CAN Coaching & Community

03/14/2025

Free event for birth and baby professionals 🧠👶

Are you passionate about supporting families during the critical perinatal period? Join neuroscientist Greer Kirshenbaum PhD and Rocio Zunini PhD for an exclusive FREE event:

“Nurturing the Developing Infant Brain and Maternal Brain for Lifelong Mental Health”

Learn groundbreaking neuroscience that will transform your practice:

- The science of infant brain development every professional should know
- Neuroscience principles for effective, safe infant sleep consulting (0-3)
- Our transformative Nurture Neuroscience Circles methodology for mothers

These evidence-based approaches will revolutionize how you support families and enhance your professional toolkit!

Our presenters combine academic excellence (University of Toronto, Columbia, Yale, NYU, University of Ottawa, Basque Center on Cognition) with practical experience as sleep specialists, educators, and mothers.

Tag someone who would love this! Comment or DM us for access, or visit the link in our bio to register

02/19/2025

Technology is far from benign for any brain, but there are particular concerns associated with the effects of technology use on the developing brain, like those of toddlers, children, and teenagers.

Everything from the effects of specific devices (e.g., smart phones, tablets, laptops), the type of content (violence, s*xual, gaming, social media), the amount of use, to the time of use is on the research table.

Researchers are trying to determine how all of this is affecting the brains, mental health, social development, attention, relationships, emotions, etc. So far, the research is suggesting that we should be very concerned, in ways not previously detected with other technologies (i.e., it’s not the same as being on TV or on the phone all day in the 80s or 90s.)

Join Dr. Mandy Wintink, Behavioural Neuroscientist, as they share the latest on the research, while also encouraging a non-judgmental environment of problem solving. They believe that a group effort is required to tackle this massive societal problem and working together as parents, grandparents, and all caregivers without judgment is what is needed.

Register for our free live discussion on March 5 at 6:30pm ET using the link in our bio!

02/03/2025

We have another free live discussion coming up! Dr. Mandy Wintink will be discussing gut health for healthy minds and brains.

Register here using the link in our bio!

The gut-brain axis, as it is known, is the biological connection between the brain and the digestive system.

Only in the past decade have neuroscientists really begun to unravel to important role that a healthy gut plays in a growing list of cognitive and neurological conditions, including mental illnesses (Depression, Bipolor Disorder), neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis), and developmental disabilities (e.g., Autism).

Much of the research has lead to a deeper understanding of the microbiome, the good bacteria that populate the gut lining and help with a whole host of functions like digestion, detoxifcation, and immune function.

It is now clearer than ever that what and how we eat has consequences for how we think, feel, and behave. In this way, a healthy gut can support a healthy minds and brains.

12/20/2024

A beta version of our self study Psychological Neuroscience course is going to be available on January 15 2025!

Sign up for the waitlist and find more information on our website (linked in our bio)!

11/26/2024

What makes us male vs female?

- Chromosomes
- Hormones
- Sexual Reproductive Develop
- Brain Development
- Socialization

What happens when these all don’t line up?

Dr. Mandy Wintink is hosting an exclusive live discussion on December 4 2024 about s*x and gender.

This is the last of our FREE discussion series! Starting in the new year, our live discussions will be accessible to those subscribed to our Brain Awareness membership.

Make sure you register for this discussion to see if our membership is the right fit for you! Follow the link in our bio to register.

10/21/2024

Neurodiversity: Neurodiversity emerged as a political and societal movement to embrace the experiences associated with Autism as representing a natural and beautiful spectrum of human diversity.

Since then, the term neurodiversity has been picked up to honour the important and valuable differences with other diagnoses like ADHD and Learning Disabilities, among others.

In this online session, Dr. Mandy Wintink will cover the basics of what neurodiversity is and highlight some of the known advantages and benefits of the neurodivergent brain. Register using the link in our bio!

10/01/2024

Technology’s constant interruptions, precisely-targeted distractions, and design features are taking a toll on our ability to think, to focus, to solve problems, to be present with each other, and regulate our emotions.

They work on an existing fear and threat-alerting system an activates the amygdala of the brain.

By reviewing and changing your habits, using the settings on your devices and consciously consuming content, you can reduce the harm that our devices cause.

Join us for a free live discussion about Healthy Habits for Technology with Dr. Mandy Wintink, tomorrow October 2, 2024 at 6:30pm EST. Register using the link in our bio!

09/13/2024

Check out our new membership for FREE to see if it’s the right fit for you.

Join us for a free live discussion with Dr. Mandy Wintink about Healthy Habits for Technology.

This membership may be for you if you have an interest in neuroscience, want to expand your neuroscience based business, or are looking for a community who shares your interest in neuroscience.

Register using the link in our bio!

09/09/2024

Self Science takes the study of the brain out of the laboratory and into the light. After years of seeing how evidence-based practices ignore the individual and fall into generalizations, Dr. Mandy Wintink decided there had to be another way. Looking beyond her training in traditional neuroscience, she embarked on a journey to better understand the way her own brain works and discovered a holistic understanding that put the individual back in focus. With this book, she tells that story and empowers her readers to do the same.
Email inbox@canc.ca to request a free copy of Self Science: A Guide to the Mind and Your Brain’s Potential

11/02/2023

Big news!

We are almost ready to launch our first ever self-study format for our Life Coaching Certification Course

It's the same great content and curriculum based on Neuroscience, Positive Psychology and Mindfulness but with the flexibility of self-paced learning

The course will include remote support from a CAN Teacher with the opportunity to add 1:1 Coaching Sessions if desired

Our first beta group will be limited to 4 students and comes with a generous discount on course fees

Please DM us for more information or apply at https://www.knowyourbrain.ca/lcc-course-info/application-and-interview-process

10/19/2023

We still have spaces available! Sign up now - we are starting soon 🤗

It's that time again when we are taking on practice clients for our Life Coaches-in-Training!

Learn more here: https://www.knowyourbrain.ca/volunteer-client-registry

09/27/2023

It's that time again when we are taking on practice clients for our Life Coaches-in-Training!

Learn more here: https://www.knowyourbrain.ca/volunteer-client-registry