Category: General Interest

Brain Insights and Well-Being

Brain Insights and Well-Being

This is the second of a series on Interpersonal Neurobiology: Relationships, Health, and the Brain. Using knowledge to link differentiated functions can change life for the better. Meet the Characters of the Play If integration creates well-being and happiness, how

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Brain Insights and Well-Being

Brain Insights and Well-Being

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

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mind emotion and the spectrum of autism

Mind, Emotion, and the Spectrum of Autism

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

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Thriving with the power or presence

Thriving with the Power of Presence

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

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how to bring presence into our modern digitized world

How to Bring Presence Into Our Modern, Digitized World

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

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The Self is Not Defined by the Boundaries of Our Skin

The Self is Not Defined by the Boundaries of Our Skin

Recently, I’ve spoken at several conferences around the country about mindfulness in adolescents, attachment in families, and bringing more awareness and compassion to our digital lives.  One comment in particular that I made at each of these speaking engagements seemed to garner

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The ESSENCE of Adolescence

The ESSENCE of Adolescence

Our modern culture encourages deeply pervasive myths about adolescence.  Those myths we hear casually in repetition—that teens are driven mad by “raging hormones,” that as people they are “just immature and need to grow up,” or that their “undeveloped prefrontal cortex makes

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