Volunteer training

1. THE BRAIN KITCHEN

18. Concept Book Critical Question
Vision What do you do with an
Idea?
Read by: Megan Gilmore
If you could make anything
happen, what would it be?
Explore:
Draw your idea of a better world.
Discover:
Go back to your idea drawing. What does it sound like and smell like in your better world?
What emotions are in your idea?
Choose for You:
Tell us about your idea and three people you will share your idea with today. What will you do if
they don’t like your idea?
 Create a safe, welcoming space
 Attend to developmental needs
 Explain the Life Purpose Concept
 Acknowledge strengths, growth and cognitive
biases
 Position yourself as a stewarding partner
 Access all three areas of intelligence and all five
senses in application of the Critical Question,
Explore, Discover, and Choose for You
 Document Results
 Develop tools and resources for ongoing
practice in relationship

27. Brain Stuff
Prefrontal
Cortex
Cerebrum/
Neocortex Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Amygdala

28. Heart Stuff
• The heart’s electromagnetic field is 60 times greater
than the brain and reaches several feet outside the
body
• Human life is first measured by the activity and
responsiveness of our hearts.
• We learn to use our heart intelligence dyadically
before we use it individually

29. Gut Stuff
• Our gut carries cellular memory of both
individual and ancestral experience
• “The detection of a person as safe or dangerous
triggers neurobiologically determined pro-social or
defense behaviors. Even though we may not always
be aware of danger on a cognitive level, on a
neurophysiological level our body has already
started a sequence of neural processes that would
facilitate adaptive defense behaviors such as fight,
flight, or freeze.”
- Dr. Stephen W. Porges

30. Genomic Stuff (just for kicks!)
Check out Barbara
Friedrickson & Steve
Cole

31. Synthesis & Application
From Dr. David Rock at the
NeuroLeadership Institute
- We have limited conscious processing in our Pre Frontal Cortex (PFC)
- We can tap into the unconscious brain through our bodies, memory, insight and intuition
- This helps someone create new habits so the PFC is freed up to consciously process new
things and create new stories
IMPASSE  INSIGHT  ACTION  HABIT
Brain state required for insight:
1. Quiet
2. Inward looking
3. Slightly Happy
4. Not working directly on a problem
AWAY
Threat
Uncertainty
Problem-Focused
Avoid
Tunnel Vision
Data Focused
Disengaged
TOWARD
Reward
Interest
Solution Focused
Approach
Global View
Connection Focused
Engaged