LUNCH LAB: Decoding the Body-For leaders at every level from solopreneurs to CEOs

September Lunch Lab

Decoding the Body: Understanding the Physical Responses of Those Around You

Led by founder-Dr. Kimberly Dunkin PysD, LPC, SEP & Senior Staff Mike McGee LPC

Ever wonder what's really going on when someone:

- Jumps when you walk into the room?

- Shuts down in a meeting or a classroom?

- Seems irritable when asked a simple question?

- Avoids group settings or gets overwhelmed by noise?

- Reacts strongly to feedback or tone?

What if those reactions weren’t personal... but physiological?

Join us for a 4-week neuroscience course that helps you decode the behaviors of employees, students, colleagues, and even loved ones through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Somatic Experiencing.

You’ll learn to recognize the nervous system’s role in behavior and how stress, trauma, or overwhelm can show up in everyday interactions. By mapping these responses, we understand what makes these behaviors make sense.

Why This Lunch Lab is Powerful

As a leader, you're leading people, each with their own stories and nervous systems.

This Lab will help you:

🔹 Recognize Responses based on History

Understand the threat response cycle, and why past events has one overreacting in the present

🔹 Improve Understanding

Decode nonverbal cues and body-based reactions allowing you to understand behavior when paired with history

🔹 Build Safety

Understand that a sense of safety is the key to thriving.

🔹 Lead with Clarity and Compassion

Learn to navigate tension, resistance, or emotional reactions with tools rooted in neuroscience, not guesswork.

🔹 Understand Conflict & Miscommunication

Many workplace issues aren’t personal — they’re physiological. This training gives you a map for responding effectively.

🔹 Model Emotional Intelligence

When you understand what’s behind the behaviors, you lead from a place of wisdom,

This isn’t just about understanding the science — it’s about applying it to real-world leadership challenges. Whether you're leading a staff, managing clients, mentoring students, or building a team, this Lab gives you a neuroscience-informed lens to lead with insight and integrity.

The Details:

🔹4-week Course: Tuesdays beginning September 9 @ 12:00 PM

🔹 Working Lunch Format

🔹Optional Box Lunches: $15

🔹14 Peaks Counseling Neuropsysiological Trauma Treatment, 721 Ranch House Rd., Willow Park, TX 76087

🔹Presented by: Dr. Kimberly Dunkin & Senior Staff Mike McGee, LPC

What You’ll Gain:

🔹A deeper understanding of how stress and trauma impact the mind and body

🔹 Practical tools to better support the nervous systems of others using neuroscience

🔹 A Polyvagal State Map for identifying where someone might be responding from

🔹 A framework for compassionate leadership, teaching, or caregiving

🔹 4 hours of guided insight into how body-based responses shape communication and connection

Join Mike McGee and Dr. Dunkin this fall as we empower leaders and strengthen businesses across Tarrant and Parker County!