We recently wrote an article for TIME Magazine online where we discussed time-outs as a discipline strategy. We’ve received a great deal of positive feedback on the piece, and some criticism as well. We’re excited that people are thinking and talking about the important ways that parents interact with and influence their children in discipline moments, but […]
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This is the first of a series on Interpersonal Neurobiology: Relationships, Health, and the Brain. How does knowing about the brain’s parts make mental health and happiness more likely to occur? On the one hand, we know that part of our mental life is shaped by how the brain functions. Neuroscience tells us that if
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Mindful awareness can be considered as a way of being, more than something that involves our “doing” something. Engage a certain “state of mind” that has the range of qualities we have heard repeatedly even though there is no fixed and final definition of mindfulness: How we pay attention (different from awareness), on purpose (but it doesn’t
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Last month was Autism Awareness month and I’m writing today to remind us that autism continues to be a compelling global issue that consumes the tireless efforts of families and professionals throughout the year. In our human family, there are many ways the now seven billion (and rising) of us live in the world. Our culture shapes
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Garrison Institute Dr. Dan Siegel In May, Garrison Institute International, the Flow Foundation and Erasmus University co-sponsored a fascinating conference in the Netherlands, “Education of the Heart: A Fundamental Change in Education and Didactics.” Held at Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management and organized by our colleague Sander Tideman, an international sustainability and leadership advisor,
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KidSpirit Online by Dr. Dan Siegel If you are like me when I was an adolescent, you may realize that some pretty big things have changed in your life. Read Article >>
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Pictured: Arianna Huffington, Alanis Morissette, Dr. Dan Siegel, Jon Kabat-Zinn Excited to join in the exploration of healthy ways of living at the upcoming conference, THRIVE, with Arianna Huffington and Mika Brzezinski. Looking forward to discussing the importance of cultivating meaningful connections in this digital age with Arianna and Alanis Morissette. Along with many others at
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The Huffington Post At the Thrive event What if all it took to better your health was inner reflection? The willingness to look inward can significantly affect our physical health, neuropsychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., said at Thrive, The Huffington Post’s second Third Metric conference on redefining success beyond
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Forbes by Rob Asghar Most managers eagerly pay lip service to concepts like trust, teamwork and innovation. But many haven’t gotten around to accepting what the latest science has to say about which kind of work environment produces these things. Read Article >>
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Mindful by Dr. Dan Siegel Adolescence is as much a perplexing time of life as it is an amazing one. Running roughly between the ages of twelve and twenty-four (yes, into our mid-twenties!), adolescence is known across cultures as a time of great challenge for both adolescents and the adults who support them. Read Article
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For the past few years, I’ve attended an interactive conference called Wisdom 2.0, an annual event that encourages the ongoing conversation about how to bring more mindful awareness and compassion to our modern-day, digital world. At the most recent gathering in San Francisco, I was honored to be both a participant and a speaker in a
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Adolescence has a power and purpose much like a waterfall. We can’t stop the water from flowing, but we can learn to channel its force in ways that are helpful for all concerned. During adolescence, a period that runs roughly a dozen years into the mid-twenties, the brain is busy remodeling itself in order to create integration, the
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