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"At the same time as you are physically stimulated, the brain is ticking along collecting data: Is this person kind? Are they patient? Are they humorous? Can they listen to what I need?" - Dr. Helen Fisher

As a faculty member and Senior True North Fellow for the 1440 Multiversity Leadership Center's flagship True North Leadership program (to be held October 17-22, 2021 at the 1440 campus), Michelle Maldonado guides participants through inner work that helps them lead with authenticity and emotional intelligence. The founder and CEO of Lucenscia, a firm dedicated to human flourishing and mindful business transformation, recently shared her insights and inspiration with 1440.

As a faculty member and Senior True North Fellow for the 1440 Multiversity Leadership Center's flagship True North Leadership program (to be held October 17-22, 2021 at the 1440 campus), Michelle Maldonado guides participants through inner work that helps them lead with authenticity and emotional intelligence. The founder and CEO of Lucenscia, a firm dedicated to human flourishing and mindful business transformation, recently shared her insights and inspiration with 1440.

If you want to keep your brain healthy, you have to prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. I love acronyms, and this one I call the Bright Minds approach.

When we breathe deeply, relax, move our bodies in joyful ways, we activate the other half of our nervous system that