How Poetry
Changes Your Brain:
Learn the power that poetry possesses to enhance your life and improve your psychological well being.
17 Lessons & 11 hours of video training
with Bestselling Author Mark Waldman
& Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall
Your brain is built to communicate poetically. If you do not use it, you’ll be misunderstood by others. If you do…you’ll form profound connections and heal your own inner wounds.
Hear what Mark Waldman and Nathan Hassall have to say about their exciting new course that will show you how to write and speak in a way that creates genuine empathy and interest in the reader’s and listener’s brain.
A Practical Science-Backed Way to Improve Your Life
The new field of neurocognitive poetics gives us a better way to communicate with others and to turn emotional distress into serenity and joy!
This program is tailored for those who want to develop their poetic skills and to deepen their writing practice. The field of neurocognitive poetics is clear: If you want to experience greater meaning and happiness in life, it is essential to bring a poetic framework into every aspect of your personal life, the workplace, and especially with those you deeply care for and love.
What you’ll get from the course:
You’ll learn…
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How to see your problems with greater clarity and resolve fear, anxiety, procrastination, depression — more quickly than through traditional therapy.
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How to tap into the unconscious depths of your imagination, creativity, and inner wisdom to become more productive in your work.
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To express your feelings and desires with greater clarity and eloquence and engage others.
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Transform sadness, grief, or post-traumatic stress into serenity, even bliss.
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Rapidly turn off negative, critical, and judgmental thoughts.
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Overcome self-doubt and writer’s block and quiet the inner critic.
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Tap into the imagination centers of the brain for greater creativity.
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Calm your mind and easily enter present moment awareness, a meditative space where you gain greater insights about yourself and others.
What’s In This Course…
This program is ideal for anyone interested in utilizing neuroscience-based strategies to enhance their personal and professional lives. By integrating these evidence-based techniques, you can experience measurable improvements in confidence, emotional well-being, communication skills, and overall life satisfaction.
Comprehensive Video Lessons: Gain lifetime access to in-depth videos
covering the following topics:
LESSON 1: How Poetic Speaking Changes Your Brain
LESSON 2: The Art & Science of Poetic Speaking
LESSON 3: Where Does Poetry Come From?
LESSON 4: Stream of Consciousness Writing
LESSON 5: Are You a Poet?
LESSON 6: Good Poems, Bad Poems & the Neuroscience of Flow
LESSON 7: The Language & Speech Networks in the Brain
LESSON 8: Jungian Psychology, Poetry, and Dreams for Personal Growth
LESSON 9: Turning Dreams into Poetry
LESSON 10: Carl Jung’s 5 Mind-Blowing Insights on Poetry
LESSON 11: Revisioning & the Art of Editing Poetry
LESSON 12: Using Poetry to Heal Trauma & Emotional Distress
LESSON 13: Is Grief an Urban Myth? The Neuroscience of Sadness, Loss, and Transformation
LESSON 14: Overcoming Creative Self-Doubt & Writer’s Block
LESSON 15: Advice for Poets Young and Old
LESSON 16: Bring Strangeness into Your Writing
LESSON 17: Building Empathy with Poetic Speaking & the Neuroscience of Effective Communication
$197
What other clients say about working with Mark and Nathan
“Once again, Mark Waldman has created a groundbreaking course by teaching people how to use neurocognitive poetics to dramatically enhance their personal development and psychological health. Do you want to communicate more clearly and effectively? Do you want to influence others by creating mutual empathy? If you want your life and work to excel, this course is for you, helping you to unleash your creativity and reach your fullest potential.”
“Nathan believes so deeply in poetry and in the power of the spoken word and in community…With these workshops that he’s given, Nathan nourishes that and makes community possible.”
“I’ve been a supervisor of therapists, psychologists, and spiritual counselors for many decades and the research shows that poetic expression is one of the most powerful ways to promote psychological and emotional healing. I strongly encourage you to enroll in Mark and Nathan’s “Poetry and the Brain “ course to feel deeper satisfaction in your personal and professional life.”
– – Dr. Neil Schuitevoerder, PhD, MFT, Clinical Psychologist
“Mark and Nathan inspired me to sit down and take a pencil and start putting my thoughts into poetry at this phase of my life. This program helped me enormously!”
– – Ena Stanley, 89 years old
“Mark and Nathan brought me remarkable insights that will impact not only my reading of poetry for audiences, but for my personal relationships as well!
– Carol Park, author, writer and storyteller
“The ability to communicate effectively in the business world is crucial for success, and we brought Mark Waldman onto our Executive MBA faculty to teach these brain-based poetic speaking strategies to our students. I believe every business leader will benefit, both personally and professionally, from this unique “Poetry and the Brain” course. The strategies are profoundly effective in lowering work-related stress and improving communication in all aspects of life.”
— Chris Manning, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Loyola Marymount University
“I’ve had the most fantastic time, Nathan is a sublime poetry instructor and we’ve had a terrific time reading and writing and getting to know each other. It’s just been a lovely experience. I’m so glad I found this group! [Nathan’s workshops were] a thoroughly fulfilling experience.”
– Julie Daniels, Voice/Speech Instructor at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Mark Waldman is the world’s leading expert in spirituality, communication and the brain and a pioneer in the new fields of neurocognitive poetics and network neuroscience. Mark began his coaching career 1987, under the psychoanalytic supervision of Bruno Bettelheim and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. He was actively involved with the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and was the founding editor of the Transpersonal Review. As an Associate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Spirituality and the Mind, Mark and Andrew Newberg used their brain-scan research to develop new ways to improve cognitive and emotional performance. Their national bestseller, How God Changes Your Brain, was chosen by Oprah as one of the “Must Read” books for 2012.
The author of 14 books, Mark’s in-depth research has been published in neuroscience and psychology journals throughout the world and his work has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and many others. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, including PBS and NPR, and his TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than 100,000 people.
He created the world’s first NeuroLeadership course that he taught for the Executive MBA program at Loyola Marymount University, and he has traveled throughout the world introducing new brain-enhancing strategies to schools and professional organizations throughout the world including the Los Angeles County Psychological Association, the UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, the Texas Council of Community Centers, Pepperdine School of Psychology, Southern Louisiana University, University of California Irvine, Centers for Spiritual Living and many religious/spiritual groups.
Nathan Hassall is the 5th Poet Laureate of Malibu, California, and the Founder of The Poetry Vessel, a global poetry education podcast. As a poet, educator, and editor, he brings a deep commitment to the transformative power of language. He earned his Master’s in Creative Writing & Poetry in 2018.
His chapbook dregsongs from blab cartilage, was published by Bones: A Journal of Haiku, and his poetry has appeared in many international literary journals. As a freelance editor, he collaborates with poets, writers, and entrepreneurs, helping them to express their voices with greater clarity and depth—skills he brings directly to this course.
