Our brain’s instinctive knee-jerk responses to uncertainty and threat have been well tested the past few weeks. Understanding the neuroscience behind this unconscious response is the starting point for being able to control it. Hosted by a psychologist and experienced facilitator, this webinar will provide you with insight and advice for how to navigate and overcome fear-based behaviour and reframe the current situation for your own emotional and mental well-being.

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The organisational principle of the brain is to move away from threats and
towards rewards
PERCEIVED
THREAT OR
REWARD
Adapted from Evian Gordon
As default, our perception is based on fast, unconscious thinking with all its cognitive biases.
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Disengagement
Resistance
Engagement
Involvement
STATUS
CERTAINTY
AUTONOMY
RELATEDNESS
FAIRNESS
Our brain is wired to conserve energy as much as possible.

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Fear triggers responses on two levels.
FEAR IS A
VITAL RESPONSE
TO DANGER.
AMYGDALA HIJACKING
This is commonly referred to as
Biochemical – universal response
based on evolutionary patterns.1
Emotional – extremely individual,
based on learning.2

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EMOTIONAL
REACTION
The threats these
days are not evolutionary
speaking dangerous. But
we still have a strong
reaction – why?
Source: LeDoux, NYU 8
Cognitive processes contributing to
the conscious experience of fear
Sensory
processing
Semantic
memory
Episodic
memory
Emotional
schema
Survival
circuit
Brain
arousal
Body
feedbackFEAR
Verbal report
IntrospectionMetacognition
Monitoring
Attention
Appraisal
Self-Image

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HOW TO
OVERCOME
FEAR-BASED
BEHAVIOUR?

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What you
LOVE
What you can be
PAID FOR
What you are
GOOD AT
What the world
NEEDS
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Connect
with
and values
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Satisfaction but
feeling of
uselessness
Comfortable but
feeling of
emptiness
Excitement and
complacency,
but sense of
uncertainty
Delight and
fullness, but
no wealth
Passion
Profession Vocation
Mission
IKIGAI

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Shift your
(to what you can do)
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Physical
Mental
Emotional
Manage your
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Make a
the moment you
are triggered
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BREATHE