Welcome! Thank you for visiting my website and for allowing me to tell you a bit about myself. I was born and raised in Michigan, but for the last 15 years I have called Colorado home.
At the age of 15 my back was broken in a car accident. At the age of 21, I endured a failed back surgery that resulted in a hole in my spine from L4-S1 due to discs being removed, a failed fusion, and three broken screws in my back within weeks of surgery. Both conditions remain unchanged to this day.
I spent 10 years in corporate America as an Executive Assistant and Corporate Accounting Manager in the retail grocery business followed by 16 years as an entrepreneur in the medical industry. Through it all my true passion has been constant unwavering spiritual growth, fitness, nutrition and a desire to help others.
During this time, my love of animals and desire to help led me to establish an off-grid wolf/wolf dog rescue center in the Rocky Mountains where I was able to take in the most wounded, abused, terrified wolves and wolf dogs and rehabilitate them. I am blessed beyond comprehension to have been a part of these wonderful animal’s growth process, to share in their experience not only of getting healthy and healed physically, but also in them learning to trust, love, feel secure, learn to be joyful and playful, and feel peace in their hearts, rather than be sick and starving and terrified at the hands of humans...My journey with them led me through experiences such as literally growing broken bones, reversing liver failure, healing cancer through natural remedies from the Native American Indians, learning acupressure, learning how to be a bridge for healing energy, becoming knowledgeable in herbal remedies, etc…
This experience only further enhanced my desire to help people. In my search for how I was supposed to help people, I was led to the side of a mountain in NC where I learned of Brain Optimization with RTB (RealTime Balancing), and I “knew” immediately –THIS is what I had been praying for and THIS is the work I was supposed to get involved in to help people. I changed my plans to accommodate sessions for myself as I had to, of course, see for myself what it was really about and “if” it really worked. I had gone through a divorce and also gone through the death of 5 loved ones within 5 months’ time, and the truth is, for the first time in my life I was really having a hard time finding my drive and determination and focus…..I changed my plans to accommodate sessions, and 4 days later having completed my series of sessions, my response was that it was “The greatest gift I had ever given myself.” Needless to say, two months later I was in training to get licensed…I’ve been doing this work for over 5 years now and am Master’s Level IV certified. I have worked with a lot of brain injury clients, veteran’s young and old, clients with depression, chronic pain, bipolar disorder, anger issues, drug addictions, spiritual seeking, desires for cognitive improvement, dyslexia, autism, ADD/ADHD, weight management struggles to name a few…..The miracles and healing that can come from a balanced and harmonized brain cannot be put in any box – ANYTHING and EVERYTHING FOR OUR GREATER GOOD “IS” POSSIBLE!!!!!! I feel this work is a great gift and blessing to mankind.
Last, but so very much NOT least, is the miracle of my son….. Since the age of 15 when my back was broken, I was told I could never have a child, that I would be unable to carry a pregnancy and would be paralyzed…Well, I got the most blessed miracle ever in that my prayers were answered, and I now have a 3-year-old son. It was Russian Roulette for getting his lungs to develop fully versus getting him out in time before he tore my spine apart by growing too big inside of me…..but WE MADE IT!!! There were 3 weeks in the hospital trying to stop his birth, and my OB/gyn doc wasn’t even sleeping due to the worry and danger of it; there ended up being 2 spinal epidurals needed because the anatomy in my spine is so irregular the first didn’t work for an emergency C-section! He was 5 weeks premature, but he made it…so did I. We are both totally healthy and flourishing! He is sooooooo amazing to me - happy, healthy, strong, joyful, possessing such a wonderful sense of humor, loving yet independent, and strong willed yet tender. Wow, what a miracle, what a gift!
I feel so much gratitude and so deeply blessed that in my lifetime I have not only had the amazing experience of working with wild animals as I did, but now I get to experience similar healing with humans in my Bridge work, and in sharing in the journey of growth and development of my son……People come in wounded - in heart, in mind, in body, and in spirit……and in the process of doing this work with them, I see them start to let go of the pain that binds them in all these different ways and they begin to find their light again, their joy, their hope, their freedom from a life full of challenges that has bit by bit deterred them from the amazing, incredible, beautiful people they truly are and are meant to be! I wholeheartedly believe in the work that I do!!! It is such an honor to be allowed to share in the journey to balance and harmony with every client who walks through my door! What you will experience in my office on this serene mountaintop is peace, calm, a place many of my clients consider their sanctuary - that even when they are at their home, in their mind they bring themselves back to my office for the peace and serenity it brings them. You will experience confidentiality, trustworthiness, friendship, support, understanding, encouragement, hope, and someone who believes in you and in what this work can do!
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My advanced experience and training provides greater knowledge and wisdom, and thus helps me to better see the imbalances in your brain, understand them, and know how to help guide you through them for a more balanced brain and balanced life.
These distinctions are why people come from all over the country to receive the best brain balance experience they can have! You can experience this for yourself or someone you love, too, by coming to The Optimized Brain– Your Bridge to Health & Happiness.
So now you know a bit about me. I hope you find the rest of my website insightful in learning more about what The Optimized Brain – Your Bridge to Health & Happiness can do to help you. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I would be honored to have the opportunity to share in your journey, and help you find balance and harmony and peak optimization in your life!
In hope,
Raquel Younglove
Master Level IV, Brainwave Technologist
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