Mark was truly the most spectacular speaker we've had in years. . . . He can take the most complex topics in science and turn them into an entertainer's delight.
Mark Robert Waldman
Author, Neuroscientist, Therapist, and World's Leading Expert on Spirituality and the Brain
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$4,500Travels From
Burbank or Los Angeles, California, United States
Mark Robert Waldman
Biography
Mark Waldman is one of the world's leading experts on communication, spirituality, and the brain. He is on the faculty at Loyola Marymount University's College of Business and the Holmes Institute. He was a founding member and Associate Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania. Mark has authored 12 books, including the national bestseller, How God Changes Your Brain, which Oprah selected as one of the nine "Must Read" books for 2012. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals throughout the world and his work has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Investor's Business Weekly, and Oprah Magazine. He has appeared on PBS Television and NPR Radio and he received the Distinguished Speaker award from the Mind Science Foundation.Mark's latest book, Words Can Change Your Brain, teaches readers how to rapidly build trust and intimacy with others, and to resolve conflicts before they even begin. The Compassionate Communication strategies are part of Loyola Marymount University's Executive MBA program and have been taught to schools and organizations throughout the world.
Mark Robert Waldman
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Mark Robert Waldman
Featured Keynote Programs
Words Can Change Your Brain - Communication, Leadership, and Values
This program is based on Mark's latest research, which is now a cornerstone of Loyola Marymount University's Executive MBA program. The keynote lecture introduces the 12 strategies of Compassionate Communication and includes experiential exercises that enhance speaking and listening skills. A complementary workshop guides the audience through a formal training exercise that teaches individuals how to quickly build social empathy, mutual trust, and cooperation with others – in the workplace and at home. Compassionate Communication is fully described and documented in Waldman’s and Newberg’s book, Words Can Change Your Brain, and in the 2012 issue of the Journal of Executive Education. The lecture is 60-90 minutes long, and the workshop can be tailored to fit a 2-3 hour slot
Building a Better “Business” Brain
Building a Better “Business” Brain
Our neuroscientific research shows that we are wired from birth to make as much “money” as we possibly can. However, if we act selfishly, other people will neurologically react with altruistic punishment. In this lecture and workshop, Mark will guide participants through a series of steps that enhance a person’s ability to achieve the goals they desire. This includes the use of a Daily Commitment Sheet to help one recognize sabotage behaviors, the creation of a C.R.A.P. Board that allows a person to identify and disassociate from emotional problems that interfere with success, and a “Wellness” strategy that improves self-esteem in just a couple of weeks. The audience will also be taught peak performance strategies now used by the Harvard Business School and the Executive MBA program at Loyola Marymount University. These strategies have also been proven to improve teamwork collaboration and organizational stability. The lecture is 60 minutes; the optional workshop lasts 2-3 hours, or for an entire day.
Mindful Eating
In conjunction with leading researchers at universities around the country, Mark has designed a highly effective strategy for losing weight and undermining various eating disorders. You’ll learn how to train your brain to stay committed to a healthy diet and eating program, and you’ll learn how to lose weight safely, mindfully, and permanently. Using three university-tested programs and cutting-edge research on the neuroscience of weight-loss, you will interrupt destructive eating behaviors, learn how to cope with cravings, eliminate guilt, feel satisfied eating less, reduce anxiety and stress, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and lower your risk to diabetes and other health problems. This is the first weight-loss program to integrate the newest findings in brain research, and Waldman, Newberg, and Kristeller have conducted the first brain scan study to show how mindful eating gives a person more control over ones behaviors. Mindful eating changes your relationship to food as you simultaneously reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Self esteem improves, and you literally train your brain to stay committed to your personalized weight loss and weight management program. The lecture is 90 minutes. If a Mindful Eating meal is included, add 45-60 minutes. The program can be expanded into a ½ or full-day workshop.
Placebo
The Most Powerful Medicine in the World
At the core of this lecture is one of the most exciting events in the history of medicine: major pharmaceutical companies have decided to work together, under the direction of the National Institutes of Health, and share their secrets in an attempt to understand why the placebo response is getting stronger and why their medicines are getting weaker. The lecture is 60-90 minutes.
