TAPPING YOUR PEAK PERFORMANCE
DAY TWO
THEME: WELLNESS
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (from Random House in October, 2013; in 4 languages), Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (New Harbinger; in 24 languages), Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time (New Harbinger; in 12 languages), and Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships (Penguin). Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.
An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson's work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, CBC, FoxBusiness, Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine, and his articles have appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Insight Journal, and Inquiring Mind. He has several audio programs with Sounds True, he edits the Wise Brain Bulletin, and his weekly e-newsletter - Just One Thing - has over 94,000 subscribers, and also appears on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites.
A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Dr. Hanson has been a trustee of Saybrook University, and he served on the board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for nine years, and was President of the Board of FamilyWorks, a community agency. He began meditating in 1974, trained in several traditions, and leads a weekly meditation gathering in San Rafael, California. He enjoys rock-climbing and taking a break from emails. He and his wife have two adult children.
RICK'S HIGHLIGHTS
- The 5 mechanical practices that train your brain to absorb positive experiences
- Turn up the volume of the kinder voices inside of you
- Our brains are like velcro for negative experiences
Major Points Of This Interview With Rick Hanson
Theme: Wellness
- Our brains are like velcro for negative experiences and teflon for positive ones
- Thinking about fluffy white clouds for 10 mins can change 100 billion neurons
- Successful couples need a 5 to 1 ratio of positive interactions to negative ones
- Good experiences are the best way to build resilience, positive mood & love
- The 5 mechanical practices that train your brain to absorb positive experiences
- Why coaching, meditation, spiritual teachers etc. only induce positive states short-term
- Turn up the volume of the kinder voices inside of you
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THEME: LOVE
Howard Martin
Howard Martin
Howard Martin is one of the original founders of the HeartMath Institute, which introduced the most widely-used form of neurofeedback used today. HeartMath is used by many Fortune 100 companies, all four branches of the US Military, school systems, and ecumenical organizations. He authored The HeartMath Method, an audio-learning program published by Nightingale Conant, and co-authored the best-selling book The HeartMath Solution.
During his career with HeartMath, he has been instrumental in business development and in delivering HeartMath's practical, yet dynamic, programs to thousands of participants world-wide. Media interviews include: ABC Good Morning America, ABC World New Tonight, Discovery Channel, CNN, New York Newsday, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, US News and World Report.
HOWARD'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Creating enlightened business partnerships
- Youthening hormones (DHEA) and aging hormones (cortisol), both created by emotion
- Walking through the door of appreciation
Major Points Of This Interview With Howard Martin
Theme: Love
- Conversations in the heart
- Scientific proof that positive emotions raise your immunity
- Moving radical wellness techniques into mainstream society
- Co-opetition, the new model of business
- Creating enlightened business partnerships
- Ambition versus relaxation
- Walking through the door of appreciation
- How to identify when you're acting from a heart-directed place
- Everything is connected in the field of consciousness
- Neuroplasticity as a means of moving to becoming the person you want to be
- Choosing a different emotional diet
- Youthening hormones (DHEA) and aging hormones (cortisol), both created by emotion
- Positive emotions as a high-performance technique
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THEME: MONEY
Sandy Forster
Sandy Forster
Sandy Forster's passion is empowering women around the world. After a divorce she raised her two babies on her own while trying to run a business. She didn't have the mindset, information or support needed to make it work and ended up over $100,000 in debt and on welfare.
She launched a home-based business and her prosperity grew, She paid off debts and focused on creating a life that made her heart sing. She's gone from welfare to millionaire and her life is a fun-filled extraordinary adventure and she love's to share her secrets. She learned so much about how to create a successful business that in 2008 she was awarded Mentor of the Year – selected from some of the most influential and successful business women on the planet AND in 2010 she won Australian Business of the Year and she's mentored women from around the world to build a business they love!
SANDY'S HIGHLIGHTS
- When circumstances force you to make money
- Seriously embraced the Law of Attraction (LOA) and became a millionaire in 5 years
- You don’t need money or connections to be successful
Major Points Of This Interview With Sandy Forster
Theme: Money
- When circumstances force you to make money
- Seriously embraced the Law of Attraction (LOA) and became a millionaire in 5 years
- Obstacles to implementing LOA
- Women face added barriers to success
- Wealth gives you choice
- Don’t wait till you’re perfect, start now
- Habits that sabotage success
- 1 practice to jump-start your path to prosperity
- You don’t need money or connections to be successful
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SANDY WITH MEDITATION
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Dawson Church, Phd
Your Host: Dawson Church, Phd
Dawson Church, PhD. host of the Peak Performance Symposium, is the author of the best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes, which shows how your thoughts and feelings affect your body down to the level of which genes are turned on and off (Best Health Book, USA Booknews). He collaborates with many of the best-known luminaries in health and wealth creation, such as those featured here. He has been fascinated by the possibilities of expanding human potential since he was a child. As CEO of Energy Psychology Group, he coaches organizations and teams to push past their boundaries. He is also the executive director of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare and has published dozens of papers in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals.