Practical Neuroscience for Personal and Professional Development

Managing Significant Life Events

Workshop 1

Processing an event 

Workshop 2

Removing apparent scars

Workshop 3

Preventing emotional scars

Communicating Via Emotions

Workshop 1

Why logic isn’t always the best

Workshop 2

Learning emotional language

Workshop 3

Emotional language skills in action

Workshop 1 

Processing an event 

How does our mind process an event? 

We each experience a combination of trivial and significant life events, and the different part of our mind responds in distinct ways, communicating with their own unique language. This session will provide insights into how our Chimp and Human work hand in hand to process these experiences and how these perspectives differ.

Workshop 2 

Removing apparent scars

How can we process and manage past events?

This session will look at the difference between ghost emotions and apparent scars and how to remove them, recognising that our Chimp and Human brains process events differently. We will examine the choices open to you, look at how to process events and consider what you can learn from events to your advantage. We will also reflect on how to accept and manage scars, if unable to remove them.

Workshop 1

Why logic isn’t always the best

Can we always trust our own logic? 

As well as being hijacked by our Chimps, our Human logic can also be a red herring. This workshop explores why logic may not always be the best answer and how our logical brains can try to fill in facts where they may not exist. We will learn how our logic is influenced by our emotions and why the music of communication is so important.

Workshop 2 

Learning emotional language

How can we communicate with the Chimp?

Learning to communicate through emotion is an essential skill that can provide the foundations for preventing and managing a Chimp hijack in yourself and others. This session explores what happens during a Chimp hijack and demonstrates strategies to understand and manage the language that can promote this in yourself and others. 

Workshop 1 

Why collaboration can falter and how to prevent this 

What are the benefits of developing a collaborative team?

Collaboration can increase productivity, improve morale, and develop skills across the team. This workshop will analyse why collaboration can sometimes falter and explore ways to prevent this from happening.

Workshop 2 

Recognising and constructively managing dominance drives

What are our drives and how do they influence us?

Understanding how our drives influence how we think, feel and behave allows us to apply these in helpful ways. This workshop’s main aim is to recognise how dominance can be linked with other drives and develop skills to nurture and constructively manage our dominance to get the best out of ourselves and others.