Step 1
Quick check-in on your week, brain fog, energy, and stress levels.
Brain Fog & Mental Cloudiness
Clear your head and sharpen your focus.
When your brain feels slow, foggy, or “under water,” it affects everything—from your work and workouts to how present you are with people you care about. Brain fog and mental cloudiness are often signs that your nervous system, sleep, stress, and lifestyle load are out of sync. Brandon helps you uncover what’s driving your fog so you can think more clearly, remember what matters, and get your focus back without burning yourself out.
What this really feels like
Brain fog is more than just being “a little tired.” When your mind won’t cooperate, it can feel like your life is running in the background without you. You might worry that you’re losing your edge, burning out, or that something is really wrong with your brain. It’s scary—and you may not have language to explain it to anyone else. You’re not lazy, broken, or dramatic. Your system is overloaded, and your brain is struggling to keep up.
On the outside
- You read the same paragraph three times and still don’t remember what it said.
- Simple decisions feel harder than they used to, and you second-guess yourself constantly.
- You walk into a room and forget why you went there in the first place.
On the inside
- Names, appointments, and small details keep slipping through the cracks.
- You feel “tired but wired” most days—too wound up to rest, too drained to focus.
- On rare clear days you feel like yourself again, only to have the mental cloudiness crash back without warning.
Why quick fixes have not worked
Most brain fog advice aims at a single target—sleep, diet, productivity tools, or caffeine—without looking at the full picture of what your system is holding. Brain fog and mental cloudiness are often the result of multiple factors stacking up. When you only change one piece in isolation, you might get a short burst of clarity—but the fog rolls back in, and pushing harder usually leaves you even more exhausted. Brandon’s work is about understanding why your brain is foggy and then changing your inputs and load in a way your nervous system can actually handle.
What’s really going on:
- Irregular or shallow sleep.
- Blood sugar swings and inconsistent nutrition.
- Chronic stress, anxiety, or overthinking.
- Nervous-system threat signals from pain, injuries, or illness.
- Over-training or under-recovery.
- Constant screen time, notifications, and context-switching.
How Brandon works with brain fog & mental cloudiness
Instead of handing you a generic “focus routine,” Brandon uses a step-by-step process that looks at your body, brain, and daily life together.
4-step process
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Clarify your baseline
Map when your brain fog shows up, how long it lasts, and what you’ve already tried. You’ll look at your sleep, stress, workload, movement, pain, and daily habits so you can see patterns that aren’t obvious from the inside.
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Spot the big levers
Identify the factors that seem to drive your fog the most—sleep timing, blood sugar crashes, pain, overtraining, screen overload, or constant stress. Instead of trying to fix everything at once, you’ll choose the two to three biggest levers to focus on first.
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Test simple experiments
Run small, realistic experiments: adjusting when you do deep work, adding nervous-system drills, changing pre-bed routines, tweaking movement or training volume, and creating short “shutdown” rituals. Each test is designed to answer, “Does this make my brain feel clearer or heavier?”
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Create guardrails
Build routines and boundaries that protect your best brain time: when you schedule demanding tasks, how you fuel and move during the day, and how you ramp down at night. The goal is not a perfect schedule—it’s a flexible system that keeps your brain from getting slammed.
What progress can look like
Every nervous system is different, so there are no one-size-fits-all promises. But clients who work on brain fog and mental cloudiness with Brandon often notice changes like these. This is not about becoming a productivity robot. It’s about getting your brain back so you can show up the way you want to—at work, in your sport, and in the rest of your life.
More predictable windows of clear focus during the day.
Fewer “lost hours” staring at a screen without remembering what you did.
Less panic about foggy days, because you know what supports recovery.
Better recall of names, conversations, and key details.
A calmer nervous system—less doom-scrolling at night and fewer stress spikes during the day.
More mental energy left over for family, hobbies, and training instead of giving everything to work.
What to expect in a session
Sessions are designed to feel structured but human. You’ll always know why you’re doing what you’re doing instead of being handed a random list of habits. You’re never expected to have “perfect weeks.” The goal is to collect information, adjust, and move toward more clear-headed days—not to judge yourself for needing support.
Format1:1 coaching via secure video (or in-person when available).
LengthApproximately 50 minutes for a standard session.
Shape of a typical session:
Step 2
Review of any experiments, exercises, or routines you tried.
Step 3
Discussion of what helped, what didn’t, and what you noticed in your body and mind.
Step 4
Agreement on one to three focused experiments or practices for the coming week.
About Your Coach
Meet Brandon Day
Brandon Day is a Pain and Performance Coach who specializes in the nervous system, stress, and high-demand lives. He blends nervous-system–informed coaching, strength and conditioning principles, and behavior-change science to help people who feel “foggy,” overloaded, or not like themselves rebuild clarity and capacity in a way that fits their real life. He has worked with founders, knowledge workers, athletes, caregivers, and people recovering from injuries or burnout who need their brain to work when it counts—not just on good days. Sessions with Brandon are practical and grounded—expect clear explanations, experiments you can actually do, and zero shame.
Focus Areas
Brain fog, mental cloudiness, persistent fatigue, nervous-system regulation, performance under pressure, long-term habit change.
How He Works
1:1 remote sessions, collaborative planning, small experiments instead of huge overhauls, and coordination with your existing providers or care team when useful.
What Clients Say
“I went from feeling like I was permanently ‘foggy’ to knowing what my brain needs to work. I still have off days, but I don’t feel broken or scared of them anymore—and I’m getting more real work done in fewer hours.”
Common Questions
Common Questions
Is brain fog just stress or anxiety?
Not always. Stress and anxiety can absolutely contribute to brain fog, but fog can also be influenced by sleep, blood sugar, pain, medication, hormones, infections, and how overloaded your nervous system is. Brandon’s work doesn’t replace medical care, but it focuses on the body–brain factors you can actually change day to day.
Do I need to see a doctor before working on brain fog?
If you have new, severe, or rapidly worsening symptoms—or you’re worried about conditions like stroke, dementia, or serious illness—you should see a healthcare provider first. Many of Brandon’s clients have already done that and been told everything looks “fine,” or that their fog is likely stress-related. Coaching can help you act on that information instead of just living with it.
Will this just be more productivity tips or mindset work?
No. You may talk about how you structure your work and how you respond to stress, but the focus is on your nervous system and body as much as your thoughts. That includes sleep patterns, energy rhythms, movement, pain, and how much your system is being asked to hold every day.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on your goals and how long the fog has been around. Some people use a short series of three to six sessions to get unstuck and build new routines. Others prefer a longer 100-day sprint to fully rework how they manage energy, stress, and performance. Brandon will talk through a realistic plan with you after your first session.
Can I work with Brandon if I’m already in therapy or on medication?
Yes. Many clients are already seeing a therapist, psychiatrist, or other providers. Brandon’s role is to help you translate what you’re learning into daily practices and nervous-system support, not to change prescriptions or tell you to stop treatment. With your permission, he can coordinate with other members of your care team.
Are sessions remote or in-person?
Sessions are primarily held online via secure video, so you can join from home, work, or even while traveling. If you’re local and interested in in-person work, you can mention that in your intake form and Brandon will let you know what’s currently available.
You don’t have to live in a mental fog.
You are not lazy, unmotivated, or losing your mind. Your system is overloaded, and your brain is doing the best it can with the signals it’s getting.
You don’t have to keep guessing which hack will finally clear your head or wait for your focus to magically come back. If you’re ready to understand what’s driving your brain fog and build a plan your life can support, Brandon is here to help.