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Meet Academies Coaching Instructor, James Beeman, MCC
We couldn't be more excited to introduce you to James Beeman, MCC, one of our esteemed coaching instructors here at The Academies. James is a true inspiration for leaders, executives, and coaches-in-training, thanks to his coaching experience and a wealth of knowledge...
How Expression of Emotions Can Save Your Life
Emotions — expressing them and sharing them — can help keep us alive and healthy! I love research on how emotions and biology impact our health. Recently, I was looking at some studies that talked about the connection between cancer and our emotions, and our ability...
Can ChatGPT Boost Dopamine and Serotonin Levels?
As a self-professed neuroscience nerd, I am always looking for fun ways to encourage my brain. Recently, like millions and millions of others, I have started playing with ChatGPT. My Experience With ChatGPT I asked ChatGPT whether or not it could boost my dopamine and...
Meet Academies Coaching Instructor, Leigh Gauthier, PCC
Welcome to our corner of the coaching world! We’re excited to introduce you to Leigh Gauthier, PCC, one of The Academies' distinguished coaching instructors. With her extensive experience and certifications as both an executive/leadership coach and career coach, she's...
How Strength Training Can Boost Brain Health
I'm here with my weight today to share some information about brain health and strength training. I have a coaching colleague and good friend, James Beeman, who is diligently going to the gym. He's been doing so for more than a year now. He has built up his strength...
How to Memorize Emotions Using the 68-Second Bask
We'll take an educated guess that you are a person who likes to learn. And learning requires memorization of details and facts, associating things, and using that information so that you can keep using it, remember it, and memorize it. What we don't often think about...
Encourage Your Brain: Ideas to Help Your Brain Believe in Your Dreams
With April Fools approaching, it sparked my thinking about how our brains can play tricks on us. One headline I read two days after April 1st was something about Vail Resorts banning the sale of alcohol at all of its 19 properties. My first reaction was, “Really?!...
What Does International Travel Do for the Brain?
I am preparing for quite a bit of international travel in the next 18 months. I'll be going to Paris for eight or nine trips every other month as part of my Executive Master in Change program through INSEAD. With that, I was curious, what does international travel do...
Meet Leadership Coach Alumni, Cassie Leonard
The Academies is pleased to introduce you to an alumnus of one of our neuroscience-based leadership coach courses, Cassie Leonard. Cassie completed the Certified Executive and Leadership Development Coach (CELDC) course and is currently participating in the Certified...
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