NICABM – Practical Brain Science

Strengthening Focus: Why Concentration Can Make the Brain More Powerful

Daniel Goleman, PhD

Author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

• How to Help Your Clients Avoid the Number One “Distractor Circuit” in the Brain that Derails Concentration
• The Link between Mindfulness and Cognitive Control (and How to Strengthen It)
• What the Brain Is Actually Doing When People Think They’re Multitasking
• Maintaining Concentration Amid Distractions: 4 Strategies for Better Focus
• The 3 Kinds of Attention that Every Good Leader Needs to Know So That They Can Encourage People to Create Lasting Change

The Brain in Love: The Neurobiology of Romance

Helen Fisher, PhD

Author of Why Him? Why Her?: How to Find and Keep Lasting Love

• The Similarity between Romantic Love and Addiction
• Why Novelty Can Help People Fall in Love Again after Rejection
• Rejection and the Brain: What Brain Scans Reveal about Healing after a Break-Up and How to Use This to Help Patients Cope with Loss
• How to Increase Oxytocin Naturally and Help Your Clients Form Deeper Attachment Bonds with their Partners
• What’s Happening in the Brain at Different Stages of Love
• Tools to Break Free from Destructive Romantic Attachments

Epigenetics: What Really Controls Genes and Why Your Patients Don’t Have to Be Victims of Their DNA

Bruce Lipton, PhD

Author of The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles

• • How Fear and Negativity Play a Role in Genetics and Why It’s so Important for Healing
  • How Experiences Affect Cells, DNA, and the Brain’s Development
  • Why Genes Do What They Do: From Experience, to Brain, to Biology
  • The Brain during the First 7 Years of Life

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The Neurobiology of the Adolescent Brain: Why Understanding the Young Adult Brain Can Help Practitioners Better Serve Patients of All Ages

Daniel Siegel, MD

Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, Co-Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

• Why Adolescents May Be the Most Creative and Courageous Individuals in Our Human Family
• The Fundamental Change in the Brain that May Be Behind Risky Adolescent Behavior
• An Adult’s Limbic System and Brain Stem Work Together to Help Them Get Motivated, but a Teenager’s Brain Is Different – Why Knowing That Is Important for Treatment
• Why Certain Psychiatric Disorders Like Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Addiction Often Surface during Adolescence

Happiness and Neuroplasticity: Simple Strategies That Can Help Patients Rewire Their Brain for a More Rewarding and Fulfilling Life

Rick Hanson, PhD

Author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

• How to Use Neuroplasticity to Transform a Reactive, Negative Brain into a Responsive, Productive One
• The Importance of Novelty for Neuroplasticity: Why New Experiences Have Such a Transformative Effect on Your Patients’ Brains
• The 5 Factors that Help Learning Take Hold and How They Promote Neuroplasticity
• How to Turn Positive Experiences into Lasting Brain Change
• How to Teach Your Patients to Rewire Their Brain For More Positive Experiences

Food, Hormones, and the Brain: Essential Ways to Balance the Brain for Optimal Health

Daniel Amen, MD

Medical Director of Amen Clinics, Inc., New York Times bestselling author of Unleash the Power of the Female Brain

• Hormones and How They Can Strengthen the Nervous System
• What Sugar Does to the Brain and How It Can Harm a Person’s Sex Life
• The 5 Pre-wired Strengths of the Female Brain
• The “Worry Curve” and Why Some Anxiety May Be Essential to Wellness
• Progesterone: The Brain’s “Natural Valium” and Why It Is So Important for Easing Anxiety