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What CES And My Grandmother's Couch Taught Me About Comfort

My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was seven years old. That was 45 years ago, and in the time since, crochet has become something close to...

Woman using Neurovana Calm CES device with ear clips for drug-free anxiety support and nervous system regulation.

Regulation Precedes Strategy: You’re Not Off Your Game. Your Nervous System Is.

I remember the meeting clearly. Not because anything dramatic happened. But because I said the wrong thing to exactly the right person, and I watc...

Midlife woman expressing the emotional intensity of perimenopause mood swings.

Perimenopause Mood Swings: Nobody Warned Me It Would Feel Like This

I cried at a car commercial last spring. Not a touching one. A regular car ad. I had been laughing at something my daughter said roughly four minut...

Tauna Young, FNP-C, consulting with a patient about perimenopause anxiety and nervous system regulation for Neurovana Calm Ultra CES.

Perimenopause Anxiety: Why It Feels Different and What Your Nervous System Is Doing

A patient came to see me recently. Late 40s, no mental health history, no clear life stressors she could name. She had made the appointment because...

Cara Maxfield standing outdoors, author of a Neurovana Calm article about chronic pain, mood, and nervous system regulation.

Nobody Warned Me That Chronic Pain Would Change My Mood

Nobody told me the pain would do that. I expected chronic pain to hurt. That part I understood. What I did not expect was what it would do to every...

Midlife woman using Neurovana CES Therapy device at home for anxiety relief and nervous system calm

That Low Hum of Anxiety? Midlife Women, This One’s for Us.

Anxiety in midlife is not always the kind with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Sometimes it’s just that low hum in the background: the wired-bu...

CES therapy device with ear clip electrodes used for anxiety and insomnia treatment at home

CES Therapy: The Night Panic Changed Everything

I'm going to tell you what a panic attack feels like in my body—because it's not "just anxiety." It starts with heat. My chest tightens. My heart r...

CES therapy for anxiety, a thoughtful woman experiencing high-functioning anxiety

CES Therapy for High-Functioning Anxiety: What It Shows

If you're managing anxiety while maintaining high performance at work, you've probably tried the standard options: SSRIs, psychotherapy, meditation...

Can a CES Device Help With Insomnia?

Founder and Clinical Leader, Neurovana | Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in psychiatry, 10+ years treating insomnia, anxiety...