A Program on Neuro-Literacy

NEUROCEPTION
Learn how your body detects safety or danger before you’re even aware of it and shapes your thoughts & feelings.

MASLOW'S HIERARCHY
Explore our version of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and identify which unmet core need may be triggering a stress response.

THE FOUR SURVIVAL STATES
Learn how to recognize the Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn survival states, and reframe them as rocket fuel for change.

THE "I'M FINE" TRAP
Notice when your instincts are being suppressed by Guilt, Shame & Anxiety, and break through your own defensiveness and denial.

THE EMPOWERMENT CYCLE
Learn how to move from reactivity to purposeful action by following the four stages of the Empowerment Cycle: Insight, Action, Satisfaction, and Rest.

RECLAIM YOUR "YES" & "NO"
As you practice moving through the Empowerment Cycle, you will reclaim your "yes" and "no" and build the confidence to protect your energy.

“You are doing something that doesn’t exist, and something that was desperately needed. This is truly a work of neuro-art!”
—Professor Nicole Glynn, L.C.S.W.
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER & TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES INSTRUCTOR