The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: A Workshop
03/28/2025 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM ET
Admission
- Free
Description
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness:
Developing Mental and Emotional Skills to Manage Stress, Increase Performance, and Improve Wellbeing in the Workplace
Friday, March 28
12 - 1:30 pm ET via Zoom
We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world and it’s normal to experience feelings of stress, overwhelm, and anxiety both at work and in life. The current environment requires us to change our habits and find new, science-based tools to better deal with change and uncertainty.
Mindfulness can help us develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and self-compassion to skillfully navigate business challenges and difficult emotions. Through formal and informal mindfulness practices we can develop the mental and emotional skills to better adapt, thrive, and stay connected regardless of external circumstances.
This 90-minute interactive workshop where we bridge neuroscience and mindfulness to help you develop these critical human-centered skills:
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Knowledge about our brain and the negative effects of stress and burnout
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A brief overview of mindfulness and the neuroscience behind it
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Experiential mindfulness practices that can be implemented right away to support greater mental clarity, resilience, and well-being in daily life
Featured Speaker
Åsa Fanelli
Founder & Chief Strategist, IdeaLift Group
TBC Board Member
Åsa Fanelli is the Founder and Chief Strategist of IdeaLift Group, a boutique consulting firm specializing in leadership development and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence programs. She is passionate about helping leaders and teams cultivate resilience, emotional agility, and collaboration to enhance performance and well-being. As Chief Education Officer for the Institute for Science and Organizational Mindfulness (IOSM), she designs and teaches programs that develop mental and emotional skills to improve stress management, prevent burnout, strengthen emotional agility, and increase peak performance.
With over 25 years of leadership experience across corporate and nonprofit sectors, Åsa has led diverse teams in 35 countries. Drawing on neuroscience and mindfulness research, she delivers transformative trainings, keynotes, and consulting engagements to help leaders navigate change, manage emotions, develop self-awareness, and strengthen psychological safety.
Previously, Åsa served as CEO and President of Horizons for Homeless Children and held leadership roles at EF Education First, including President of EF High School Exchange Year and Head of North American HR & Talent Management, overseeing the global cross-company leadership development programs worldwide. She has also led successful board governance and strategic planning projects for nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts.