
Dr. Heidi Hanna
PhD
CA, USDr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, a Senior Researcher with the Brain Health Initiative, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress.
Dr. Heidi is also an instructor at Harvard at a regular lecturer at Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa. She is a NY Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What's So Funny About Stress?
Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit, and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a National Board Member and Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won't admit she's funny.
Dr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, a Senior Researcher with the Brain Health Initiative, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress.
Dr. Heidi is also an instructor at Harvard at a regular lecturer at Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa. She is a NY Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What's So Funny About Stress?
Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit, and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a National Board Member and Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won't admit she's funny.
Recharge Your Brain and Your Business
Stress Mastery: 5 Steps to Shift Stress for Good
In Transforming Stress, participants will understand the impact of chronic stress on the brain and body, learn how a simple shift in mindset can dramatically alter physiological responses to stress, utilize brain-training techniques for mental strength, flexibility, and endurance, practice simple techniques for altering daily stress patterns to improve natural rhythms, and create an action plan to support personal energy management.
Instead of trying to stop stress, this...
Brain Boss: Master Stress and Live the Life You Choose
In Brain Boss, participants will learn the critical components of brain health that provide a foundation for improved cognitive functioning throughout the lifespan, understand the power of mental and physical training to stimulate energy, and create an actionable plan for implementing a sustainable brain-body fitness program that can be applied to their everyday life. Real-world solutions currently being used successfully within organizations will be discussed in order to develop a brain...
Prime Time: Practical Tools to Master Mindfulness at Work
In Prime Time, participants will learn simple strategies to align conscious and non-conscious processing, uncover the role of bias and non-conscious cues, and develop a customized plan for using mindfulness at home and at work. Techniques for incorporating mindfulness with teams and throughout the organization will also be discussed.
Participants will:
- Understand how the brain gets hijacked by stress and stimulation throughout the day
- Learn...
Beyond Funny: How to Use Healthy Humor to Build Radical Resilience
You may have heard that laughter is the best medicine, but it turns out that humor does more than just improve your health. In this session, you will understand how humor changes the brain for the better, hear specific case studies of people using humor to their business advantage, and identify practical techniques you can use right away to use humor to help you change your brain for the better while boosting your health and happiness along the way.
Participants...

