Dr. Heidi Hanna
About
Dr. Heidi Hanna talks about redefining how we perceive stress using a new framework built upon recent neuroscience research.
Audiences leave understanding the different types of stress and stress reactions, and the techniques needed to train whole-brain skill sets that transform experiences of stress.
Best-selling author on stress mastery and brain-based health and performance.
Past clients include: Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, WD40, the PGA Tour, the National Football League
About Dr. Heidi Hanna - Keynote Speaker, Author, Health & Performance Consultant:
Dr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, a former instructor at Harvard Extension, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress. She is a NY Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What’s So Funny About Stress?
Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour, and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won’t admit she’s funny.
Topics
What Dr. Heidi Hanna Talks About:
Brain Fitness – Recharge Your Brain and Your Business
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
Stress Mastery – Using Stress to Fuel Positive Change
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
Energy Management – Putting your “Oxygen Mask” on First: Fostering Resilience and Energy in a High Stress Environment
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
- practical tools and techniques to recharge throughout the day for optimal energy and performance, personally and with your teams
Recent Publications
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