SEPTEMBER 14, 2026  |  1:00–2:00 PM EDT  |  1 HOUR

Saying Yes When You Mean No
The Neuroscience of the People-Pleasing Pattern

Why does “yes” sometimes leave our mouth before we have decided to say it? We’ll explore people-pleasing as a nervous-system response, not a personality flaw, and unpack what the reflex is actually trying to protect.

10 minutes of neuroscience. Then the room takes over. A facilitated conversation about the moment the “yes” escapes, why boundaries alone are often not enough, and what changes when we can finally see the pattern.

OCTOBER 20, 2026  |  1:00–2:00 PM EDT  |  1 HOUR

HIJACC™
The Six Things Your Brain Is Scanning For Before You Say a Word

Before a meeting starts, before anyone speaks, the brain has already run its checks. HIJACC™ names the six domains it scans for social threat: Hierarchy, Individual Experience, Justice, Autonomy, Certainty, and Connections. When one reads unsafe, a protective pattern can fire before we can explain why something feels off.

Ten minutes of framing. Then we take it into the room. Together, we will use the six-domain HIJACC™ map to identify the triggers beneath social discomfort and explore what becomes possible when we can name the domain that has been hit. Specificity is the whole game. You cannot rewire a fog.

november 12, 2026  |  1:55–2:35 PM EDT  |  40 minutes 

Integrated
The Emotional Cost of Being Visible.

Being seen creates opportunity, but it can also create discomfort, vulnerability, and self-doubt. This session explores how to navigate visibility in a way that supports growth without becoming overwhelmed by judgment, scrutiny, or pressure.

NOVEMBER 19, 2026  |  1:00–2:00 PM EST  |  1 HOUR

Executive Cognitive Dissonance
The Gap Between What a Leader Knows and What They Feel

How can a leader know they are capable and still feel like a fraud? This roundtable explores Executive Cognitive Dissonance, the gap between what the thinking brain knows and what the threat-detection system feels, and why it sharpens at the edge of growth.

The doubt was never proof of fraud; it was proof of growth. Attendees will leave with a sharper understanding of why emotional salience can outcompete rational evidence and what begins to shift the gap between what leaders know and what they feel.

December 7, 2026  |  1:00–2:30 PM EST  |  90 minutes

Thinking in Systems
Why the Brain Reaches for One Cause When the Problem Has Many

Why do our best fixes so often send the same problem back around? In this working masterclass, we use DSRP systems thinking to explore how our reliance on AI can either sharpen or thin our judgement, revealing the loops, relationships and perspectives that determine which way it goes.