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Survive to Thrive: Rewiring our Brains in an Epidemically Stressed Society




Course Description 
Stressed? You'd be amazed what the implications are. From ethical lapses to health breakdowns, our society is epidemically stressed and it's breaking our bottom line! Survive to Thrive brings members the cutting edge neuroscience of stress and strategies to get out of our pre-programmed survival mindsets, to a place where business, bodies and brains all thrive.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees should be able to: 
  • Define the ways stress physiology affects health and job performance.
  • Recognize the ways the brain operates maladaptively in the modern world and generate specific stress management strategies to override these “badaptations".
  • Develop a personalized brain-plan to become Instinctively Cognitive and reduce fear based choices to improve productivity, happiness, and health.

Duration: 60
 minutes

Speaker
Business, biology, brain science: Dr. Rebecca Heiss brings the best of all three worlds together. After earning a PhD with research designated as ‘transformative’ by the National Science Foundation, Rebecca went on to hold multiple appointments in academia, and helped to found a paradigm shifting school. Described as a creative thought leader, she was honored to deliver a TEDx on a portion of her work and has built her career on helping others break through their biological ‘blind spots.’