I’ve got some great short videos here by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD — and even his friend comedienne Goldie Hawn makes an appearance.
I’ve also had a lot of demand for my book — but it’s not done. I’ve been too wrapped up in my fascination with brain science and lots of great networking resulting from that. Now I need to chain myself to my book files, so I’ll be blogging only every other Friday.
As reported the last few weeks, Dr. Siegel details how often we feel lousy because actually our brains are wired wrong from childhood. And now Siegel has shown we can actually heal that and rewire our brains. A fun and heartwarming video by Dan which elaborates this theme “How you can change your brain” is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tR5Ebc4Mw&index=22&list=PL1A32ED7EF5F192F2
We often get sad-wired with attachment trouble as kids while the brain’s forming, due to implicit — body-only — memory created before we reach age 3, before we can think and remember. Two videos by Dan on this topic are here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zovtRq4e2E8&list=PL1A32ED7EF5F192F2
and here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhZtUrpCuc&index=1&list=PL1A32ED7EF5F192F2
In coming weeks, I’ll be blogging on how Siegel actually healed the split-up brain of a 92-year-old lawyer. The gentleman had great cognition, but couldn’t feel anything at all. It’s an amazing story. To prepare, check out this video by Dan called “On Integrating the 2 hemispheres of our brains” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjhfUVgvOQ&index=24&list=PL1A32ED7EF5F192F2
Dan on “Being” Versus “Doing” With Your Child – This video really helps show how poor Stewart the lawyer got so messed up as a child, because of lack of emotional connection in his birth home. My blog introducing Stewart is at http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/daniel-siegel-4/
Stewart was taught as a kid to think about facts, but he couldn’t feel a thing. It’s all in the development of our right brain vs our left brain. Click here for Dan’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGUEDtGSwW4
Dan Siegel & Friend Explore the Brain: Mindfulness and Neural Integration at TEDx. Dr. Siegel shows more on how mindfulness and meditation can help rewire our brains. Then a school kid walks on camera, and you’ll love what happens next. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiyaSr5aeho
Dan Siegel with Goldie Hawn at TEDMed 2009: The comedienne explains her hunt for the “science of happiness” and how she teamed up with Dr. Dan. Now they make school kids happy by helping them harness their brain power and grow mindfulness. It does turn out to create great joy — and better grades. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OdBXGHwNCk&index=19&list=PL1A32ED7EF5F192F2
Mindfulness meditation has become an increasingly popular way for people to improve their mental and physical health…New research from Carnegie Mellon University shows even brief mindfulness meditation practice – 25 minutes for three consecutive days – alleviates stress. Go here for more: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-minutes-mindfulness-meditation-alleviates-stress.html
I promised to blog on how Siegel actually healed poor Stewart’s split-up brain; I will, in Dan Siegel Part 5 (available here on Friday Aug. 8).
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Kathy’s news blogs expand on her book “DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder—How I accidentally regressed myself back to infancy and healed it all.” Watch for the continuing series each Friday, as she explores her journey of recovery by learning the hard way about Attachment Disorder in adults, adult Attachment Theory, and the Adult Attachment Interview.
Footnotes
For Dr. Dan Siegel’s biography, website, books and more: see Footnotes at bottom of http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/Daniel-Siegel-3/
