Dr. Dan Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, and the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute. Mindsight Institute is an educational organization which offers online learning and in-person seminars that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes.
You can find out more about Dr. Dan Siegel at http://www.drdansiegel.com/. I first heard of Dan Siegel when I was a graduate student. I was introduced to one of his videos that explained the upstairs and downstairs brain and the term “blowing their top” or “flipping your lid”. I have found Dr. Dan Siegel’s work to be very interesting, easy to understand, and most of all incredibly useful in many aspects of my life. Here is a link that looks more closely at Dr. Dan Siegel’s “hand model” of the brain for school-age students: http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/daniel-siegel-2/
Below you will find an audio book that is free of charge, if it is your first time receiving a book on the Audible app from a friend.
I’ve listened to this audiobook “Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (Unabridged)” by Daniel J. Siegel, Mary Hartzell and thought you would enjoy it too.
Get it here: http://a.co/fpiYJM0
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Here are some videos by Dr. Dan Siegel that will allow you to understand some of the keywords used in this blog. Enjoy!