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At this Neuro Nudges Network Community Connect call, we had members from across our global network, including: NZ, Vancouver, UK, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Belgium, Hong Kong and Tasmania.

We had a lively and engaging conversation, covering:

1. Introducing our new Members page, which includes all of the links divided into 3 categories: Neuroscience, Resources and the Neuro Nudges Network. This is the one stop shop for all of our links for our members: https://neuronudges.com/pages/members

2. Sharing and exploring our new resource: A Smarter Way to Prepare for Conversations. We did a live demonstration to support and explore a community member’s current coaching situation . Several additional resources were also suggested, including Marcus Buckingham’s Stand Out Strengths and a Brene Brown podcast.
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-h4T7oI9me-question-creator
https://www.tmbc.com/standout-assessment/

3. Katherine shared her use of the Wheel of Life at a recent Riders and Elephants retreat.

4. Some ideas for new resources came up from our members including: an early stages of conflict tool, a tool to support how to collaborate as well as one that focuses on belonging. More to come as we look into developing these!

5. Our members shared that they are using NN as:
• “little lightbulbs” each day as reminders
• Pulling a section at a time to deep dive into that particular section
• Using a card at the end of a session as an inquiry
• Completing the Wheel of Life
• Choosing a random card during a coaching conversation to see what comes of it.

Another member suggested using the cards with a My User Manual exercise that Emily Webber has developed.
https://emilywebber.co.uk/the-team-manual-a-exercise-to-help-build-empathy-in-teams/

Overall there was much gratitude, connection, a feeling of belonging and as one member said, “community in action.”

Click here to watch on YouTube.

What a fabulous session. We talked about collective effervescence, the biology of social connection. How dogs use body odour to track time, and the neuroscience of handshakes. How do we build empathy online? And can AI be empathetic the answer is yes) and what does all that mean for coaching?

Truly fascinating - and worth a watch..

Click here to watch the recording.

We shared the Members' Portal: neuronudges.com/pages/members

We also shared the reflective tool: https://neuronudges.com/cdn/shop/files/take_a_moment.pdf?v=9987836345422404675

We know that it is the same brain networks that look back and also project forward, so, the art of looking back is a great tool to reflect, learn and build the architecture to support you going forward.

We talked about the neuroscience of fear.

We shared our reflections on 2024, what we are going to stop doing and what makes our heart skip for the year ahead..

A wonderfully reflective session that rounded out a beautiful year of the Neuro Nudges Network.

What a fantastic hour of discussion - thanks to all our Neuro Nudgers. Click here to watch.

We talked about how you can use the cards and resources for a “difficult conversation” or in a change process. We talked through the application to a specific scenario. 

We had a fascinating conversation about liberating structures and how eco–cycle planning can complement coaching and change. Katherine also shared Robert Biswas-Diener’s tree metaphor.

We discussed LeeAnn Renninger’s feedback model, the Health Performance Pyramid (Daane, 2020), and finished with a conversation about Deloitte's work on menopause.

Finally, we talked about “so what, and now what”. 

See you next month! 

https://discoveryinaction.com.au/the-secret-to-giving-effective-feedback/

https://www.ted.com/talks/leeann_renninger_the_secret_to_giving_great_feedback

https://www.liberatingstructures.com/31-ecocycle-planning/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-biswas-diener-a860289/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karen-stein-coaching_what-bosses-and-husbands-need-to-know-about-activity-7242347035415191554-

Click here for Dr Sarah McKay's session on:

*Rethinking the reptilian brain
*How can we use the bottom up, top down, outside in model and what levers can we use for stress and emotional regulation?
*Theory of constructed emotions
*Yerkes – Dodson Law of calm/eustress and destress
*The autonomic hinge

https://drsarahmckay.com/six-brain-based-solutions-to-beat-stress/
https://drsarahmckay.com/rethinking-the-reptilian-brain/

Click here for our inaugural NNN session, where we discuss:

• How people are using the cards;

• Using the Spidergram;

• Micro-coaching and micro-dosing of other practices (including meditation - fascinating);

• Interoception and how it's impacting our coaching practice;

• Newly released neuroscience research on estrogen and how the science is moving quickly.