Mark Tigchelaar

In recent years, the number of stimuli we encounter has increased fivefold. The impact of this overload of stimuli is that we are interrupted more frequently nowadays. Due to this deluge of distractions, we accomplish less, stress levels rise, and it becomes more challenging to delve deeply.

The battle for our attention is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

In this interactive keynote, Mark Tigchelaar shares the latest insights from science to gain control over distractions. The effect: calmness, overview, and control. This keynote aligns well with vitality and well-being.

Topics covered:

• How distraction works in the brain
• Practical examples
• The optimal work & private balance
• How to improve your own focus

After the keynote:

• You quickly enter the flow
• You have more energy left
• You can stop thoughts
• You are productive even in an open-plan office

This keynote aligns well with events about
Vitality, focus, workload, work stress, well-being, mental health, work-life balance, distraction, time management, flow, the new way of working, the brain, and neuropsychology.

From WhatsApp to email and social media, we are now inundated with digital distractions. These distractions are designed in such a way that they are difficult to resist. Distraction by design. As a result, it is difficult to delve deeply, and we experience more stress.

You can’t do big things if you are distracted by small things.

In this inspiring keynote, Mark shares the latest insights from science to break free from phone and email addiction, without missing anything. Participants discover how dopamine works in the brain and how to break free from it. The effect: you miss nothing, get more done, and experience less stress. This keynote aligns well with vitality and well-being.

Topics covered:

• How a Dopamine Detox works
• How addiction works in our brain
• How to break free from an addiction

After the keynote:

• You can easily delve deeply
• You are free from phone addiction
• Your attention span is (much) longer

This keynote aligns well with events about:
Technology & Innovation, social media, stimuli, focus, distraction, email, phone addiction, dopamine detox, recharging, vitality, well-being, mental health, the brain, neuropsychology.

Our lives are largely determined by our habits. But how do you create new habits? How do you stop bad habits? And most importantly: how do you ensure that behavioural change is lasting?

Successful and unsuccessful people have the same goals.
The difference is their daily habits.

In this inspiring keynote, Mark Tigchelaar shares the latest insights from science to achieve lasting behavioural change. Participants will work with the Tiny Habits Model. The effect: you can adopt new habits and stop bad habits.

Topics covered:

• How habits form in our brain
• How to create lasting change
• Why willpower doesn’t work

After the keynote:

• You can create new habits
• You can stop bad habits
• You can effectively guide your own behaviour

This keynote aligns well with events about:
Behavioural change, new (work) routines, vitality, well-being, mental health, the brain, neuropsychology.

Endless meetings, deadlines, and countless notifications create workload. What can you do about it? In his lecture, Mark shows what happens in the brain during stress and how you can reduce it. As an experienced psychologist, he shares practical tips to gain control over workload and work stress.

Topics covered:

• How stress works in the brain
• The optimal work & private balance
• The best remedy against workload

After the keynote:

• You experience less workload
• You are more resilient to stress
• You can stop thoughts

This keynote aligns well with events about:
Workload, work stress, well-being, mental health, vitality, focus, work-life balance, distraction, time management, flow, the new way of working, the brain, neuropsychology.