Master your mind. Be your best self.
Join the Calm Clarity Dec Retreat.
Calm Clarity integrates neuroscience and mindfulness to help you rewire your brain so it becomes more natural for you to be and feel like your best self, live in alignment with your core values, and deepen and enhance your relationships.
The Calm Clarity Mindful Leadership Program enriches your professional career and personal life by helping you:
think clearly and make effective decisions
be more creative, innovative and collaborative
build resilience so you recover quickly from stress
During the program, you will examine how the mind works, learn practical tools and insights to direct your own brain development and break free of mindless patterns that keep you from realizing your full potential.
Mindful Leadership Program Overview
This is an intensive non-residential two-day course that goes from 10 AM to 4:30 PM on Saturday and Sunday. This experiential learning workshop involves interactive exercises, discussions, videos, and meditations.
On Day 1 (Saturday), we will introduce the science of mind training. In the morning, we will show you how to enhance your brain and build resilience to stress. In the afternoon, the focus will be on observing your autopilot to start re-training your patterns.
On Day 2 (Sunday), we will deepen our sense of presence and connection. In the morning, we will focus on tuning into the voice in our heads. In the afternoon, we will do exercises to improve our ability to be present with others.
Please note: this retreat is designed as a small gathering. Space is limited. Reservations will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Agenda for Day I: Saturday - The Science of Mind Training
09:30 Registration opens
10:00 Kick-off and introductions - everyone introduces themselves and sets an intention for the experience.
10:30 Module 1 – Boost Brain Functioning:
We explain the emotional states of the brain (which we call Brain 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0) and help you recognize your triggers and understand how you think, feel, and act differently in each state. We also introduce science-based techniques to activate and strengthen the neural circuits of Brain 3.0 that support you to be your best self.
12:30 Lunch Break
01:30 Module 2 – Minding Your Autopilot:
We explain how the autopilot helps us to conserve energy by hardwiring habits into our brains. We then explain how mindfulness enables us to observe and re-train the autopilot so we can bring more of our patterns into conscious awareness. We then apply mindfulness to activate Brain 3.0, which enables us to observe and break habits that no longer serve us.
04:00 Debrief and reflections
04:30 Wrap-up and Q&A (close by 5pm)
Agenda for Day II: Sunday - Presence and Positive Relationships*
09:30 Registration opens
10:00 Brief Recap of Day I
10:15 Module 3 – The Voice in Your Head:
We explain how our prior conditioning and beliefs shape our stream-of-consciousness inner dialogue I call the “mind-track.” We become aware of how our mind-track often sounds like an “inner critic” that beats down on us and other people or like an “inner coach” that guides us forward. We then activate Brain 3.0, which turns up the volume of the “inner coach” and turns down the volume of the “inner critic.”
12:30 Lunch Break
01:30 Module 4 – Deepening Connection:
We present research on relationships, communication, and empathy. Then we apply techniques such as mindful listening to intentionally build empathic connections with people and genuinely open our minds and hearts to see and feel another person’s perspective.
04:00 Debrief and reflections
04:30 Wrap-up and Q&A (close by 5pm)
*We recommend all participants complete Modules 1 and 2 before taking Modules 3 and 4.
Dress code: Comfortable: t-shirts, shorts, jeans, sweats, sneakers, or sandals are fine.
About Calm Clarity
Calm Clarity is a social enterprise that uses science to share the benefits of mindful leadership with people across the socioeconomic spectrum. We create social impact by developing creative approaches to sustainably offer our training to low-income groups facing challenging obstacles.
Your ticket purchase sponsors low-income first-generation college students to attend this weekend retreat at no cost through our College Student Scholar Program. Thank you for paying-it-forward!
About the founder, Due Quach:
A refugee from Vietnam and graduate of Harvard College and the Wharton MBA Program, Due overcame the long-term effects of poverty and trauma by turning to neuroscience and meditation. After building a successful career in management consulting and private equity investments, Due traveled to India to study various contemplative traditions and understand how they align with brain science. She then synthesized what she learned to create the Calm Clarity Program in order to help more people overcome adversity and unlock their potential. Due has brought the benefits of Calm Clarity to many organizations, including Ernst & Young, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Vanguard, M&T Bank, Devereux, the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and New York University. Her inspiring story has been featured in the New York Observer, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Voice, Streetwise, and the Seattle Times. Her forthcoming book, Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy will be released by TarcherPerigee Penguin Random House on May 15, 2018
To learn more, please visit: calmclarity.org
Testimonials:
“I left the workshop a slightly different (and, in my opinion, better) person than when I arrived. I feel the same way about my son…The work that you have done to merge the complex concepts of neuroscience with the often misunderstood and counter to much of our culture notion of mindfulness and meditation and package it in such an easy to understand way is truly impressive and commendable…it is an incredibly valuable investment of time and money, no matter the distance.”
~Chris Noble, Director, Portfolio Development and Pipeline Innovation (Fortune 500 Company)
“My senior executives and I found her mindful leadership training very inspirational. Her powerful personal story touched all of us, and her faithfulness to the science (and skipping the “woo”) impressed a very tough crowd (psychologists, behavioral analysts and the past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists).”
~Robert Kreider, President and CEO, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
"I am fully supportive of Calm Clarity and the many great things it can do in many different channels. We believe the construct is easily understandable, practical and intuitive."
~George Brooks, Americas Leader for Ernst & Young People Advisory Services
“Engaging. Inspiring. These are just two words to describe Due Quach’s Mindful Leadership Program... What resonated with each individual was Due’s compelling, personal story, which served to build not only credibility, but also an openness amongst the group. From there, Due taught us the tools that can be used to unlock the brain and build resilience. A number of attendees even declared to have a reduction in stress immediately following the program!”
~Melissa Govette, Vice President, M&T Bank
“Calm Clarity gave our company a common language when talking about maintaining presence in our work and with ourselves and each other...It was definitely worth it!”
~John Silkey, Director, Milepost Consulting
“I have personally witnessed the program transform a room full of skeptical individuals into believers. The key, in my view, is layering neuroscience on top of the meditation. By answering the “why”, the program allows people to more easily embrace the meditation exercises, greatly enhancing their effectiveness. “
~Brett Topche, Managing Director, MentorTech Ventures
