Neural Wellbeing Certificate

Neural Wellbeing is a next-generation training program that addresses the root causes of workplace stress, disengagement, and burnout—not just the symptoms. The course teaches neuroscience and neural practices that retrain underlying brain patterns, supporting sustained improvements in health, happiness, performance, and emotional intelligence.

A Workforce in Crisis

Overwhelm, anxiety, burnout, and distraction have reached unsustainable levels across the workforce. Employees are mentally, emotionally, and physically depleted. Many are disengaging or quietly withdrawing. At the same time, expectations for emotional intelligence, collaboration, resilience, and adaptability are rapidly increasing.

Traditional wellness programs offer temporary relief but do not create the deeper neural changes needed to feel and function better in daily life and work.

Exciting Interventions From Neuroscience

Neuroscience has radically shifted our understanding of mental and emotional skills. A century of medical convention insisted that emotional intelligence, resilience, self-awareness, and stress regulation were fixed traits. We now know they are trainable neural capabilities.

But explicit learning through memorization and recall alone can’t reduce anxiety or strengthen emotional intelligence. These are mental and emotional skills that are trained into the brain through procedural experience. Neural Wellbeing teaches these practices—experientially and progressively—to create positive and reliable change.

The Neural Wellbeing Course

The Neural Wellbeing course trains the neural mechanisms that shape stress, attention, mood, emotional patterns, and interpersonal behaviors. Participants learn to deal effectively with stress, anxiety, and burnout—overwhelming change and uncertainty—and to shift mindsets and perspectives to achieve great happiness, fulfillment, engagement and personal success.

Participants learn to:

• Regulate the nervous system
• Restore clarity, calm, and stability
• Strengthen attention control and focus
• Increase emotional intelligence
• Shift mindset and perception
• Build healthier, more rewarding relationships
• Improve resilience and psychological wellbeing
• Resolve

Who Should Attend

This open-enrollment course is ideal for:

• Those experiencing stress, anxiety, burnout, or distraction
• Those experiencing low motivation or disengagement
• Leaders and teams seeking sustainable performance
• HR, OD, and talent professionals
• Coaches and wellbeing practitioners
• Educators, clinicians, and facilitators
• Anyone interested in improving their mental and emotional wellbeing

Program Summary

Neural Wellbeing integrates science, practice, and application to develop neural patterns that support:

• Mental clarity
• A positive and growth mindset
• Purpose and values
• Motivation and engagement,
• Calm and emotional stability
• Focus and attention control
• Positive relationships
• Healthier cognition and perception
• Mental flexibility and adaptability
• Mental strength and resilience

Program Elements

Neural Wellbeing Certification is a comprehensive learning experience that integrates multiple modalities and expert resources.

Courses include:

• A dedicated learning portal
• Pre-and post-course assessments
• Weekly live classes
• Weekly self-study modules
• Links to research and resources
• Weekly progress checks
• Optional group coaching
• Final exam
• Certificate and digital badge
• Unlimited phone, text, chat, and email support

Workshop Topics

1. The Science of Wellbeing explores the the scientific foundations for health, happiness, and human wellbeing, and how the brain processes stress, anxiety, and burnout. We'll experience neural practices that regulate the nervous system to create calm, stability, and resilience in our daily life and work.

2. Eliminating Cognitive Barriers surfaces the cognitive costs of modern work, including digital distraction, attention deficit trait, decision fatigue, and the overload of constant change and uncertainty. We’ll experience practices to increase positivity, sharpen attention, shift perception, and establish an adaptive, growth mindset.

3. Activating Emotional Intelligence as a trainable set of neural capabilities that shape how we relate to ourselves and others. We’ll experience practices that activate self-awareness, regulation, empathy, and compassion, and apply them to workplace communication, collaboration, and trust, enabling stronger relationships and more effective teamwork.

4. Embodying the Culture is reinforced in the small, daily behaviors that shape how people experience work. We’ll explore the personal habits and relational behaviors that bring a positive culture to life—practicing kindness, optimism, curiosity, and initiative, to create a climate of respect, growth, and shared purpose.

Learning Portal and Network

The course includes 12 hours of live training and access to the IOSM Learning Portal:

• Class recordings
• Slide decks
• Guided neural practices
• Self-paced learning
• Curated research
• Expert insights
• Collaboration with peers
• Full access to the IOSM Network

Our Instructor

Åsa Fanelli is an experienced executive, consultant, and facilitator specializing in leadership development, with a strong focus on neuroscience and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence. She serves as Chief Education Officer at IOSM, where she designs innovative curricula and leads corporate and public programs to cultivate mental and emotional skills in the workplace.

With over 25 years of experience as a senior executive in global corporate and nonprofit sectors, Åsa has led high-performing, multicultural teams in 35 countries across 5 continents—often in complex, high-stakes environments. She brings a deep understanding of organizational dynamics, human behavior, and transformational change to her teaching and consulting work.

Why IOSM?

Institute for Organizational Science and Mindfulness (IOSM) is a global non-profit association of human capital and operating leaders, educators, and coaches. We share a common mission to apply neuroscience and mindfulness to create more effective leaders, a happier, healthier, and higher-performing workforce, and a safer, more inclusive, and more productive workplace.