Susan Peirce Thompson

Keynote Lecture Topics

• The Science of Willpower

  Woven with personal insights and anecdotes, this lecture is a romp through the history of several fascinating psychology experiments. Dr. Thompson discusses how we can increase our resistance to willpower depletion and how it affects every area of our lives. People who employ self-regulation skills earn more, are less likely to end up in jail, are more likely to stay married, feel better about themselves and live happy, fulfilling, productive lives. Susan leaves attendees with a practical implementation plan for improving willpower and overall quality of life. People emerge feeling energized, awestruck, hopeful, and motivated to take very simple steps to immediately improve their quality of life.

• The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss

  Everybody wants to be trim and fit. Billions of dollars are spent each year in the quest, but practically no one is succeeding. Why not? What is going on here? Why is long-term sustainable weight loss such an elusive target? Why can’t we get lean and stay that way, despite the fact that there’s nothing we want more? The brain is blocking us from losing weight, and until we retrain it to work in our favor, no amount of money, effort, desire, or action is going to help. In this lecture, Dr. Thompson outlines the true science of sustainable weight loss and leaves participants among the 0.01% most educated people in the world on this critical and misunderstood subject.

• The Science of Human Connection

  We believe if we made twice as much money, we would be so much happier. But the truth is that the road to happiness is paved with connections to other human beings. The behaviors and activities that make this possible center around the new science of human connection. Interactions with other people change our physiology down to our genes. This lecture outlines simple steps we can take to improve our lives and presents a radical new framework for human connection that Dr. Thompson unpacks at the cellular, biological, and physiological levels, leaving everyone feeling hopeful and more connected.