Acute stress is adaptive and serve the purpose of moving us out of the way of danger quickly. It's a good thing. Chronic stress, on the other hand, is NOT good for us but unfortunately many of us suffer from it. This course is designed to teach participants about the neurobiological and psychological nature of stress, offer specific stress-reduction techniques, and empower people to take control of their mental and physical health. The goal is to provide participants with a sound understanding of what stress is, when it's bad, and, most important, how to reduce it so you can shine as brightly as possible and let your business bloom!

Welcome to 2015! If you are like many people, you use this time to reflect on the changes you want to make as you enter another year. Whether you are setting resolutions or intentions, having that goal is not enough if we want to meaningfully pursue something new. We need a clear purpose, motivation, accountability, and clear actions for achieving that goal. This session will help you identify each of these in pursuit of a meaningful goal for 2015! 

“Whether we think we can or think we can’t, we’re right” said Henry Ford. The truth of this statement lies in how we train our brain. We adopt a thinking style because of experiences that we encounter and those experiences literally change our brain. The question is, what thinking style do we want to adopt? Do we want to be positive or negative? Optimistic or Pessimistic? Healthy or Unhealthy. Successful or Unsuccessful? Depressed or Happy? To a large extent each of these ways of existing are within our grasp. What we need to do is become aware of how we thinking now and then choose a way of thinking for the future and then let the practice of positive thinking change us, our life, and our brain!

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In this session, Mandy provides a brief introduction to neuroscience as a tool for developing greater self-knowledge and self-awareness. You will be introduced to basics of how the brain works, neuroplasticity (i.e., how the brain changes), and some simple ways to optimize brain function. You can expect to walk away from this session being a bit more clear minded and clear brained about how to use and know your brain better, in life and where ever your brain takes you.

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We’re taught, formally and informally, to avoid failure at all costs, but that goes beyond our biological drive to use failure to better our future outcomes. This session aims to reconcile the fallacy of failure by creating both a theoretical and experiential context for moving toward, rather than away from, failure in order to ultimately succeed. In this session, you will learn about the neuroscience of failure including why failure feels so uncomfortable (psychologically and physically), why we fear failure, and how failure is actually used by the brain to adjust for the future and promote success. You will we learn how to sit in the mentally and physically uncomfortable space of failure and learn to choose more desired and productive reactions to ultimately set ourselves up to succeed. This session is part of the Centre for Applied Neuroscience’s mission to apply neuroscience to work, sport, education, relationships, and life in general. You can learn more in the library at www.KnowYourBrain.ca

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