Brain-Based Strategies for Your Best Career Year Yet with Dr. Brynn Winegard | NSB Engage Virtual Webinar

 

Drawing from her latest book, Dr. Brynn Winegard shares her hot-off-the-press insights with practical, science-backed strategies to align your workday with your brain’s natural rhythms. Discover how to boost focus, build resilience and antifragility, and effectively combat burnout.

“Microdosing failure is the best phrase I’ve heard all year. Brilliant.”
“I love these concepts relating to brain health and backed by research.”
– Audience comments after this week’s session

 

🔑 Key highlights from this session include:

  • Optimizing Productivity Through Brain Rhythms – Our brain’s natural ultradian rhythms highlight the importance of shorter, focused work intervals (45–60 minutes) followed by deliberate recovery periods (15-20 minutes)


  • The MERIT Framework for Mental & Cognitive Wellbeing
    Move — Our brains are least stressed when our bodies are moving. Ensure you set personal goals that include both indoor activities and outdoor green exercise.

    Eat — Focus on micronutrient-dense foods by “eating the rainbow.” 🌈

    Rest — Optimal rest involves avoiding blue light exposure before bed, waking up naturally without an alarm, 8+ hours of sleep, and breathable (white!) sheets.

    Interact — Humans are social creatures. The importance of face-to-face interactions at work and in life is crucial for promoting overall mental and emotional health, leading to a balanced life.

    Think — Achieve cognitive antifragility by challenging yourself, embracing purposeful failures for growth, staying curious with a growth mindset, and focusing on the process rather than the outcome.


  • Building an Anti-Fragile Mindset (+20 MORE IN BRYNN’S NEW BOOK!) – Just as muscles grow stronger with micro-tears, stress and challenges can lead to personal growth, resilience, and improved cognitive function, aka post-traumatic growth.

    • Adopt a Little Risk: Embrace risk and randomness to foster adaptability and reduce stress from unmet expectations.
    • Challenge Yourself with Small Failures: Microdose failure by tackling low-risk challenges daily to build resilience and confidence in managing larger setbacks.
    • Face Daily Rejection: Build immunity to rejection by facing small rejections daily to build resilience and confidence in handling larger failures.
    • Fall in Love with the Process: Focus on the process over outcomes to enhance well-being, foster curiosity, and improve performance.
    • Lean Into Change: Lean into change to build cognitive flexibility, enhance mental health, and drive vocational success.

Resources From The Webinar

  • Get Your Copy! The Working Brain
  • Building an Antifragile Brain: 5 key insights from Brynn Winegard  Read Blog
  • Psychological Safety in the Workplace with Brynn Winegard  Read Blog
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About Dr. Brynn Winegard

With a distinguished career that spans over 25 years, Brynn Winegard has worked extensively with leading institutions, providing them with cutting-edge brain-based insights into employee engagement, wellness, high-performance teams, and organizational effectiveness. Her research has been instrumental in helping organizations develop more effective strategies for health, wellness, customer satisfaction, risk management, and leadership development.

Brynn’s ability to translate complex neuroscientific principles into actionable professional development and business strategies makes her an invaluable asset to any organization, offering tangible takeaways to transform your approach to cognitive performance, and ultimately propel you to greater success in both life and career.

 

 

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