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Surprising Brain Principles to Thrive and Survive at Work, School and Home

  • October 17, 2018
  • 7:00 PM
  • Glenbard North, 990 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream
GPS - Glenbard Parent Series
Navigating Healthy Families

Surprising Brain Principles to Thrive and Survive at Work, School and Home

Dr. John Medina, 


All Glenbard Parent Series programs are free and open to the public.  For more information:  glenbardgps.org



Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.


What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains?


In this important discussion, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. Here are brain rules about what scientists know for sure about how our brains work—and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives.


Medina’s fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science. .


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