ABOUT HEIDI HANNA
DR. HEIDI HANNA is a New York Times best-selling author; CEO and founder of Synergy, a consulting company providing brain-based health and performance programs to organizations; and the executive director for the American Institute of Stress. She also created the Beyond Funny project, which provides educational resources related to humor and mental health. enables us to experience empathy, compassion and intuition. It is also the same sensitivity that guides us towards creative expression and innovation. However, if not appropriately focused on our own intentions, the noise of the world around us quickly hijacks our attention. The human brain is already wired with sensitivity towards potential threats, causing us to pay about 80 percent more attention to the bad rather than the good. We have about five times more fear-based circuitry in the brain than reward-based and fMRI( functional magnetic resonance imaging) data clearly shows we respond much more quickly to danger than delight.
BECOME A BRAIN BOSS
So how do you become the boss of your own brain and transform your relationship with stress? The answer is simple, but it’ s not easy. You put taking care of yourself and managing your personal energy on the very top of your to-do list. You schedule time first thing in the morning to place your attention firmly on the intentions you have for the day ahead. Before you think about what you need to do, you consider who you want to be. Ground yourself in the energy quality required to make the day as impactful as possible. You already know how to do that. Now you just need to retrain your brain to follow your heart, instead of the other way around.
To learn more about building resilience, visit HeidiHanna. com for more resources and learning opportunities.
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