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Working with the rhythms of the brain: stress, sleep and vitality
What if performing well under pressure is not about working harder, but about switching smarter?
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In this keynote, participants receive a clear and practical guide to how the brain works. Leo van Woerden shows how stress, sleep and recovery determine how sharp, energetic and resilient people are, especially when the pressure is high.
The keynote is built around Leo’s BRV method. It shows that the brain works in rhythms of focus, tension and recovery. When these rhythms fall out of balance, mental sharpness disappears. When people learn to move in sync with their brain, space is created to perform better.
The insights are not only explained, but also experienced through rhythm and drums, which makes them stick. The session is energetic and accessible, with humour and sharpness that stimulate without overwhelming.
What to expect
Clear explanations of how the brain works under pressure
Insight into stress, fatigue and recovery without jargon
A shared language around energy, focus and resilience
A session that activates rather than exhausts
Impact
Participants gain a better understanding of why they get stuck and what their brain needs to stay sharp. This increases awareness and forms a solid foundation for more sustainable choices in work and recovery.
Format
Keynote of 45 to 90 minutes. Clear. Energetic. Immediately applicable.
Do you see stress, fatigue and loss of focus increasing, while expectations keep rising? That is not a motivation problem. It is a brain problem. And it becomes solvable once people understand how their brain actually works.
During his studies in neuroscience at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, one insight became decisive for the work of Leo van Woerden: the brain is trainable. How people deal with pressure, recovery and rhythm largely determines their performance, focus and mental resilience.
His personal experience with ADHD deepened his professional fascination with attention, energy and self-regulation. Not as a personal story, but as the starting point for a sober question: why does willpower so often fall short, and why does sustainable performance only emerge when people understand how their brain works?
Leo brought these insights together in the BRV method (Brain Rhythm Variability). Simply put, it describes how the brain switches between rhythms of focus, tension and recovery. This neuroscientific framework shows how this switching can be trained through practical adjustments. Leo presented this method in his TEDx talk and has since been applying it as a speaker and trainer in organisations where sharp performance under pressure is essential.
Leo works from science without noise. His approach is evidence-based. He separates facts from myths and avoids hypes. Instead, he offers a clear user manual for the brain, helping people understand why they get stuck and what is needed to function better. That insight forms the foundation for sustainable behavioural change.
What sets Leo apart is that he does not just explain neuroscience, he makes it tangible. Through rhythm and drums, brain processes become physically experienceable, which helps insights stick faster. He translates stress, sleep and recovery into concrete choices and routines for work and everyday life.
His keynotes and workshops are energetic and engaging, with humour and sharpness that confront without overwhelming and stimulate thinking, while helping people function in a more focused and resilient way over the long term.
Neuroscientist and an expert in the field of stress, sleep and recovery.
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