Mindful Meditation

Perhaps the most common mindfulness meditation is one that teaches you to do this by sitting in a comfortable position, on a chair or on the floor, with your back straight and your eyes closed, and focusing on your breath. In addition to this type of practice, Daniel Siegel, M.D., points out that yoga, qi

18 Dec, 2014
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Pause Your Machinery: Childhood Experiences

Stop and take a moment to “pause your machinery.” The concepts and techniques I present throughout my latest book, Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living, require mindfulness to learn and master, and this brief written exercise will give you the opportunity to rest, step outside the pattern of passive reading, and

15 Dec, 2014
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How the Mind’s Regulation of the Flow of Energy and Information Affects Relationships

Why would the healthy development of at least seven of the nine functions of the middle prefrontal cortex also be outcomes of a secure parent-child attachment? Because, as we learned from Siegel, the mind is an “embodied and relational process of regulating the flow of energy and information,” which means that our relationships are an integral

11 Dec, 2014
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Parent-Child Attachments and the Middle Prefrontal Cortex — Part 2

If one or both of your parents, due to their own biology, backgrounds, and experiences, were unable to be sufficiently attuned to you to create a secure parent-child attachment, you’re bound to be experiencing less than optimal functioning in one or more of the seven abilities promoted by secure parent-child attachments. Maybe in certain situations

8 Dec, 2014
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Parent-Child Attachments and the Middle Prefrontal Cortex — Part 1

Scientists’ findings about the value of a healthy middle prefrontal cortex are only part of what they’ve discovered about this crucial part of the brain. Another fascinating fact is that the first seven of the functions of the middle prefrontal cortex (regulating your body, attuned communication, emotional balance, response flexibility, insight, empathy, and modulating fear)

4 Dec, 2014
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