Embrace Your Brain

Discover how praise can actually smother interest and passion. And yet, a well presented challenge can often inspire amazing growth and commitment.

Why do some comments make profound impacts on us? Do you recall some? Have you spoken them to others? Are they inspiring or discouraging comments?

When major events happen at key points in childhood they bookmark our lives. They shape us.  Sometimes words can do that too. How does it work?

Our bodies can’t do simple arithmetic like balancing a checkbook, but they CAN sense the higher math behind complex patterns and systems in nature.

Enjoy this month’s collection of fascinating puzzle pieces. We offer new pieces the first week of every month. They may even speak to what puzzles you! Listen to the podcast and download these references.

Society struggles to join those valuing freedom most and those seeking connection.  Our brains work this out well and may offer fresh strategies.

As students finally head back to in-person school, many will struggle with increased stress and anxiety. Here are ways parents can support them.

Usually we offer coherent patterns, that arise when many pieces connect. This podcast offers fascinating pieces that may shed light on your questions. After listening to this podcast episode, download these references.

Cultivating a virtue is tricky. Too much push and it’s just a showy act. Too much hope for a payoff and it falls apart. Here’s how to do it well. After listening to this podcast, download this free guide – Virtue Practices.

How’s your willpower? Do you avoid getting started, rush through tasks, or never quite finish things? A simple will practice might really help!

As we learn to dial down our own anger, we calm the vibes we put out. As we do this, we help de-escalate the rage energy that threatens our society.

We aren’t born with “off switches” so how does will power develop? With so many ways to self regulate, what are your strongest and weakest controls?

We need to de-escalate the anger and hate that’s bubbling up in society. If we can tap into our slow emotions, we can help build a healing climate.

How long can you wait after gathering pieces to make connections? The most brilliant patterns can take time to show up. But when they do, sparks fly!

Your special objects and places may be sending sensations. Is this common and can most people pick up on them? Discover what you may be missing.

The play patterns you loved as a child live on in your mind. Those motion paths are enhancing your thinking skills today. You can learn to track them.

We can actually track the sensations that lead to our thoughts and actions. This brain skill gives us amazing capacities.  Here’s how to get started.

This brain layer’s design is amazing! It lets us think more richly, care more deeply and perform movement feats more skillfully. Let’s start unpacking it!

Our four brain layers range from ancient to quite recent.  Wish you could keep them straight?  What if they could talk?   In this podcast, they do!

Our deepest brain layer is heavily involved in racism and police brutality. Why is it driven to such intense aggression? Can society overcome its pull?

Our two lower brain layers influence how we teach and parent, and run our businesses. What does it look like if they start to take over? Can we head that off?

Layers 1 and 2 can run away with us, unless we call on layer 3 and maybe 4.  Discover how we ended up with such a strange set of operating systems.

Are family and friends really important in your life? Do you make connections easily? Discover how these qualities draw on your brain’s second layer.

This series explores the operating systems our brains may use under stress. Clashing systems can cause social conflict. Do you know which one you use?

We actually have traits in common with reptiles!  Those traits exist in our core brain layer.  Learn how it operates and how to work with its downside. Listen to part 1 here.