Retrain Your Brain

30-Day Dopamine Challenge

Your Brain Is Under Siege.

Take It Back.

A therapist-designed dopamine challenge that arms everyday people with a proven system to fight back against their hijacked brain for adults trapped in modern distraction habits who want to reclaim their presence and vitality in an environment of engineered mass distraction.

The more stimulation you consume, the less life you experience.

Don't stay stuck. Take Your Brain Back. Change your life.

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The Dopamine Doctor

400+

Therapists Trained

7,000+

Client Hours

Ph.D.

Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Certified

Brain Health Professional

Your Brain Isn't Broken.

It's Being Hijacked.

Your phone. A drink. A snack. A smoke. A purchase. Another hit.

The System of Mass Distraction is depleting

your quality of life.

Social Media Algorithms. Big Tech. Big Nicotine. Big Food. Alcohol Normalization.

A life built on avoidance and distraction robs you of

purpose and vitality.

In Retrain Your Brain, you’ll learn how to take back control and heal your brain in 30 days.

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Your Brain Is Being Hijacked.

Here's What's Draining It...

Social Media, Doom-Scrolling

Internet Pornography

Nicotine & Vaping

Substance Use

Ultra-processed Junk Food

Video Games & Loot Boxes

Gambling & Sports-Betting

Online Shopping

Caffeine Stacking

Binge-Watching / Streaming

News & Political Outrage

Stimulation Stacking

The only way to take your power back is to take back your brain.

The Symptoms Are Everywhere.

The Root Cause Is The Same.

Brain & Body

Brain fog
Low energy
Inability to focus
Struggle to make decisions
Procrastination
Impulsive habits
Distracted
Headaches

Mood & Emotions

Unmotivated
Directionless
Anxious
Depressed
Unstable Moods
Negative Thought Loops
Feeling lazy
Lack of confidence

Life & Relating

Stuck in habits you can't break
Comparing self to others
Disconnected from self & others
Inability to be present
Overwhelmed by daily tasks
Avoidance of Intimacy
Struggle to self-start
Blocked in creativity

These aren’t character flaws. They’re symptoms of hijacked dopamine.

But your brain is designed to heal — if given the right conditions.

When Your Brain Heals, Everything Shifts

✓ Greater focus & mental clarity

✓ Stable moods & emotional awareness

✓ Feeling present in your own life

✓ Deeper connection with people

✓ Momentum building toward real goals

✓ More energy & natural motivation

✓ Less impulsive, more disciplined

✓ Higher tolerance for discomfort

✓ A greater sense of having more time

✓ Clearer sense of identity & self-belief

I N T R O D U C I N G

Retrain Your Brain

A 30-Day Dopamine Challenge

You Are Ready To Reclaim Your Brain and Change Your Life?

This 30-Day Dopamine Challenge with 6 weeks of trauma-informed curriculum gives you a proven system of tools, strategies, and community accountability to reset your dopamine baseline and start your journey to healing your brain — in as little as 30 days. This course and its tools are backed by current neuroscience research, and designed to support you challenging yourself to remove the habits that are depleting your brain. You pick your challenge level to match where you feel comfortable starting and you go at your own pace.

The "Doses of Discipline" are the levels of difficulty for the challenge:

Low Dose - Remove only ONE dopamine drainer for 30 days

Moderate Dose - Remove 5 dopamine drainers for 30 days

Full Dose - Remove ALL 10 dopamine drainers for 30 days

Review the course curriculum below and see how you will be supported through all 6-weeks - mentally, emotionally, somatically, and more. There is a bonus module offered with the course called "Hijacked Intimacy" to see how your habits are affecting your relationships. An additional bonus offer includes 1:1 personalized support with your instructor to deepen your journey to healing your brain.

Trauma-Informed Approach

Built on neuroscience research and nervous system awareness. No "hacks" - real change.

Choose Your Challenge

3 Challenge levels to meet yourself where you're at & build from there.

Community Accountability

Get immediate access to community support when you sign up!

Lifetime Access to Course

Go at your own pace. Restart the challenge anytime. Updates always added to your material.

Add-On Bonus Offers:

Bonus Module: Hijacked Intimacy

Learn how internet pornography is ACTUALLY affecting your brain - and your relationships and intimacy. Add module access to your course at checkout.

1:1 Coaching with The Dopamine Doctor

Get direct and personalized support in a 75-minute session with Meredith McNiel, PhD, LPC-S to support your dopamine challenge and deepen your journey of healing your brain! Add at checkout.

What You Get In The Course Curriculum

Retrain Your Brain

Welcome to Retrain Your Brain!
1 lesson
1. Introduction + Getting Started
Module 1: The Dopamine Drainers: Trigger Audit
4 lessons
1. What is Dopamine?
2. The Dopamine Drainers
3. The Cost of Cravings
4. Trigger Audit
Module 2: Retrain Your Brain Challenge
3 lessons
1. Components of the Retrain Your Brain Challenge
2. Choose Your Challenge
3. Prepare for Your Challenge
Module 3: Part ONE: From Emotional Collapse to Nervous System Stability
6 lessons
1. A Brief Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
2. The Stimulation Trap: How Dopamine Hijacking Makes You Anxious
3. From Stimulation to Emotional Collapse
1. Somatic Practices for Vitality
  1. Tier 1 Practices
  2. Tier 2 Practices
  3. Tier 3 Practices
Module 3: Part TWO: From Emotional Collapse to Nervous System Stability
3 lessons
1. The Mental Hijack
2. Identity Erosion: When Dysregulation Becomes Your Personality
3. Brain Healthy Habits for Whole Body Vitality
Module 4: Rebuild & Rewire: Strengthening Your Reward Pathways
4 lessons
1. Rebuild Your Baseline: How Effort Leads to Expansion
2. Reclaim Your Brain with Focus Training
3. Recreate Yourself: Rewire Automatic Patterns & Change Your Habits
4. Retrain Your Brain's Reward System
Module 5: Hijack Prevention: Protecting your Brain in an Overstimulating World
4 lessons
1. Re-Integrating Back Into the World
2. Signs You're Slipping
3. Redesign Your Life to Prevent Slipping
4. Future Reset Planning

I N T R O D U C I N G

T h e D o p a m i n e D o c t o r

Meredith McNiel, Ph.D., LPC-S

I’ve experienced the power of changing my habits, getting sober, and taking better care of myself, my mind, and my body— and I’ve spent my career helping others do the same. There is no greater reward than witnessing people experience true vitality for the first time in their lives. As a therapist, university educator, and owner of Essence Therapy ATX, I’ve trained over 400 graduate-level therapists, worked thousands of hours with hundreds of clients, and presented on dopamine to hundreds of attendees at national mental health conferences and workshops.

People don’t realize how much their lives are affected by their habits. I built this program because I know how much clearer, more focused, and more alive you can feel when your brain is working the way it was designed to.

Credentials:

✓ PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision

✓ Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health

✓ Bachelors Degree in Psychology

✓ Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor

✓ Certified Brain Health Professional

✓ Certified in Interpersonal Neurobiology

✓ Certified Attachment & Somatics Practitioner

✓ Certified in Trauma-Informed Care in Mental Health Practice

✓ Graduate-Level University Professor

✓ Owner of Essence Therapy - ATX

You Are Just One Decision Away From a Different Life.

As a Founding Member - Yours Today For Just $97!

Once the community hits 200 members, the price goes up to $197!

GET STARTED TODAY!

Retrain Your Brain

A 30-Day Dopamine Challenge

One-time Payment

$97

Payment options available

Community Access

First month INCLUDED when you sign up!

Continue receiving support with weekly live calls, peer support groups, additional resources, and discounts on future offers for just $20 a month, after the first month!

Retrain Your Brain

Your Brain Is Under Siege.

Take It Back.

The more stimulation you consume, the less life you experience.

Join the Community

The Dopamine Doctor

400+

7,000+

Ph.D.

Certified

Your Brain Isn't Broken.

It's Being Hijacked.

The System of Mass Distraction is depleting

your quality of life.

A life built on avoidance and distraction robs you of

purpose and vitality.

Your Brain Is Being Hijacked.

Here's What's Draining It...

Social Media, Doom-Scrolling

Internet Pornography

Nicotine & Vaping

Substance Use

Ultra-processed Junk Food

Video Games & Loot Boxes

Gambling & Sports-Betting

Online Shopping

Caffeine Stacking

Binge-Watching / Streaming

News & Political Outrage

Stimulation Stacking

The only way to take your power back is to take back your brain.

The Symptoms Are Everywhere.

The Root Cause Is The Same.

Brain & Body

Brain fog

Low energy

Inability to focus

Struggle to make decisions

Procrastination

Impulsive habits

Distracted

Headaches

Mood & Emotions

Unmotivated

Directionless

Anxious

Depressed

Unstable Moods

Negative Thought Loops

Feeling lazy

Lack of confidence

Life & Relating

Stuck in habits you can't break

Comparing self to others

Disconnected from self & others

Inability to be present

Overwhelmed by daily tasks

Avoidance of Intimacy

Struggle to self-start

Blocked in creativity

These aren’t character flaws. They’re symptoms of hijacked dopamine.

But your brain is designed to heal — if given the right conditions.

When Your Brain Heals, Everything Shifts

I N T R O D U C I N G

Retrain Your Brain

You Are Ready To Reclaim Your Brain and Change Your Life?

Trauma-Informed Approach

Choose Your Challenge

Community Accountability

Lifetime Access to Course

Add-On Bonus Offers:

Bonus Module: Hijacked Intimacy

Learn how internet pornography is ACTUALLY affecting your brain - and your relationships and intimacy. Add module access to your course at checkout.

1:1 Coaching with The Dopamine Doctor

Get direct and personalized support in a 75-minute session with Meredith McNiel, PhD, LPC-S to support your dopamine challenge and deepen your journey of healing your brain! Add at checkout.

What You Get In The Course Curriculum

Retrain Your Brain

Welcome to Retrain Your Brain!

Module 1: The Dopamine Drainers: Trigger Audit

Module 2: Retrain Your Brain Challenge