At the Center for Neurological Intelligence®, individuals, couples, and leaders are supported in understanding what is happening within them so they can live, love, and lead with greater clarity, connection, and choice.
Many people who find their way here are thoughtful, capable, and motivated. From the outside, life may appear successful or functional. Yet internally, something feels unsettled-emotional loops repeat, stress feels constant, relationships feel strained, or a quiet sense of disconnection persists.
Using the framework of Neurological Intelligence®, this work helps make sense of how the nervous system formed meaning through lived experience-and how those patterns continue to shape thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships today.
Most of us were never taught how our nervous system works.
But no one taught us how early experiences shape emotional meaning, relational patterns, or our sense of self. No one explained why we react the way we do, why certain situations feel overwhelming, or why familiar conflicts repeat even when we "know better."
Neurological Intelligence® offers a grounded, compassionate approach to understanding your inner world-without labels, urgency, or pressure to become someone else.
As awareness grows, the nervous system begins to soften. Old protective strategies no longer need to run automatically. With practice, new responses become available-responses rooted in presence rather than reactivity.
This work is for people from many walks of life who are seeking greater clarity, stability, and connection.
Individuals often seek this work when they are navigating stress, anxiety, life transitions, relationship challenges, or unresolved emotional patterns. Some feel overwhelmed or emotionally reactive. Others feel shut down, disconnected, or stuck in internal conflict.
Many are highly functional on the outside while quietly struggling within.
This work supports individuals who want to understand their nervous system, reduce internal tension, and develop healthier relationships with themselves and others.
Men, in particular, often find this work helpful when they want to move beyond internal protection patterns and connect in more authentic, grounded, and emotionally present ways-without sacrificing strength or integrity.
Couples often arrive feeling caught in repeating cycles of conflict, misunderstanding, or emotional distance. Conversations escalate quickly or go nowhere. Trust and safety feel fragile. Both partners may care deeply, yet feel unsure how to stop hurting one another.
Rather than focusing on who is right or wrong, this work helps couples understand what is happening within each nervous system during moments of stress. When this becomes visible, blame softens, defensiveness decreases, and curiosity returns.
Couples learn how to communicate with respect, understand individual and shared needs, and rebuild safety in ways that strengthen both the relationship and the individuals within it.
Many leaders carry significant responsibility and invisible pressure. Decision-making never truly turns off. The nervous system remains engaged long after the workday ends.
This work supports executives and leaders who want to manage pressure more effectively, lead with clarity, and show up at home as partners or parents-not just as the boss.
Leadership here is not treated as a performance skill, but as an internal state shaped by the nervous system. When that system is supported, leadership becomes more sustainable, grounded, and fulfilling. You do not need to fit a category to belong here. If something inside you is seeking understanding, you are welcome.
My role is not to tell you who to be. It is to help you see what is already happening within you-with clarity, compassion, and practical guidance.
This work blends neuroscience, mindful awareness, and lived experience. Sessions are collaborative and paced with care, respecting the intelligence of your nervous system.
Change does not happen through willpower alone. It happens when awareness becomes embodied.
At the Center for Neurological Intelligence®, the focus goes beyond traditional coaching by helping clients understand the neurological patterns shaping their inner and outer lives.
Founded by author and Neurological Life Coach Glenn S. Cohen, this approach integrates neuroscience, emotional awareness, and lived experience to support meaningful and lasting change.
Through individual sessions, couples work, leadership support, workshops, and the Neurological Intelligence® book series, people are guided in recognizing patterns that once served a purpose but may now limit growth or create unnecessary suffering.
This is not about erasing the past. It is about understanding it-so it no longer runs the present.
Neurological Intelligence® is the ability to understand how your nervous system forms meaning and how that meaning shapes perception, emotion, behavior, and relationships-moment by moment.
Our nervous systems are shaped through experience. Over time, emotional learning becomes belief. Belief becomes protection. Protection becomes pattern. When these patterns remain unconscious, they tend to repeat. When they become visible, choice returns.
Neurological Intelligence® does not teach control. It teaches cooperation with your inner system. Through awareness, patterns can soften, integrate, and transform in ways that support greater clarity, balance, and freedom.
At its heart is a simple truth:
I did not set out to create a methodology. I set out to understand myself.
Like many people, my early life shaped emotional and relational patterns long before I had language for them. I searched for answers through psychology, spirituality, leadership training, and personal growth. Each offered insight, but none fully explained how the nervous system stores meaning-or how early experiences quietly shape our lives.
Over time, Neurological Intelligence® emerged not as a theory, but as a map.
My work is shaped by both professional training and lived experience. I meet people with respect, humility, and care. I also hold people accountable and gently challenge the stories that keep them from living fully.
When the inner world becomes visible, the outer world becomes changeable. If you are here, you are not broken. Something within you is asking to be heard.
Personal guidance to support emotional clarity, healing, and growth.
A safe, supportive space to understand relationship patterns and rebuild connection.
Teachings and reflections to explore at your own pace.
Grounded guidance for those leading others while carrying significant responsibility.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The heat is on as the Bay Area gets hit with an unprecedented historic heat wave for the month of March that's expected to break several records.The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for parts of the region that took effect at 10 a.m. Monday and runs until 8 p.m. Friday.ABC7 meteorologist Drew Tuma says this level affects people sensitive to heat, especially those without access to cooling and hydration. He says keep in mind this is our first heat wave of the year, and we haven't seen th...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The heat is on as the Bay Area gets hit with an unprecedented historic heat wave for the month of March that's expected to break several records.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for parts of the region that took effect at 10 a.m. Monday and runs until 8 p.m. Friday.
ABC7 meteorologist Drew Tuma says this level affects people sensitive to heat, especially those without access to cooling and hydration. He says keep in mind this is our first heat wave of the year, and we haven't seen these temperatures since September.
Centerville Community CenterCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.3355 Country Dr, Fremont, CA 94536Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wally Pond Irvington Community CenterCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.41885 Blacow Rd, Fremont, CA 94538Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Age Well Center at South FremontCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.47111 Mission Falls Ct, Fremont, CA 94539Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Age Well Center at Lake ElizabethCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Warm Springs Community CenterCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.47300 Fernald St, Fremont, CA 94539Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Fremont Main LibraryCOOLING CENTER open during business hours on days when high temperature exceeds 91 degrees.2450 Stevenson Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538BUSINESS HOURSSunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pmMonday: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pmTuesday: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pmWednesday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pmThursday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pmFriday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Contra Costa County hasn't listed any official cooling centers but majority of Bay Area libraries also function as cooling centers during heat waves.
Napa County hasn't listed any official cooling centers but majority of Bay Area libraries also function as cooling centers during heat waves.
Santa Clara County hasn't posted any official cooling centers but officials say that the City of San Jose libraries and select community centers operate as cooling centers during regular business hours. Find hours and locations here.
Main Library100 Larkin StreetAir conditioning throughout the building; 243 reader seats
Chinatown/Him Mark Li Branch Library1135 Powell StreetAir conditioning throughout the building; 124 reader seats
Glen Park Branch Library 2825 Diamond StreetAir conditioning in the meeting room; maximum capacity 30.
Mission Bay Branch Library 960 4th StreetAir conditioning throughout the building; 62 reader seats.
North Beach Branch Library850 Columbus AvenueAir conditioning in the meeting room; maximum capacity 50.
Potrero Hill Branch Library1616 20th StreetAir conditioning in the meeting room; maximum capacity 20.
All libraries in San Francisco County are cooling centers. For a list of locations, click here.
Atherton Library2 Dinkelspiel Station LaneAtherton, CA 94027
Belmont Library1110 Alameda de las PulgasBelmont, CA 94002
Brisbane Library163 Visitacion AvenueBrisbane CA 94005
Burlingame Community Center850 Burlingame AvenueBurlingame, CA 94010
Burlingame Library480 Primrose RoadBurlingame, CA 94010
East Palo Alto Library2415 University AvenueEast Palo Alto CA 94303
Foster City Library1000 East Hillsdale BoulevardFoster City CA 94404
Half Moon Bay Library620 Correas StreetHalf Moon Bay CA 94019
Arrillaga Family Recreation Center700 Alma StreetMenlo Park, CA 94025
Belle Haven Community Campus100 Terminal AvenueMenlo Park, CA 94025
Menlo Park Library800 Alma StreetMenlo Park, CA 94025
Millbrae Library1 Library AvenueMillbrae CA 94030
North Fair Oaks Library2510 Middlefield RoadRedwood City CA 94063
North Fair Oaks Library2510 Middlefield RoadRedwood City, CA 94063
Portola Valley Library765 Portola RoadPortola Valley CA 94028
Redwood City Community Activities Building1400 Roosevelt AvenueRedwood City, CA 94061
Fair Oaks Community Center2600 Middlefield Road,Redwood City, CA 94063
Red Morton Community Center1120 Roosevelt AvenueRedwood City, CA 94061
Sandpiper Community Center797 Redwood Shores Parkway,Redwood City, CA 94065
Veterans Memorial Senior Center1455 Madison Avenue,Redwood City, CA 94061
Redwood City Downtown Library1044 Middlefield RoadRedwood City, CA 94063
Schaberg Branch Library2140 Euclid AvenueRedwood City, CA 94061
Redwood Shores Branch Library399 Marine ParkwayRedwood City, CA 94065
San Bruno Library701 Angus AvenueSan Bruno, CA 94066
San Bruno Senior Center 1555 Crystal Springs RoadSan Bruno, CA 94066
San Carlos Library610 Elm StreetSan Carlos CA 94070
San Mateo - Main Library55 West 3rd AvenueSan Mateo, CA 94402
San Mateo Library - Marina Branch1530 Susan CourtSan Mateo, CA 94403
San Mateo Library - Hillsdale Branch205 West Hillsdale Blvd.San Mateo, CA 94402
South San Francisco - Main Library 840 West Orange AvenueSouth San Francisco, CA 94080
South San Francisco Library - Grand Avenue Branch306 Walnut AvenueSouth San Francisco, CA 94080
Woodside Library3140 Woodside RoadWoodside CA 9406
All libraries in Solano County are cooling centers. For a list of locations, click here.
Cloverdale Senior Center311 North Main StreetCloverdale, CA 95425
Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building311 North Main StreetCloverdale, CA 95425
The majority of Bay Area libraries also function as cooling centers during heat waves. See the map below to find one near you.
The Friends of Edgewood is offering free, expert-guided tours to showcase the diverse blooms of the serpentine grasslands and oak woodlands.REDWOOD CITY, CA — Spring has sprung at Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve, a prime spot for native California wildflowers, where The Friends of Edgewood offer free, guided spring wildflower hikes weekly through the end of May.Edgewood is the only designated Natural Preserve within the San Mateo County Parks system and is celebrated for its exceptional biodiversity. Visitor...
REDWOOD CITY, CA — Spring has sprung at Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve, a prime spot for native California wildflowers, where The Friends of Edgewood offer free, guided spring wildflower hikes weekly through the end of May.
Edgewood is the only designated Natural Preserve within the San Mateo County Parks system and is celebrated for its exceptional biodiversity. Visitors can expect to see a shifting tapestry of blooms as the season progresses: March brings out the flowers of the oak woodland, April showcases the vibrant serpentine grasslands, and May introduces the late spring hillside flowers, according to Barrie Moore FoE president.
The guided hikes are offered every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Participants can choose between starting locations at the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center or the Clarkia Trailhead. Hikes are scheduled for 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. These typically cover about three miles and last around three hours, providing ample time for hikers to observe and learn about the diverse flowers and wildlife along the route.
FoE's team of expert wildflower docents leads the excursions, helping visitors identify dozens of blooming species while sharing valuable insights into Edgewood’s ecology, Moore said. The docents also highlight some of the rare, threatened, or endangered species that are actively being protected and restored within the preserve.
These longer wildflower hikes are recommended for adults and older children interested in a detailed look at the park’s flora and fauna. For families with younger children, FoE also offers shorter, kid-friendly hikes on select Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m.
While the hikes are free, advanced registration is mandatory and can be completed at https://friendsofedgewood.eventbrite.com.
New hike dates are typically posted two weeks in advance, so prospective hikers are encouraged to check the site regularly or follow Friends of Edgewood on Eventbrite for notification of newly added sessions.
You do not need to know exactly what you are looking for. Only a willingness to explore.
If something here resonates, I invite you to reach out. We will begin with a simple, complimentary conversation-an opportunity for you to ask questions, sense alignment, and decide whether this feels like the right support for you.