Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/06/2022
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location
The Hotel at Kirkwood Center
Categories
The Yes Brain For Professionals
Featuring Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
All of us, without exception, deal with difficult situations in our professional and personal lives. We can’t change that. But the latest neurobiological research is affirming that what we can alter is how we respond to those circumstances. When we automatically respond to challenges with fear, defensiveness, and/or reactivity, this is a “No Brain” response. A No Brain makes it nearly impossible to listen, make good decisions, or connect with a colleague or family member. A focus on survival and self-defense kicks into gear, leaving us feeling guarded and shut down when it comes to interacting with the world and learning new lessons. Our nervous system initiates a fight-flight-freeze-or-faint response, and when these reactive responses to threat become engaged, they can prevent us from being open and keep us from offering flexible responses and finding success.
Instead, we can learn to offer a “Yes Brain” response, where we’re receptive, approaching life with openness, creativity, and curiosity. The Yes Brain emerges from different circuits in the brain that become activated and lead to receptivity rather than reactivity. Scientists use the term “social engagement system” to refer to the set of neural circuits that help us connect openly with others—and even our own inner experience. As a result of receptivity and an active social engagement system, we feel much more capable of addressing challenges in a strong, clear, and flexible way. In this Yes Brain state, we open ourselves to a sense of equanimity and harmony, allowing us to absorb, assimilate, and learn from new information, leading to more effective and constructive responses to the problems we face in our professional and personal lives.
In this presentation based on her book The Yes Brain (co-authored with Dan Siegel), Dr. Tina Payne Bryson discusses ways to cultivate a healthy, innovative, engaged approach to life. Using her trademark warmth and humor, she will discuss specific strategies for creating Yes Brain opportunities that allow us to thrive in our lives
FREE
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