About Bernadette

 

 

Founder & CEO of Cognitive Performance, LLC 

Bringing proven science-base performance programs for businesses and individuals

Neuroscience has demonstrated that each one of us has a deep desire to contribute and connect with others. It is a natural desire to strive and bring forth our unique internal calling of who we are into fruition. And…the good new is…there is no one like you!  

 

 

Professional Bio:

Bernadette M. Wilson is CEO of Cognitive Performance. Her company provides contemplative neuroscience programs and business consulting to optimize cognitive performance and well-being for high-performing executives and teams. She is also co-founder of the BrainFIT Institute, an international mindfulness and practical neuroscience cooperative. Ms. Wilson is a certified mindfulness trainer (CMC), contemplative neurocoach (CNC), author, and inspirational speaker. She utilizes her deep knowledge of the inextricable linkage between our brain, mindfulness, and positive health and well-being to deliver her breakthrough programs.

She is the author of transformational books, including: “Become Exceptional!” and “Growing Through Loss: 7 Brain-Based Strategies to Transcend Grief and Suffering,” and soon to be published “BrainFIT – Neurocognitive Skills for High Performing Teams.” Bernadette is written numerous guides and blogs providing insights on cognitive performance, resilience, and compassion.  Additionally, her brain basic online program BrainFIT 101 which caters to all who want to learn how to have better performance, more success and well-being is set to be released May 1, 2022.

Ms. Wilson has been honored to be the keynote speaker for many diverse organizations.  

Including: American Foundation Suicide Survivor Day-Orange County, CA, SCORE – Business Breakfast keynote speaker, United Mindfulness Skills for the Immersion Work Place speaker and Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) screening of Do No Harm, Host 

Ms. Wilson also speaks to many online audiences and leads numerous transformational workshops in-person and online. 

Degrees and Certificates: 

  • B.A. in Business Management
  • MBA in Ethics and Leadership, Mills College, Lorry Lokey School of Business
  • Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Scholar
  • Forte Foundation Fellow
  • Double Certified in Unified Mindfulness
  • Certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) from the Beckman Institute
  • Certified Neurocoach by NeurocoachPro (CNC), Robert Waldman, Executive MBA Faculty, College of Business Loyola Marymount University
  • Rieki Certified
  • CANDOR Certified: Healthcare Compassionate Leadership
  • Brian Tracy Sales Manager Program Graduate 
  • 20 years in high-tech corporate and healthcare marketing leadership and entrepreneurial expertise

Bernadette holds an MBA with a focus on ethics and leadership from Mills College. She holds certifications in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Unified Mindfulness, and Contemplative Neurocaoching and is also CANDOR trained in healthcare compassionate safe-care protocols. Bernadette has more than 20 years in corporate leadership has trained and taught techniques for optimizing the neurocognitive solutions for individuals and teams operating in stressful and complex environments, such as healthcare, high-tech, and the corporate environment. Throughout her career, Bernadette has brought her skills and knowledge to non-profit organizations through volunteer board positions, including Big Brother’s Big Sisters and regional women’s support organizations. Ms. Wilson is currently an advisory board member for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and Tilly's Foundation Women's Guild inaugural member.

Personal Mission:

  • Make each new day a personal masterpiece of meaningful pursuits.
  • Ensure the education of conflict resolution is easily understood and available in all aspects of the work-life ecosystem.
  • Redouble efforts at understanding the fundamental principles and practices that promote health, wisdom, inspiration, and happiness.
  • Teach and guide clients to achieve an unmistakable, lasting transformation so they may prosper with meaning and purpose.

About Cognitive Performance

Cognitive Performance, LLC provides Transformational Professional Training programs based on scientific principles of neuropsychology and neuroscience. Our programs aid individuals and organizations in removing emotional and intellectual barriers. Career paths, relationships, and life trajectory dramatically improves, expanding the pathway for ultimate success. 

About One-on-One NeuroCoaching

Cognitive Performance incorporates science-based benefits of mindfulness, compassionate communication, cognitive behavior therapy, tested Leadership philosophies, and other methods to provide rapid results.

The foundation of NeuroCoaching is based on a neuroscience protocol developed at the University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

About Unified Mindfulness

Unified Mindfulness is a system of meditation that’s easily researchable by science, with clear terminology and rigorous precision around concepts and procedures. A direct result of this research and precision is that the process of learning and teaching mindfulness has been thoroughly systemized in a way that makes it accessible to anyone interested.

The U.M. system is used by leading institutions like Harvard and Carnegie Mellon for their research on meditation.

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