Heidi Hanna Keynote Speaker, Author, Health & Performance Consultant

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Beyond Funny: Humor that Heals

Beyond Funny: Humor that Heals

Decades of research has shown that the benefits of humor extend far beyond laughter; including boosting brainpower, decreasing stress, and optimizing health and performance. In this interactive presentation, participants will recognize the many benefits of humor, practice simple techniques that are easily applied to even the busiest of schedules, and create a Beyond Funny action plan with specific goals for incorporating healthy humor at work and at home.
Radical Resilience: Sustainable Health and Performance

Radical Resilience: Sustainable Health and Performance

Based on over 3 decades of work with peak performers across business, military and sport, Dr. Heidi Hanna has developed a unique, brain-based approach to training extraordinary performance at the most elite levels. In this highly interactive, customizable presentation, participants will have the opportunity to clearly identify their personal motivation, understand how to train the brain and body for sustainable energy, and discuss applications for both business and personal success and significance. Participants will: • Understand 3 critical elements of sustainable energy management at work and home • Recognize the consequences of unmanaged stress on the human energy system • Identify sources of personal motivation and create a unique focus phrase • Practice simple techniques that establish brain-body coherence for peak performance • Develop a customized action plan for building radical resilience
Recharge: 5 Shifts to Energize Your Life

Recharge: 5 Shifts to Energize Your Life

In Recharge, participants will learn how to train the brain to manage energy more efficiently in order to help sustain optimal health, happiness and performance. Energy management is discussed from a holistic, inside-out approach, starting first with techniques to balance brain chemistry, build brain health and boost brainpower. With the brain in an energized state, we are then able to bring our best attention and effort to the task at hand. Participants will: • Understand the impact of chronic stress on the body, mind, and spirit. • Recognize the key sources of hidden internal stress that deplete resilience. • Learn how a simple shift in mindset can alter physiological responses to stress. • Practice simple techniques for altering daily stress patterns to improve natural rhythms, building a personalized “Optimal Performance Pulse”. • Create an action plan to support sustainable energy management.
Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress

Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress

Constant multitasking and ever-increasing demands on time and energy have caused us to develop a neurochemically-based addiction to sources of stress. As a result, taking it easy is one of the hardest things to do! Our dependence on stimulation from multiple sources of stress, often simultaneously, shifts us away from healthy oscillation, causing us to flat-line our way through the day. Participants will: • Understand the impact of chronic stress on the body, mind, and spirit • Learn how a simple shift in mindset can alter physiological responses to stress. • Recognize the key sources of hidden internal stress that deplete natural resilience. • Practice simple techniques for altering daily stress patterns to improve natural rhythms, building a personalized “Optimal Performance Pulse”. • Create an action plan to support personal energy management.
The SHARP Solution: Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower

The SHARP Solution: Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower

With constantly increasing demands on time and energy, it’s easy to fall into the trap of multitasking - functioning in a state of surviving rather than thriving. This mental overwhelm takes a toll on our “human capital”- decreasing focus and attention, creativity and innovation, resilience and overall engagement. What’s more, research suggests that age-related cognitive decline begins in healthy, educated adults when they are in their 20s and 30s. In The SHARP Solution, participants will learn the critical components of brain health that provide a foundation for improved cognitive functioning throughout the lifespan, understand the power of mental and physical training to stimulate energy, and create an actionable plan for implementing a sustainable brain fitness program that can be applied to their everyday life. These simple strategies optimize energy and performance for today and create a healthier brain as we age, prolonging the development of cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Participants will: • Understand the impact of busyness, stress, and aging on brain functioning • Identify the 5 key factors for building a healthy brain foundation • Utilize brain training techniques for mental strength, flexibility, and endurance • Discuss the latest tools designed to optimize brain/body functioning • Create a training plan for improved brain health and cognitive fitness

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2015 Recharge: 5 Shifts to Energize Your Life
2014 Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress
2013 The Sharp Solution: Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower

As an experienced speaker, Heidi has been featured at many national and global conferences, including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Women’s Leadership Summit, and the Million Dollar Round Table. Heidi is CEO and founder of SYNERGY, an integrative neuroscience partnership that provides brain-based training for individuals and organizations. She is also a frequent lecturer Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona.

Heidi’s publications include the NY Times bestseller The SHARP Solution: A Brain-Based Approach for Optimal Performance (Wiley, Feb 2013), Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship With Stress (Wiley, Jan 2014) and Recharge: 5 Shifts to Energize Your Life.

Heidi is actively involved with several non-profit organizations such as Challenged Athletes Foundation and The Alzheimer’s Association and is a National Board Member for Blessings in a Backpack. Recently, Heidi created The Beyond Funny Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing resources and education related to the benefits of healthy humor. In 2011, Heidi became a Fellow with the American Institute of Stress, and she currently serves as editor of their quarterly publication, Contentment.

Heidi holds a bachelors degree in communications from Penn State University, where she competed on the Big 10 softball team and received academic All-American honors. She holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Rollins College and a Ph.D. degree in holistic nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health. Clients have included Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Proctor & Gamble, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, ESPN and Starbucks, as well as professional and amateur athletes. For nearly a decade, Heidi has partnered with Janus Capital to deliver the Energy for Performance and BrainWorks programs, which teach financial advisors how to better manage their personal energy, particularly during periods of stress.

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Beyond Funny: Humor that Heals

Radical Resilience: Sustainable Health and Performance

Recharge: 5 Shifts to Energize Your Life

Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress

The SHARP Solution: Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower

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Healthcare

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