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Mindset and Our Neurobiological Legacy
In the most recent Mindset Neuroscience workshop, we talked about helping ourselves and others expand into a Mindset not only of Neurobiological Competence, but into elevating Our Neurobiological Legacy. We have a chance, as humans on the planet right now,…
Micro-Signals of Authenticity: Beware False Growth Mindset
You can’t teach Growth Mindset only with words. This is because growth mindset is a ‘concept’. A concept is something abstract, like ‘passion’ or ‘perseverance’. Concepts are a way we try to use words to label experiences, behaviors and feelings….
We are Vibrational Beings…
Beyond the ‘meat’ of the brain… One of my favorite parts of facilitating programs and workshops is the incredible people that come together from all over the world… who join together to learn about the power of the human mind….
Do you see what I see? astonishing ways our past distorts reality
“Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that your are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm” -Donella Meadows Our past creates predictions. These predictions form our MINDSET….
To teach growth mindset, you don’t need to say growth mindset
Years ago, when I started teaching students and teachers about neuroplasticity and ‘Growth Mindset’, I never actually used the phrase Growth Mindset. In fact, I had never even heard of it! In the years that I studied the brain’s plasticity…
The Science of Why Mindset Matters: The Lens That Shapes Your Reality
“What a person sees “depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conception experience has taught him to see.” ― Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions No matter what kind of…
How revenge affects our brain and how we can break the cycle w/ Dr. Kimmel
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How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays a deeper, darker role than we might have imagined… “Behavioral studies from around the world confirm that people who hurt (or kill)…
The science of collective intelligence and elevated leadership: Free Global Showcase Event
What if the most transformative breakthroughs in coaching, leadership, and education happen not in isolation, but when we witness each other’s growth in real time? Each year, I am reminded that the most profound shifts occur when we step…
How fear blocks brains and human progress: 3 powerful patterns we need to know
Fear is not a bad thing. Just like anger and sadness, emotions are windows into different patterns of beliefs, unconscious triggers and thoughts about ourselves and others. When we let ourselves NOTICE our feelings, we have a better chance of choosing if…
Psychological Safety Neuroscience: 5 micro-signals to build trust & influence
Do you have something important to teach others, but they just don’t seem to get it or care? Part of the issue may be that WHAT you’re saying needs to be more compelling, but another issue might be in HOW…
Super-Regulators: the Science of Self-Regulation Leadership
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What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art of self-regulation? Not only leaders who can regulate themselves, but those who regulate the nervous systems of those around them. By…
Super-Regulators Neuroscience: how to use relationships to boost brain architecture & self-empowerment
We live in a vibrational-relational reality Our relationships with others build up beliefs, ‘cellular memory’, and neural networks that can help our brains become their most ‘human’: adaptive, resilient, creative, brilliant. When relationships are absent, neglectful or abusive, they can…