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Started Mar 3
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About the Event
When we were younger, most of us believed the sky was the limit, but along the way, many of us bought into the sad myth that there is no choice but to lead a steadily diminishing life as time passes.
That is false. The truth of continuing vitality and a vital life is not only based on research, it is exhilarating and freeing.
Vibrant to the Finish Line is a path to living a fully spirited life as you go for your aspirations, regardless of age.
Our mentor is Dr Stephanie Burns, a specialist in human behaviour, the brain, and adult learning.
In this Vibrant to the Finish Line Series, Stephanie will paint a compelling image of, and a tested pathway to, a vibrant future for all of us with as much of a full tank, both mentally and physically, as we can maintain.
The aim is to go out with a well-preserved body and mind that continues to allow you to do what you want to do up until whatever your final chapter is.
Who is this series for?
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Those feeling the impact of ageing based on adopted beliefs and negative cultural messages. When aches and pains appear, many assume they should feel this way, so they do nothing about it. At any age, the brain and body are adaptable and can be strengthened and restored.
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People in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who are thriving and want to continue thriving.They also want to be role models for the generations coming behind them.
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People in their 40s and early 50s who may not yet feel the effects of ageing but want to be primed and informed. With awareness now, they can reach later decades without a felt sense of decline.
About the Facilitator
After the success of Stephanie's presentation at Redefining Ageing 2025 on the theme of Purpose, Stephanie Burns is back by popular demand.
Given the luck of good timing, the U.S. Army opened up many fields to women for the first time at the end of 1973. Seizing this opportunity is how Stephanie became one of the first women trained as an engineer by the US Army Signal Corp.
Stephanie was training others by the time she was 19. Leaving the Army in 1976 she worked for Docutel in Georgia, Searle Diagnostics in Chicago and Techtronix in Los Angeles.
Stephanie exited the corporate world in 1981 at first as a consulting trainer to organisations such as NASA, ABC-TV and others which led to the start of her own training company later that year. Stephanie was one of the first in the U.S. to specialise in teaching people to embrace the biggest change in work practices this century – the introduction of the desktop computer.
Out of this work with non-engineering humans grew Stephanie’s fascination and deep curiosity for human behaviour in the context of learning for adults of all stripes. By observing the behaviour of thousands of adults as they re-entered a learning environment Stephanie she saw immediately the need to help adults develop learning strategies and psychological frameworks about learning suitable to both the maturity of their adult brains and their growing need to re-enter the classroom. They were grown-ups and successful, but they had no real idea how to learn effectively.
In 1982, taking time away from her business during the summers, Stephanie began spending time teaching for the Supercamp organisation, broadening her work into the realm of teenage students. Later, in 1985, Stephanie began working with Larry Wilson of “One Minute Salesperson” fame at the Pecos River Ranch and Education Centre in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There Stephanie became immersed in the question of whether media-based training could replicate the qualities and effectiveness of face-to-face classroom teaching.
Read More: https://stephanieburns.com/bio/