BrainWise in Kunming, China

Xiaoliang Li, M.D., translated the BrainWise curriculum to Mandarin in 2000, and today is teaching  the 10 Wise Ways as part of a tobacco prevention/cessation program for youth funded by the Bloomberg Foundation.   Dr. Li uses Wechat, a mobile text and communications...

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When Stress Rises, Empathy Suffers

Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky, PhD, is an expert on the brain.  The following article on stress and its negative effect on empathy supports the importance of being low or off your emotions elevator in order to make good choices. The article discusses research...

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Millennials, the Workplace, and BrainWise

Jennifer Deal is a research scientist and author of What Millennials Want from Work. Research collected by her for the Center for Creative Leadership contradicts popular opinion that categorizes young people as entitled, arrogant and unwilling to learn. She reports...

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What is your BrainWise Story? 

 The late Oliver Sacks, M.D., a neurologist and well-known author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, and Hallucinations) used stories to explain human behaviors and medical issues.  Story telling is a powerful way to present information,...

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BrainWise Stories: School Instead of Prison

I taught BrainWise to students the school identified as high risks for staying in school.  Gangs were a serious problem in the community, and I invited some former students who were now in high school, to talk with my class. ...

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