Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done
7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Make it easier to get work done by identifying your neurospicy strengths & building new strategies for supporting your challenge areas
Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done
7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Make it easier to get work done by identifying your neurospicy strengths & building new strategies for supporting your challenge areas
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Course overview
Understand how to leverage your brain's unique strengths
In this course, we'll explore how to draw from the strengths that frequently come with having a brain that's wired a bit differently -- like creativity, curiosity, hyperfocus, and empathy -- to tackle some common frustrations -- like procrastination, inconsistent motivation, distractibility, and feeling incompetent.
To do this, we'll learn about the science of how our minds work, share and learn from each other's lived experiences, and support each other in conducting mini "experiments" to figure out the exact right strategies that work for each of us.
In other words, each participant will learn about a broader menu of strategies -- but get support identifying exactly which ones work for your unique brain and current needs. There is no one path that works for every spicy brain; this cohort gives accountability and structure to the path of figuring out the right tools for you.
Who is this course for
01
Professionals and leaders who suspect their brain may work a bit differently, and want to learn the unique strategies that work for them.
02
Adults who have recently realized they are ADHD or autistic, or have anxiety or sensory processing differences, and want to learn together
03
Anyone who feels like procrastination, distractibility, inconsistent motivation, and feelings of incompetence get in their way at work.
What you’ll get out of this course
Understand why procrastination is a threat response, and practice what strategies will allow you to manage it
Our brains are actually trying to protect us from threats when we procrastinate. If we change the way we understand and approach the task we're putting off, procrastination decreases (or sometimes just disappears)
Create a custom plan for how to own your attention and minimize distractibility
Distractibility is real, especially in today's attention economy, and especially if your brain is spicy in certain ways. Lecturing yourself to focus doesn't work. Understanding the science behind our attention lets us develop strategies that work for us.
Rewrite your story about your neurospicy brain from being deficit-based ("ugh, I feel like a failure") to asset-based ("I've got this")
If we skip over our internal narratives to just tackle a barrage of strategies, those strategies inevitably fail. But if we revise our stories about ourselves, we make it possible to learn and be equipped for the next challenge or opportunity that comes our way.
Use motivation science to identify new strategies that will help you avoid the highs and lows of supercharged interest to total apathy
It's common for neurospicy folks to experience big fluctuations in their levels of motivation. By understanding a bit of the science behind why our brains can feel energized one day and disinterested the next, we can create supports to even out those highs and lows.
Apply new frameworks to help you leverage your creativity and curiosity to make decisions you feel confident in
When you feel incompetent and uncertain how your brain works, it can make decision-making hard. By understanding the common pitfalls our mind can fall in when considering decisions, and strategies to dodge them, we can lean into our strengths to make more confident decisions.
Identify a win you want to reach during the cohort, and leverage course content + the power of group support to get there
You can find all the research about neurospicy strategies online that you could ever dream of. But a cohort gives you a unique opportunity to share the wins you want with a group who gets you and can offer supportive accountability to help you make progress.
This course includes
12 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
In-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
6 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jun
3
Rewriting your neurospicy story: workshop
Tue 6/34:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Rewriting your story about your unique brain
Jun
6
Optional Q&A / Body-doubling
Week 2
Jun
10
Handling procrastination & getting new projects started
Tue 6/104:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Handling procrastination & getting started on big projects
Jun
13
Optional Q&A / Body-doubling
Week 3
Jun
17
Build lasting motivation
Tue 6/174:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Building a foundation for lasting motivation
Jun
20
Optional Q&A / Body-doubling
Week 4
Jun
27
Optional group session / body-doubling
Week 5
Jul
1
Own your attention
Tue 7/14:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Owning your attention & managing distractibility
Jul
4
Optional Q&A / Body-doubling
Week 6
Jul
8
Decision making workshop
Tue 7/84:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Decision making with spice
Jul
11
Optional Q&A / Body-doubling
Week 7
Jul
15
Celebrating wins and maintaining momentum
Tue 7/154:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Celebrating wins & maintaining momentum
What people are saying
Anna M
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Author, researcher, educator, & coach
Becca Block, PhD
I always knew my brain worked a bit differently, but in school I was able to make those differences work for me. Once I was put in charge of a department, however, I realized I needed to turn my nerdiness into real-world success, and figure out how to leverage research to make it possible to stay motivated, focused, and effective at work. I leverage my life-long love of research, as well as my years of experience as a neurospicy leader who has worked with a variety of neurospicy colleagues, to offer courses that help other differently-wired adults thrive in and beyond work.
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Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done
June 2025
$650
Dates
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Course schedule
2-3 hours per week
Weekly workshops
Tues, 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
We once a week for a 90 minute highly interactive session where we share how it's going with applying the lessons learned from the previous session, explore practical implications of research on a new topic, and then build a new "experiment" to try for the upcoming week.
Weekly experiments
15-60 minutes per week
Depending on the experiment you design for yourself during the workshop, you'll spend a bit of time outside of our sessions each week applying your chosen strategy and seeing how and whether it works for your brain and professional context.
Optional: Weekly Q&A
Fri, 12:00-1:00pm ET
For anyone who has run into questions or obstacles as they work on their weekly experiment, or who just wants a supportive space for "body-doubling" (we'll explain that in the course, but also you can look it up in advance), there is a weekly open hour for support.
Practical strategies to build lasting motivation
This excerpt from Can You Help me Give a _______?: A Workbook for Anyone Who Wants to Build Lasting Motivation shares a sampling of 15 minute activities you can use to support a targeted area of the motivation ABCDs (which are explained more in my course Spicy Brains Get Stuff Done). Download it, print it, and try it out!
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