A year after Virginia Hutton was diagnosed with cancer, she was overwhelmed not only with her illness, but her father’s declining health, and her cousin’s battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was struggling with concentration and procrastinated when she needed to make important decisions.
“I not only had a cancer diagnosis, but also had a history of depression,” Hutton says. “I felt stuck in an overwhelming medical situation and didn’t know where to turn. In the process, several childhood traumas resurfaced, and I began reevaluating my whole life. It was a heavy emotional load.”
Hutton’s friend told her about a noninvasive, drug-free neurotechnology she used called Cereset®, which has more than 60 franchise locations in the U.S. The closest center to Hutton, who lives out of state, is in Carmel, owned by Brenda Hanning.
“It’s a non-invasive wellness technology,” Hanning says of Cereset®. “It reflects the brain’s activity back to itself through engineered sound.”
EEG sensors send the information to the computer, which chooses from 55,000 engineered tones.
“It will choose the tones that are going to resonate with the imbalances so the brain can essentially start correcting itself,” she says.
Hanning discovered Cereset® more than 15 years ago to help a family member who struggled with insomnia and emotional issues.
“Cereset® helped them learn coping skills in terms of stopping rumination and changing their thought process away from worst-case scenarios,” she says. “I was really excited by the end results achieved with the technology, so I invested in it, trained and became a provider, and I now have more than 13 years of experience helping brains relax and reset with Cereset®.”
Acute insomnia, or bouts of sleep loss that last a few days at a time, affects about one-third of adults, according to the American Medical Association, with one in 10 suffering from chronic insomnia, which lasts for more than three nights a week for three or four months.
“I have clients who have years of not being able to sleep more than a few hours a night that now are sleeping eight hours a night on most nights,” Hanning says. “Sleep is a big driver of why a lot of clients come into Cereset®, and it can take sometimes more than five sessions if someone has had long-term insomnia or sleep issues. Usually within three to four months, they’re finally experiencing restorative sleep. Their sleep is regulated better than it was before, and then over the course of a year, the results become stronger.
“When life gets out of control, we can get stuck in a cycle of stress and all the negative symptoms that come with it, like brain fog, a quick temper, impatience, low energy and mood, anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, irritability or inability to make decisions, and sleep disruptions,” she adds. “The list can be long, so Cereset® empowers you to have higher resilience to stress, a calmer mood, clear thinking and higher levels of motivation. It’s customized to each client’s unique brain and situation.”
Hutton drove three hours to meet with Hanning and try Cereset® for the first time. Afterward, she drove a short distance to her hotel. She began to scroll through content on her phone and spotted a joke.
“Normally I wouldn’t have laughed, and I laughed out loud within an hour of my first session,” she says. “I couldn’t remember the last time I laughed, and to be able to laugh at something that was actually quite silly surprised me. Also, I slept really well that night, and the next morning had more presence of mind, and some hope for a change.”
“It was also valuable to have a supportive person walking me through this process,” she adds. “Brenda is just so attentive and caring. It’s really a beautiful combination of having this amazing technology and a caring facilitator. That speaks volumes.”
Hutton continued sessions every two or three weeks after her initial meeting. During the past year, she has returned to the center about every six to eight weeks. Her mood and focus have drastically improved, and she can better focus on her family’s needs.
“I told my father I had cancer six months before he died, and I was with him the night he died,” she says. “At my father’s funeral, I needed to be fully present, but I was going through an extremely difficult time emotionally. Cereset® was a support that enabled me to thrive, to enjoy being present, to have mental clarity and be the best version of myself during some of the most difficult times in my life.”
“To go from not being able to process at all to being able to think again, process what’s coming up and then make healthy decisions — the best decisions you can with the information you have — that, for me, has been a game changer,” Hutton adds. “It’s kind of like taking your brain through a car wash. It just feels clear, clean and better functioning.”
Cereset® offers an introductory session to all clients for $99.
“It gives the client an opportunity to have a baseline assessment of their stress center and emotional center, to see if they are stuck in a stress state, to hear more about Cereset® and to decide if it’s something they’d like to do,” Hanning says.
A five-session wellness package is recommended for all clients interested in using the technology.
For more information, including studies and testimonials, visit cereset.com. Interested individuals may also call or text 317-922-7588 or email brenda@carmel.cereset.com.
