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Six Pillars of Brain Health
2025-06-06 10:30:00 2025-06-06 11:30:00 America/New_York Six Pillars of Brain Health It's never too late to take charge of your brain health! Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Friday, June 06
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-06-06 10:30:00 2025-06-06 11:30:00 America/New_York Six Pillars of Brain Health It's never too late to take charge of your brain health! Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

It's never too late to take charge of your brain health!

In this interactive session, you will learn about the six pillars of a brain-healthy lifestyle, share your brain-boosting activities, and be inspired by others. This session is a good overview for anyone interested in improving their brain health and will provide you with actionable steps you can take along with resources to learn more. Please register for this program. 

Deb Cohen, Ph.D., is a management consultant with more than 25 years of experience advising, training and guiding nonprofit, academic and for-profit entities. Her latest book (2020) Developing Management Proficiency is now available and Cohen is delivering talks and professional development highlighting how any manager can develop their competencies and become more effective. As a former Senior Vice President, with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Cohen was responsible for a 50-person Division covering knowledge services, original research, and the development of a profession-wide competency model. Deb has academic teaching and administrative experience and is a Senior Certified HR Professional (SHRM-SCP).

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Health & Nutrition |

TAGS: | Mental Health | health |

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