Protecting your greatest asset: Your Brain.Promoting your greatest resources: Cognitive, Emotional, & Physical Energies. NQ is the NextGen approach to Healthy Human Potential & Richer Life Experiences.
Most people (even well-educated ones) have not been given what they need to know about what, why, and how their own biological system works. This has been my life’s work and personal interest for the last 40 years, though. In 2012, I took a deep dive into neuroscience and resilience. Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ) Coaching programs have been developed out of decades of learning from brilliant thought leaders, scientists, and medical experts around the World, working with thousands of clients, and my personal experience with every single NQ strategy.
Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ)™ is a science-based framework that teaches you how to understand, regulate, and optimize your Energies (cognitive, emotional, and physical) for sustainable wellness and high performance.
NQ is the lifestyle approach we need for Healthgevity & Whole Human Performance.
Giving people what they need for a lifetime of Thriveability.
Professionals, executives, creatives, and high-pressured individuals who want to assure their “Brain Capital” is secure and flourishing.
Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ) Coaching is the MISSING LINK to Healthgevity and Whole Human Performance. NQ a neuroscience-based lifestyle approach that gives you Healthy Control as you gain insights into how your chemistry and biorhythms work and then learn NQ strategies to manage them well. With an elevated NQ and ways of optimizing your whole system, you are able to strengthen focus, emotional regulation, and decision-making—especially under pressure. Rooted in neuroscience, psychology, and human performance research, NQ translates complex brain science into practical strategies that are easy to implement and immediately impactful.
Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ)™ was created by Ava Diamond Dreyer, a licensed psychotherapist, certified in Nutritional Psychology, Neuroscience in Leadership, Brain Health, Trauma Recovery, and Addiction Recovery, through years of formal education and decades of clinical experience.
Ava integrates neuroscience, nutritional psychology, nervous system regulation, and behavioral science into a practical, human-centered framework that translates complex brain science into real-world application.
Her work bridges:
NQ was built not as a trend—but as a lifetime framework for Healthgevity™ and Whole Human Performance.
All programs are grounded in the Four Pillars of Neuroscience Intelligence and can be delivered in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid format.
Our NQ Coaching programs are designed to meet individuals, leaders, and organizations exactly where they are turning brain science into practical, easy-to-implement strategies that create lasting wellness and performance gains.
Based in New York City, providing service Worldwide
Four Pillars of Neuroscience Intelligence
Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ)™ is built on four integrated pillars.
Each one influences brain chemistry, neural signaling, and nervous system regulation.
Brain-based insights, strategies, and tools to optimize performance, wellness, and connection—delivered consistently to support clarity, resilience, and sustainable excellence.
🧠❤️ What do your head, heart, and gut have in common? Communication. Your heart is not just a pump. It’s a neural command center. Your gut is not only for food digestion but also produces hormones that send important messages
🧠 Feeling foggy? Brain fog is warning you that your brain care is out of whack….or non-existent! It’s a Neurobiological Signal. If you’re struggling with brain fog— slow thinking mental fatigue poor focus emotional reactivity feeling “off” even when you’re
Those first 15 minutes of everyday is a transition time that we are biologically meant to have Healthy Control over in order to optimize wellness & performance. We were not designed to re-enter each day with technology being in control.
Getting an accurate diagnosis can be one of the most impactful experiences that you can have.
Senior Attorney, 2024
On a whim, I tuned in to an NQ seminar that my company was offering virtually and once I heard Ava explaining the neuroscience what and why about the lack of motivation I WAS FEELING THAT VERY DAY, I couldn’t tune out. She gave me the HOW to get out of my cognitive and emotional motivational rut. In fact, it was a Monday and by Wednesday that same week, the NQ strategies that I put into effect gave me motivational lift off! I hope we can get more on the calendar in 2026.
Senior Operations Manager
I have been to countless stress-management programs and have encouraged my teams to develop great Work:Life Balance. As those words would come out of my mouth, I felt almost hypocritical. After The Optimized Lawyer program, I can now share science-based strategies that actually work to create ”QUALITY Life Balance”, as Ava renames the realities, and foster whole life fulfillment while engaging in this high-demand profession!
Partner
NQ changed my life. That is no exaggeration. I know what Ava means by Healthy Control because now I have it. In my role as Global Director of an IT Dept, my role as Household Director, lol, and my role as Community Leader, I feel a solid sense of self, calm, and confidence.”
Global Director, Mom, Wife, and Group Leader
Taking care of your brain is one of the most powerful investments you can make for your health, performance, and overall well-being.
Neuroscience Intelligence (NQ) Coaching helps you understand and optimize how your brain works so you can feel better, think clearer, and perform at your best.
Based in New York City, providing services globally, online and in-person
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Brain Bootcamp, as part of The Optimized Lawyer, was one of the best wellness programs I’ve ever attended. Spanning four 45-minute sessions, the program provided clear, practical, and actionable advice to support brain health and a healthier lifestyle in general. Ava was engaging and skillful in breaking the topics into digestible and useful takeaways. The Bootcamp struck the perfect balance between being thorough yet concise, making it both accessible and impactful. I highly recommend this program to anyone looking to enhance their overall well-being.