The Whole-Brain Child

this is a new swim lesson, and I already like swimming. TINA: Exactly. Because how do you feel about swim ...

into the light of awareness, he could pretty easily deal with his present-day fears. It’s in this tra ...

So how do we help our children when they’re suʃering from the eʃects of past negative experiences? ...

pieces into explicit form in order to be able to reɻect on their impact on our lives. That’s where th ...

frustration. Spend a few minutes being with him, helping him locate the missing piece. Put him to ...

that lets her replay an experience in her mind. It can also pause, rewind, and fast-forward. Just like y ...

because of what had happened with Ryan and the knife. David decided to help Eli take that implicit m ...

the park, about cutting bark with Ryan, and so on. When he said, “Then Ryan picked up a root and st ...

David took Eli through the more painful parts of the narrative, and at times Eli used his pause button again ...

tension in his voice had dramatically decreased. Over the coming weeks they had to return to the story and r ...

remember. During your various activities, help your kids talk about their experiences, so they can in ...

game when you pick them up from school. Say, “Tell me two things that really happened today, and ...

Another mom who had recently divorced wanted to make sure that she stayed emotionally connected to her daughte ...

kindness you performed for someone.” Again, activities and questions like these not only encourage ...

in the brain when a past experience begins to control present behaviors and feelings. You might exp ...

Integrating Ourselves: Moving Our Own Memories from Implicit to Explicit ...

Kids aren’t the only ones whose memories can intrude on their lives when they don’t even know it ...

about those memories and talked to a few friends and colleagues about my experience. It began to be clear ...

when you’re upset with your kids, ask yourself, “Is my response here making sense?” The answer ...

present and weave them into the larger story of your life. When you do that, you can be free to be th ...