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Upcoming Webinar  |  Age Strong: Tips for Cognitive Longevity

Written by XML Financial Group | Sep 24, 2025 2:27:32 PM

Join Dr. Nicole Salman from Snapdragon Wellness and Brett Bernstein, XML CEO and Co-founder, on Thursday, October 23, at 1:00pm EST for an educational webinar on food and nutrition and how it impacts our bodies and brain. 

Why You Should Attend

  • Better understand your relationship with food and how it affects your cognitive functioning. 

  • Sleep hygiene discussion and how to better regulate your relationship with sleep with a proper diet.

  • Understand how to have a healthy lifestyle as a busy professional.

  • Dive into why food and nutrition plays a role in cognitive aging. 


About Dr. Salman: 

Dr. Nicole Salman is a neuropsychologist specializing in food therapy in Gaithersburg, MD.
She looks at how diet and nutrition impacts our bodies and brains. In particular, she focused largely on ADHD and how it may inform challenging eating behaviors. My goal is to help individuals develop a happy and healthy lifestyle that supports overall wellness. She also works with individuals to understand their relationship with food. Whether she is  identifying challenging eating patterns or developing a nutrition plan to assist in your weight loss journey, she helps individuals begin to build healthy eating practices.

In addition to individual consultations, her work expands to aiding families, schools, and large organizations with an understanding of nutrition and food-related behaviors. She also provides opportunities for hands-on cooking lessons, sleep hygiene education, and neurocognitive evaluations to understand one's strengths and difficulties, and so much more.

About Brett Bernstein, CFP®: 

Brett Bernstein is the CEO and Co-founder of XML Financial Group. He manages the operations of the firm, including the firm’s M&A strategy. Brett is an active financial advisor assisting clients with his holistic approach to goal-setting and problem-solving. Prior to co-founding XML in 2004, he was a Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, where he was a designated Producing Sales Manager for a multi-billion-dollar complex.

Brett is a serial entrepreneur actively investing in many start-up companies and has led his firm in three acquisitions. He earned his Certified Financial Planner® professional designation in 2003. He is a sought-after speaker and industry commentator having numerous contributions in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Advisor Magazine, Investment News, and Forbes.  Read more: