural tranquility of the brain when it’s connected to its source of universal consciousness that alone can free us, and it’s this that Brainwave Optimization™ can enable us to tap into.”
“Where we once believed that you lived with the brain you were born with, recent discoveries in the neurosciences have made it clear that it is, indeed, possible to change your brain.”
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15150 North Hayden Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: 480.588.6840
Fax: 480.588.6826
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FREE Client Webinar
Braintalk: Join Lee Gerdes, the author of Limitless You: The Infinite Possibilities of a Balanced Brain, as he shares his unique insights into how brainwave patterns may be working for you – or against you. Whether it is sleep, stress, anxiety, addictions, head injuries or headaches, Lee's knowledge is based on real data from real people. With the largest collection of brainwave patterns in the world, Lee has dedicated his life to understanding how our brains work - and how we can improve them. Tune in each month to Brai Talk with Lee Gerdes and tune up your brain. Register at - www.Brai StateTech.com/Brai Talk
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Ask Lee: Are you interested in becoming a provider of brainwave balancing? Then the Ask Lee presentation series is for you. Learn more how Brainwave Optimization™ works, and how you can set up your own center. The turnkey provider program includes everything you need to start helping clients immediately - including software, hardware, equipment, case management, marketing resources, 24/7 tech support, and more. Feel free to ask specific questions, and find out how you can start changing people's lives. Register at - www.Brai StateTech.com/Webinars
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