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Professional development training in women's brain health and neurobiology. 17 hours CPD.

27th-31st July, 2026 + 2nd-6th November, 2026.

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Get your CPD hours while learning about women’s brain health and neurobiology. 

A professional development training for coaches, personal trainers, therapists, educators, and those in leadership who support girls and women.

As interest in women’s brain health grows, so does the noise, hype, and overly confident claims. IHH offers a rigorous, science-first, down-to-earth training for professionals.

Together with your cohort, you'll build a foundation in female neurobiology, engage with current research, and learn to translate complex science into thoughtful, evidence-based practice.

ENROL IN JULY COHORT

AUD and payment plan options are available, scroll down to the FAQS ⬇️

a. Watch for a welcome to the course!

b. Curriculum overview

In Her Head provides an overview of female brain development, maturity and ageing across the lifespan: in utero, childhood, puberty, pregnancy, menopause and ageing.

11 lessons consider questions such as:

++ How does in-utero life and early childhood trauma affect adult relationships?

++ Do expectations of gender really matter?

++ Why are girls and women more vulnerable to stress, anxiety and depression than boys and men?

++ How do ovarian hormones affect brain functions such as cognition and emotion?

++ Why are puberty, pregnancy and menopause 'windows of opportunity + vulnerability' in women's lives.

++ What causes brain fog during menopause? And does HRT help or hinder brain ageing?

++ What lifestyle approaches nurture and protect brain health?

IHH doesn’t offer generic wellness advice or one-size-fits-all brain facts. Instead, it explores sex differences, hormones, mental health, social context, and neuroplasticity through the lens of lifespan development and lived experience.

You'll maintain a strong focus on the development of health communication skills and the formulation of a 'shared language' for communicating neuroscience – an often overlooked component of professional development training.

A comprehensive content update for CPD purposes was released in November 2025 and is continually updated during 2026.

Don't miss the july enrolment!

Scroll to the FAQs for info about live calls and fees

How is training delivered online?

Each lesson includes:

  1. An audio-only lecture + book chapter to read.

  2. Comprehensive “tasks” + a curated reading list.

  3. Twice daily live Zoom Q&As + discussion re: professional application of knowledge.

 

Serious science, made genuinely enjoyable.

Sarah brings neuroscience to life with clarity, humour and plenty of practical relevance.

Each Zoom session explores how the research applies to your work & asks questions about your own professional context.

Turn learning into meaningful practice.

The course concludes with optional short student presentations on a topic from the curriculum.

These talks help you consolidate your learning, build confidence and discover how others are applying the science in coaching, education, leadership and health practice.

c. Certificate & 17 Professional Development Hours

Neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay standing in front of a blue background, smiling at the camera. This photographs represents how much Sarah enjoys science communication and sharing neuroscience in a fun and engaging way through her online training courses, keynote speaking, and her brain health books.

d. Who is Dr Sarah McKay?

I’m the Director of Think Brain and The Neuroscience Academy suite of professional training courses which have provided online training in applied neuroscience and brain health to over 2,500 professionals since launching in 2015.

As a neuroscientist, science communicator, and author, I bring rigour, real-world context and humour to this topic.

IHH is a professional training program developed alongside the release of the second edition of The Women’s Brain Book: The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones, and Happiness (as seen on the Mel Robbins Podcast!).

e. Curriculum: womb to tomb

The In Her Head curriculum is based on the neuroscience, psychology and behaviour change science explored in The Women's Brain Book, Baby Brain and Brain Health for Dummies.

Across 11 short lessons, we explore how sex, hormones, life stage and lived experience shape the female brain from infacny to childhood, puberty to ageing, including adolescence, menstrual cycles, pregnancy, motherhood, menopause, mood, sleep, cognition, ADHD and dementia risk.

It is not a course requirement to have a copy of Sarah's books. However, print, eBook and audio versions are all available upon enrolment. 

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f. Stay up-to-date. Learn to translate women’s brain science into better practice.

For professionals who work with girls and women, keeping up to date matters. You don't want to be the one to pass on old ideas or sound certain when the evidence isn't.

Being able to explain what we know, admit what we don’t, spot hype and make better decisions is becoming a real professional point of difference.

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Join our july cohort today

Since 2019, more than 350 professionals have graduated with a certificate in Women’s Brain Health and Neurobiology.

I signed up to In Her Head after reading Sarah's book. I wanted to further understand women's brain health and neurobiology as this is something that is generally not spoken about in conventional medical training - to the detriment of our female patients. Even if you don't work within healthcare, it's a fascinating journey to learn more about yourself or the women in your life.

Dr Hazel Wallace BSc MSc MBBCh
Medical Doctor, Nutritionist & Host of The Food Medic Podcast

What a wonderful and insightful course. I found the content fascinating, interesting and relevant. I found Sarah to be a wealth of knowledge but also very engaging, approachable and amusing!  What a delight to have a group of like-minded individuals to learn with from all over the world. Fantastic investment, and I have used the knowledge I’ve gained daily.

Petra Joly
Chinese Medicine Women’s Health Practitioner

After Sarah’s first program, The Neuroscience Academy, I learned so much I started a new business ‘The Best is Yet to Come’ offering workshops on mindset shifts, health and well-being for older women. When Sarah offered ‘In Her Head’, I naturally jumped at the opportunity to focus in more depth on the female brain. I learnt so much about my own brain I wish I’d known years ago! I loved talking to women all over the world about our experiences of navigating the stages of life and having the chance to dig deeper with Sarah on our weekly calls. Since the pandemic, I’ve had to cancel my workshops so I’m now writing my own book about women growing older. Thanks, Sarah, for being such an inspiration and an exceptional guide to all things neuroscience.

Kay Hannaford
Mentor & Coach

Having completed Sarah’s Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health Course earlier in the year and getting so much from it, I did not think twice about enrolling in the In Her Head course.  I was not disappointed!  The course follows through the material from Sarah’s book and takes the research understanding and discussions around it much deeper.  The style of the In Her Head course is perhaps a little less formal and more relaxed than The Neuroscience Academy’s main program, but the depth of the materials and the knowledge gained is just as impressive.  The learning achieved on this course is benefitting my personal and professional life. Highly recommended!

Helen Barnes
Life Coach

Dr Sarah McKay has created a wonderfully clear course on what it means to be a female, from the perspective of a neuroscientist.  With equal parts neuroscience, hormones and psychology, the course, along with the companion book, The Women’s Brain Book, tackles topics that should interest all females and those that interact with them.  Sarah style of teaching and writing makes the material accessible to the lay person, but its content addresses recent important findings in relevant areas of neuroscience.  It opened my mind to important new, as well as some old, ideas.   I highly recommend it.

Louise White
Melbourne, Australia

Taking part of the neuroscience in her head course frightened me but excited me too. The knowledge Sarah has is incredible and the way she breaks information down into understandable segments is golden. The course has helped me beyond what I expected and I am now able to implement these learnings to help enhance the lives and health of my clients. I absolutely love the approachable manner Sarah has, no question is silly and she allows you to learn science of the brain with ease.

Alison Stockton
Health & Wellness Lifestyle Coach

The course In Her Head felt like streamlined access to the wealth of Sarah’s wisdom, knowledge, insights and expertise. Not only have these new learnings enhanced my own life, but I feel better placed to support those I work with and care for. As a coach supporting mothers navigating career and care, many principles I work with were explained through the lens of neuroscience. Having completed the course, I believe anyone working to support others can only benefit from acquiring a deeper and more thorough understanding of the magnificent human brain, Sarah makes the process simple and super fun. 

Gabrielle Gleeson
Career & Business Coach

One of the things I was most impressed with throughout the course was Sarah's teaching and writing style.  Neuroscience is full of technical terms which i found a little scary at first, but Sarah has a wonderful way of communicating all of that information in plain English, in a way that I was able to understand.  The teaching style was such that we learnt the same information in three different ways, through reading, videos and conversation, making sure we consolidated what we'd learnt.  

The Zoom classroom sessions were very interesting too, I loved listening to the other women's experiences, many of whom work with women and girls in a number of ways and were able to readily contextualise the information into their own profession.  I was worried I would find these sessions a little daunting and intimidating however Sarah's style of encouraging participation made me feel at ease quite quickly.

Colleen Pearson
HR Consultant

Being a former lawyer with a critical mind, I am always a little sceptical when people “teach” neuroscience when they are not themselves neuroscientists. With Sarah, I felt guided in the complex world of neuroscience that is full of debates and controversy. Sarah was our trusted guide, very knowledgeable of course, and very engaging in her writings, videos and live discussions. She’s very personable and real. Moreover, unlike other scientists/experts, Sarah can explain neuroscience in a way that we can relate to. I love the examples and stories she tells to bring the point across. The stories stick, so the learning sticks. 

I feel empowered and equipped to apply more neuroscience to my coaching and I now speak more confidently on neuroscience having done the course. Also, the course has helped to debunk a lot of myths about the differences in the brain between male and female, and this contributes greatly to my work in Diversity and Inclusion.

Joanna Chin
Executive Coach, Hong Kong SAR

g. FAQs

2026 enrolment info and fees
What time are the Zoom calls scheduled?
How many hours will I need to complete the training?
Is there an exam?
Are there prerequisites to join?
Can men join IHH?
Will you run the course again?
Can I see an example of your teaching style?
Is the course accredited?
On the use of biological sex and gendered language.
Refund policy

h. Pre-register your interest for 2026 training.

Next 5-day online trainings: 2nd to 6th November 2026

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