Heidi Hanna, PhD Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Consultant on Stress Mastery, Brain Based Health and Performance

In this session, Dr. Heidi Hanna will guide participants in an exploration into the most valuable resource we have - human capital and the power of the brain. Based on the latest neuroscience of stress, mindfulness and motivation, Dr. Hanna uncovers research-driven guiding principles and a simple framework for optimizing brain health and fitness, even in challenging times. Through interactive discussions around best-practices, participants will create a Recharge Toolkit with specific strategies for their daily routine and team rituals to best support relationships at home and work.

Participants will:

• learn the key organizing principles of the brain and how non-conscious bias can be both a challenge and an asset
• understand the new science of stress and how it can be used to fuel positive change
• practice a quick Brain Recharge technique to calm the body and quiet the mind
• create individual and team action plans for integrating simple daily shifts to use stress to drive performance and build health and resilience

Neuroscience research demonstrates that our brain and nervous system can adapt in both positive and negative ways to stress. It’s not the stress itself that causes the problem but our response to it that creates the positive or negative impact in our lives. In this session, Dr. Heidi Hanna will guide participants through a process that trains you to have a challenge versus threat mindset and transform stress into a catalyst for positive change, growth and performance.

Participants will:

• recognize how stress impacts the mind and body, for better or worse
• learn the difference between stressed and stressed out
• understand how to shift from reacting to responding
• explore various stress mindsets, and how they impact health and performance
• create an individual and team action plan to navigate stress more effectively personally and professionally

Everything you hope to achieve personally and professionally, presumes you have the energy to accomplish it. The more stressful your environment, the more rapidly it will dissipate your energy, leading to a loss of focus, passion, perspective and eventually even hope. This program will provide you the 5 keys to building a solid foundation of energy and resilience, so you can help the most important people in your life during these uncertain times.

Participants will learn:

• how to manage personal energy through oscillation patterns of stress and recovery throughout the day, especially in challenging circumstances
• the what, when and how of nutrition
• simple strategies to incorporate exercise and movement into your daily routine
• specific ways to prime the brain and body to foster a good night’s sleep