Dr. Lara Boyd discusses how the brain is massively changeable (neuroplastic) and how certain behaviors can help optimize brain health, not only for those with brain injury but in everyday life.

Dr. Lara Boyd also shares:

• How physical exercise, meditation, rest, and technology impact the brain’s functioning and development
   
• How self-agency often plays a larger role in neuroplasticity and brain health than genetics
   
• Brain health and our ability to self-regulate and how this links to resilience

Barbara Fredrickson PhD speaks about her “Broaden-and-Build Theory” of positive emotions, which is foundational for providing a blueprint for how pleasant emotional states, as fleeting as they are, contribute to people’s resilience, wellbeing, and health.

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson also shares:

• How making positive emotions habitual (like a daily diet) can help us be more resourceful in tough times.
   
• Why we tend to focus more on negative experiences than positive ones, even though negative experiences are less common than positive ones.
   
• The cyclical nature of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and how positive emotions feed into that. 
   
• Explains her theory in relation to Toxic positivity, and how learning to value positive emotions is different from the process of cultivating them

Dr. Rick Hanson discusses how we can tap into and grow our inner strength through positive neuroplasticity, and turn our experiences into lasting changes inside our brain. He shares insights from his new book “NeuroDharma” and touches on some of the 7 steps of awakening within all of us.

Dr. Rick Hanson also shares:

• Practices for tapping into our inner strength to transform positive states into traits
   
• “The green zone” and why, unlike humans, zebras don’t get ulcers
   
• How taking care of our needs authentically and taking in the good experience of our needs being met, can help you be more resilient and in the green zone
   
• The value of mind-training practice and how not only being with the mind but working with the mind can lead to resilience

Dan Siegel MD speaks about resilience in a relational context and how integration is essential in experiencing a wholeness of interconnectedness and intra-connectedness, which ultimately helps reduce rigidity in facing challenging times.

Dr. Dan Siegel also shares:

• The relationship between differentiation, linkage, and integration, with practical and descriptives analogies for clarity.
   
• The science behind the shifts in energy flow and the importance of both interconnectedness and intra-connectedness.
   
• Active hope and the importance of difficult emotions in stimulating positive action.

Dr. Andrea Pennington offers practical advice from her new book, Top Ten Traits of Highly Resilient People. She explains why self-agency, compassion, and a sense of purpose are all key elements of resilience, and explains how we can leverage the challenges of life with growth.

Dr. Pennington also shares:

• How the number one trait of resilience, self-awareness/emotional intelligence is, something that we can develop to help us grow and heal from our trauma.
   
• How we can change our negative narratives of brokenness and lack of self-worth neurologically.
   
• How we can use our relationships and connections to create a more resilient and meaningful life