Higher-Self-Actualization Using Neuroscience with Due Quach
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
—Viktor E. Frankl
Whenever we encounter a stressful stimulus, our threat system is hard-wired to react in ways that can escalate fear, hypervigilance, anxiety, tension, conflict, defensiveness, despair, or shutting down.
How can you pause in these precious, opportune moments – to choose a more purposeful and valued-centered response that nurtures generative possibility?
Can you shift your wiring, impulse, or preference over time to increase your natural tendency to respond with presence, compassion, and wisdom?
These are a few of the questions we'll explore in our next Gathering for Change Agents on July 2. As we continue to journey through our two-year theme of "The Art of Agility: Navigating the Natural Rhythms of Change", we now turn our attention to neuroscience as an insightful lens and a valuable tool for embracing our spirituality.
Our guest, Due Quach, will present a framework, based in neuroscience, to expand our spiritual conductivity—that is, our innate ability to connect with spirit, which is key to navigating change from a space of wisdom, love, compassion, curiosity and connection. She will also explore how some aspects of our human make-up can get in the way of our connection with spirit, ourselves and each other.
Due Quach (pronounced 'Zway Kwok') is one of the world's leading experts on integrating neuroscience and mindfulness into leadership development. Her book, "Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment, and Joy," was one of Fast Company's Best Business Books of 2018.
Due's life is a testament to the power of neuroscience as a tool for healing and self-actualization. Having started life in poverty as a refugee in inner-city Philadelphia, Due healed the effects of trauma on her brain by developing mind-hacking techniques that enabled her to graduate from Harvard College and the Wharton School of Business, as well as rise to leadership roles in management consulting and private equity investments. Then in 2013, Due started Calm Clarity to share her "user manual for steering brain development" to support people, organizations, and communities to successfully navigate adversity, elevate their performance, and realize their full potential.
This interactive session will invite you to:
Become aware of how you respond differently in three patterns of brain activation, and how to discern which one you are responding from in the moment
Discover the 4 key systems of your brain that strengthen your capacity to embody a higher state of consciousness
Learn strategies to increase your resilience and let go of stories that no longer serve you
Connect with spirit more readily by identifying what can impede spiritual conductivity
Meet in small groups for deeper personal exploration of guided prompts in an intimate private space
We hope you will join us for this special Gathering to strengthen ourselves and our community.
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Beth Scanzani, Andy Swindler, Susan Alexander & Todd Hoskins
The True Purpose® Institute
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