Binaural Beats

If you struggle with anxiety, sleep, or focus, you might benefit from trying binaural beats. They work by playing slightly different sound frequencies in each ear, which can influence your brainwave patterns. To experience the effect properly, you’ll need stereo headphones.

What led me to suggest this was an interesting series of coincidences. A woman in my Facebook community group asked for recommendations for a hypnotherapist to help with sleep. I didn’t see her post right away, and after more than a day she still hadn’t received any responses. When I came across it, I told her I didn’t know a hypnotherapist but suggested she look into binaural beats instead. I had used binaural beats years ago and had positive experiences with them. Later, she messaged me to say she planned to try them.

Then, while I was browsing Reddit for something completely unrelated—frequency generators—the first post I saw wasn’t really about generators at all. It was about a website someone had created for personal use but was sharing for others to try, featuring binaural beats:  

Online Sound Therapy    

All of this happened, which felt like a bit of a nudge. The Online Sound Therapy website seems like a good place to start, so I turned the site into an app on my iPhone and plan to test it out once I sort out the stereo headphones I bought last year. I shared the link with the woman as well, and she replied that it looked great and that she was grateful to learn about binaural beats—she had already tried them and found them very helpful.