I want to integrate a new understanding of brain integration by having my clients/students be more mindful of the full scope of present moment experience as the involved observer, and then direct attention and awareness to what it is that they want to cultivate in their life. In this way they will be more skillful in implementing this way of being on a daily basis, since this is critical for neural change.
Great Call!
I am currently exploring working with veterans with the use of Somatic Healing, EFT, Hypnosis, and Energy work. I know I do not fully understand all that was said, but will check out the book because it all fits: the lack of dissociative experience in the stressful “memories”, the intensified emotional connection to events, the lack of sleep creating a cycle of stress.
The 5 parts to Neuro-plasticity are key in hypnotherapeutic work. Mindsight, integration, and homework ;) is paramount in my work. The example of the man who began to allow, to recognize his body and to feel gives me pause to develop other approaches in session for this type of client and to create other suggestions for the subconscious. I will use the information to create new approaches in session and new languaging for reprogramming. Even though we have intention to start where the client is, many times we need to back-up further.
Thank you for these wonderful calls. http://www.hypnotherapyforresults.com
I found it interesting and reaffirming in my belief of how to treat trauma victims. I believe that parts of themselves have not only been cut off ( dissociated) but underdeveloped. I also believe that of the family systems in which they live. These were helpful tools to use in these situations.
Gives me more hope about how the brain can change even after many years and I can impart that hope to others; and promote attention and awareness and integration of the left and right brain. I look forward to modeling facial expressions!
Was very moved by the story of the 92 year old man who developed his feeling sense. I wondered if the integration aspect works both ways, that is if someone had the reverse trouble, overly developed sensate self experience, if you could practice with the other half of the brain. Also appreciated the recommendation to give homework to clients. Have been doing that more since I took Ron Siegel’s Mindfulness course with good results.
Oops! Not technically savvy! I was thrilled that what I have been doing for the last twenty years through the techniques of Energy Kinesiology is getting validation in the scientific world. So many people can benefit from Dr. Siegel’s work and the work of other forward-thinking scientists and clinicians. I am so grateful that these concepts have entered the mainstream.
“Rigidity versus chaos” seems so similar to what I’ve been taught about the lack of health being a state of being toxic or deficient. Your viewpoint will really help in the emotional release work that is done with hands-on-healing along with the use of therapeutic grade oils. I thank you so much.
I love the practice of helping a client experience autobiographical memory through a practice of sensual body experiences and facial mimicking. Furthermore, as the author of Personal Kabbalah and a psychotherapist I’ve integrated spirituality and psychotherapy using the model of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life (which deals with the flows of universal energies). It seems to me the flows of energy that Dan is talking about would fit into this diagram as a visual map.
Fascinating! It all makes such perfect sense. I could have listened to Dr Siegel for another hour. I’m looking at his books now, wondering which one to start with. I work with PTSD clients. And Autistic children. The explanation of the lack of Hippocampal involvement in Traumatic memory formation helps so much with my understanding of how this works. Thank you!! Great call.
I loved this session! Thank you Dr. Siegel. I did come on the call late, so I missed some things, sadly. I was also at the Neuroleadership Summit in October. Can’t get enough of this stuff. I am in the process of translating for myself, ways to use mindfulness in coaching. This session gives me encouragement to keep going with that.(I do the “brain brushing” technique with clients that you talk about) Sometimes I do “walking meditation”. It is helpful to be able to point to science, with CEOs, Execs who might be doubtful or less open to trying out some simple practices. I like that “repetition” has been proven to reinforce neural pathways as that supports coaches giving homework that is “repetitive”, which I do. For example, I tend to have people do a certain action every hour for several days, such as focussing on something in particular, a vision that they want, a past peak experience, etc. Now I have more evidence for that. Also, you said awareness that is shared creates change (in my words) and that is evidence for coaching(as well as therapy) when we reframe the past with our clients, which I do regularly to pull out “what is best about the past” (appreciative inquiry). So I can now give that evidence too. Because even as clients talk about what is best about a past experience, the negative of that experience comes up too and seems to dissipate as they pull out the positive. Coaching of course has a different focus, so we don’t go into the healing of the past aspect, but I think healing may be a by-product sometimes. Thanks again!
Thanks Dan and Ruth. This has been timely for me as I am currently working with a mother who’s partner has been violent with both herself and her son. She is unable to acknowledge what has happened to her son, and no doubt her inability to empathise with herself is a significant part of this, though there are other contributing factors, such as safety. I have just started to work on this with my client, and today’s session has been very useful in affirming my approach and also helping me to flesh it out a bit with regard to how I go about it. Many thanks for the opportunity to sit in on it. I’m sure the book will also be helpful. Regards Toni
Thanks for this presentation. Nice to see more evidence of ‘sense’ coming to the world of health care. The chaos, rigidity, firing together – wiring together language, resonates well with the world of neurofeedback. I’ll be giving serious thought learning more about it with a view to integrating it into my work with neurofeedback and other forms of biofeedback.
These awarenesses about “chaos and rigidity” vs “Flexibility, adaptability,
coherence,energy, and stability have validated my own work as a coach using right brain “stimulants” such as the body scan and flipping limiting thoughts that promote chaos and rigidity. I am now even more committed to using deep practice techniques and mindfulness with my clients.
thanks. Morgana
When I began practicing in Texas in 19987 as a yoga based psychotherapist, none of this information was available, however we operated with the assumption that this was the case. Prior to becoming a therapist I made my living as an artist for many years so I knew about Dr. Betty Edward’s book, Drawing on the Rightside of the Brain. I would have my clients buy that book after the first session and begin doing all the exercises to develop their right brain awareness. From this work I was able to develop new treatment protocols that I resented at the first world conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Amsterdam, 1992. I will read Dr. Siegal’s book. I am very grateful that the science is catching up. These arguments need to expand into curriculum development for our educational system.
Incorporating an understanding of mindfulness and assisting individuals in developing skills for attunement to their body and emotions have been central in my work as a psychotherapist. Dan Siegel’s work has significantly widened the scope of the neuroscientific underpinnings of a mind/body connection and associated clinical applications. For individuals who experience a disconnection or schism between their internal states and bodily sensations, as is evident among folks with an eating disorder, harnessing regulatory prefontal areas can result in significant shifts toward a felt sense of body attunement previously not accessible. The discussion on “resonance circuitry” speaks to the power of the intersubjective field and corresponding relational exchanges that initiate long-term synaptic changes. The use of mindfulness techniques can serve to navigate that process. Dan Siegel’s clinical discussions and patient vignettes in his book, Mindsights, has offered a compelling explanation for why mindfulness-based techniques are useful in psychotherapy and for overall well-being.
I enjoyed the presentation tremendously. Illuminating!This afternoon received from Amazon your books!I amamazed with the “simplicity” of this work. Integrate the client, no side effects! It is the artistic, creative application of the knowledge-based we learn. I am going to continue learn to use it with my clients and include the knowledge in my presentation with LCSWs. Since I retired I have been presenting and training LCSWs and getting my profession to respond to all these changes.I have enjoyed being in Hilton Head conferences. You are doing a great job. Friday I did 3 hours PP presentation on Mindfulness Meditation, Relaxation response and Guided Imagery for Cancer patients and survivors for the NASW VA chapter LCSWs and gave them the information to join your annual conference as a valuable learning resouce. Negotiating with the chapter for a longer and depth presentation in June.I am also a Reiki MAster and teach it to social workers. Also I am an astrologer. So, I use diverse techniques to know better my clients. Ruth, Congratulations for the valuable contributions you manifest for professionals.
Thank you Ruth for bringing such innovative programs and superb speakers free of charge. You may not realize the impact of your programs on our personal and professional lives. Tonight’s topic gave me much hope for the younger clients as Don Siegel was talking about his 92-year-old client. The question arises that how can children with attachment problem be helped while they are still under the care of their parents who think they do not need to bring any change in their behavior.
I am wondering if we could include our email addresses on this board so that we can communicate, share our experiences and answer each other’s question.
You may wonder why a musician is signed up for this course. There are two, at least, reasons. One, a psychotherapist named Rollo May “saved” my life back in my late 20s and early 30s. (I am now 88 yrs of age.) I was studying at Columbia U. psychology, theology at Union Theo. Sem. and music at Columbia and Julliard. Dr. May had me stop all classes except music so I would have to approach my life in reality rather than in books. Second, since my retirement in teaching music, I became very involved in insight meditation, and then founded and built a modest meditation center on campus. I am still learning and trying to understand more of myself and life. I am also signed up for the Meditation and Psychotherapy. So far, I feel the urge to say, let’s all sit in silence and meditate together for a bit. Or better, maybe, after the lectures. My best wishes to you all in your important work. Tamar experiencing them so far, I feel an underneath current that the whole world needs to bypass the self and find the SELF
Pardon my lack of proof reading above. I should add that seeing the
validation of my interest and work in meditation on a scientific basis
gives me new energy for my work. Wonderful to behold!
How extraordinary to be present – crossing time zones and cultures – and completely captivated by the wisdom converging here…
I felt bubbles in my tummy when Dr. Siegel spoke of relationship – it is clear to me as I work in practice with individuals traumatised by profound loss or suffering, or when I sit in front of Mindfulness Meditation students as their teacher, or when I stand in front of organisations helping them to understand how to respond well to traumatised staff members, that the first catalyst in this “firing” and “wiring” process is relational.
This lecture series is affirming and tethering me to the path I am so utterly grateful to have found – integrating heart and mind without losing sight of one or the other.
I cannot put into words how much I enjoyed listening to the call with Ruth and Dan. Even though I am not a trained Psychotherapist, I have a huge interest in the science of the mind and I try to adapt it as much as possible to the work I do with my clients.
The two things that stood out for me the most were
1. The simple and easy explanations of something that is sometimes very confused by complicated explanations. I have been spending a lot of time recently researching more simplistic view points as I hold workshops for people who are not involved in this area, but who benefit greatly once they “Get it”.
2. The re-enforcement of mind sight through practice. In particular I agree with this the most. I give homework all of my clients at the end of each session. Usually this is in the form of written exercises. The results I see from this are amazing. When they have to look to themselves for some of the answers they are looking for, they also start creating new thought processes. I have seen a positive result from this every time and I agree that it should be general practice.
Looking forward to the next call, its St. Patricks day next Wednesday so I hope the Irish community still call in!
This was the best. I sent for “Mindsight” this morning. Have worked with addicts for many years and done many psychoeducational workshops. I use a spectrum to illustrate many of the concepts and will add the rigity< -->chaos spectrum that Siegel described as part of the illustration. As a Psych-K practitioner I appreciated the “whole brain” or integrated treatment concept. We aim for the “whole brain state” as a precursor to the integration of the healthier ideas. Will also experiment with the right brain exercises for the clients who have underdeveloped affect. Also I needed a reminder about my “homework” assignments.
Thank you, Ruth for hosting Dan Seigel. In the 1980s, my teachers were mostly faculty from the Erickson Foundatioin in Arizona. When Ernest Rossi taught me the “Ultradian Rhythm” and how important the 20 minute break was, I presented this information to my colleagues. . The idea that a 20-minute restful focused period once every 90 to 120 minutes could change the brain was met with skeptical looks and a few remarks. I barely caught what Dan said about the stimulus of a particular gene which then makes a protein, etc.—sounded similar to what I learned 20 years ago from Ernie Rossi. I want to acknowledge Dan and other neuroscientists who have taken the time to research to show what actually goes on in the brain with “MINDSIGHT.” I agree with others on the comment board. This makes it possible for all of us who do energy work within some kind of a counseling, psychotherapy practice, or other modality.to speak to people about what we’ve known all along. i think it makes my clients more trusting of the work to have the science behind us. i have found “THE BRAIN-WISE THERAPIST” to be a great book to have along side of Dan Siegel’s very important writings.
Oh dear I missed it!! It sounds as if it was one of the best so far. I was travelling to a Mindfulness in Education conference in the UK. Maybe someone will have recorded it.Thanks anyway
While my schedule has not permitted me to attend the live presentations I am enjoying being able to download and listen at my convenience. I found this presentation to be very affirming and as others have indicated I appreciate the opportunity to hear the science behind what many of us have been intuitively doing for some time. I found the story of the 92 year old man to be paraticularly inspiring as it challenges the often widespread belief that as we age we are too old to change. I’m looking forward to reading some of Dr. Seigel’s books.
So grateful for the opportunity to have access to these wonderful teleseminars. I work mainly with people with eating disorders and have been integrating mindfulness more and more into my work over some years now. These talks are giving me more confidence to develop this further and to continue to trust where my intuition is leading me! Thank you!
Thank you so very much for that webinar w. Ruth and Dr. Daniel Siegel. The information was so wonderful I spent the rest of the evening listening to more of Dr. Siegel on you tube and ordering his books on Amazon along with the Doidge book that he mentioned.
I want to integrate a new understanding of brain integration by having my clients/students be more mindful of the full scope of present moment experience as the involved observer, and then direct attention and awareness to what it is that they want to cultivate in their life. In this way they will be more skillful in implementing this way of being on a daily basis, since this is critical for neural change.
Great Call! I am currently exploring working with veterans with the use of Somatic Healing, EFT, Hypnosis, and Energy work. I know I do not fully understand all that was said, but will check out the book because it all fits: the lack of dissociative experience in the stressful “memories”, the intensified emotional connection to events, the lack of sleep creating a cycle of stress. The 5 parts to Neuro-plasticity are key in hypnotherapeutic work. Mindsight, integration, and homework ;) is paramount in my work. The example of the man who began to allow, to recognize his body and to feel gives me pause to develop other approaches in session for this type of client and to create other suggestions for the subconscious. I will use the information to create new approaches in session and new languaging for reprogramming. Even though we have intention to start where the client is, many times we need to back-up further. Thank you for these wonderful calls. http://www.hypnotherapyforresults.com
I found it interesting and reaffirming in my belief of how to treat trauma victims. I believe that parts of themselves have not only been cut off ( dissociated) but underdeveloped. I also believe that of the family systems in which they live. These were helpful tools to use in these situations.
Gives me more hope about how the brain can change even after many years and I can impart that hope to others; and promote attention and awareness and integration of the left and right brain. I look forward to modeling facial expressions!
Was very moved by the story of the 92 year old man who developed his feeling sense. I wondered if the integration aspect works both ways, that is if someone had the reverse trouble, overly developed sensate self experience, if you could practice with the other half of the brain. Also appreciated the recommendation to give homework to clients. Have been doing that more since I took Ron Siegel’s Mindfulness course with good results.
Oops! Not technically savvy! I was thrilled that what I have been doing for the last twenty years through the techniques of Energy Kinesiology is getting validation in the scientific world. So many people can benefit from Dr. Siegel’s work and the work of other forward-thinking scientists and clinicians. I am so grateful that these concepts have entered the mainstream.
“Rigidity versus chaos” seems so similar to what I’ve been taught about the lack of health being a state of being toxic or deficient. Your viewpoint will really help in the emotional release work that is done with hands-on-healing along with the use of therapeutic grade oils. I thank you so much.
I love the practice of helping a client experience autobiographical memory through a practice of sensual body experiences and facial mimicking. Furthermore, as the author of Personal Kabbalah and a psychotherapist I’ve integrated spirituality and psychotherapy using the model of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life (which deals with the flows of universal energies). It seems to me the flows of energy that Dan is talking about would fit into this diagram as a visual map.
Fascinating! It all makes such perfect sense. I could have listened to Dr Siegel for another hour. I’m looking at his books now, wondering which one to start with. I work with PTSD clients. And Autistic children. The explanation of the lack of Hippocampal involvement in Traumatic memory formation helps so much with my understanding of how this works. Thank you!! Great call.
I loved this session! Thank you Dr. Siegel. I did come on the call late, so I missed some things, sadly. I was also at the Neuroleadership Summit in October. Can’t get enough of this stuff. I am in the process of translating for myself, ways to use mindfulness in coaching. This session gives me encouragement to keep going with that.(I do the “brain brushing” technique with clients that you talk about) Sometimes I do “walking meditation”. It is helpful to be able to point to science, with CEOs, Execs who might be doubtful or less open to trying out some simple practices. I like that “repetition” has been proven to reinforce neural pathways as that supports coaches giving homework that is “repetitive”, which I do. For example, I tend to have people do a certain action every hour for several days, such as focussing on something in particular, a vision that they want, a past peak experience, etc. Now I have more evidence for that. Also, you said awareness that is shared creates change (in my words) and that is evidence for coaching(as well as therapy) when we reframe the past with our clients, which I do regularly to pull out “what is best about the past” (appreciative inquiry). So I can now give that evidence too. Because even as clients talk about what is best about a past experience, the negative of that experience comes up too and seems to dissipate as they pull out the positive. Coaching of course has a different focus, so we don’t go into the healing of the past aspect, but I think healing may be a by-product sometimes. Thanks again!
Thanks Dan and Ruth. This has been timely for me as I am currently working with a mother who’s partner has been violent with both herself and her son. She is unable to acknowledge what has happened to her son, and no doubt her inability to empathise with herself is a significant part of this, though there are other contributing factors, such as safety. I have just started to work on this with my client, and today’s session has been very useful in affirming my approach and also helping me to flesh it out a bit with regard to how I go about it. Many thanks for the opportunity to sit in on it. I’m sure the book will also be helpful. Regards Toni
Thanks for this presentation. Nice to see more evidence of ‘sense’ coming to the world of health care. The chaos, rigidity, firing together – wiring together language, resonates well with the world of neurofeedback. I’ll be giving serious thought learning more about it with a view to integrating it into my work with neurofeedback and other forms of biofeedback.
These awarenesses about “chaos and rigidity” vs “Flexibility, adaptability, coherence,energy, and stability have validated my own work as a coach using right brain “stimulants” such as the body scan and flipping limiting thoughts that promote chaos and rigidity. I am now even more committed to using deep practice techniques and mindfulness with my clients. thanks. Morgana
When I began practicing in Texas in 19987 as a yoga based psychotherapist, none of this information was available, however we operated with the assumption that this was the case. Prior to becoming a therapist I made my living as an artist for many years so I knew about Dr. Betty Edward’s book, Drawing on the Rightside of the Brain. I would have my clients buy that book after the first session and begin doing all the exercises to develop their right brain awareness. From this work I was able to develop new treatment protocols that I resented at the first world conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Amsterdam, 1992. I will read Dr. Siegal’s book. I am very grateful that the science is catching up. These arguments need to expand into curriculum development for our educational system.
Incorporating an understanding of mindfulness and assisting individuals in developing skills for attunement to their body and emotions have been central in my work as a psychotherapist. Dan Siegel’s work has significantly widened the scope of the neuroscientific underpinnings of a mind/body connection and associated clinical applications. For individuals who experience a disconnection or schism between their internal states and bodily sensations, as is evident among folks with an eating disorder, harnessing regulatory prefontal areas can result in significant shifts toward a felt sense of body attunement previously not accessible. The discussion on “resonance circuitry” speaks to the power of the intersubjective field and corresponding relational exchanges that initiate long-term synaptic changes. The use of mindfulness techniques can serve to navigate that process. Dan Siegel’s clinical discussions and patient vignettes in his book, Mindsights, has offered a compelling explanation for why mindfulness-based techniques are useful in psychotherapy and for overall well-being.
I enjoyed the presentation tremendously. Illuminating!This afternoon received from Amazon your books!I amamazed with the “simplicity” of this work. Integrate the client, no side effects! It is the artistic, creative application of the knowledge-based we learn. I am going to continue learn to use it with my clients and include the knowledge in my presentation with LCSWs. Since I retired I have been presenting and training LCSWs and getting my profession to respond to all these changes.I have enjoyed being in Hilton Head conferences. You are doing a great job. Friday I did 3 hours PP presentation on Mindfulness Meditation, Relaxation response and Guided Imagery for Cancer patients and survivors for the NASW VA chapter LCSWs and gave them the information to join your annual conference as a valuable learning resouce. Negotiating with the chapter for a longer and depth presentation in June.I am also a Reiki MAster and teach it to social workers. Also I am an astrologer. So, I use diverse techniques to know better my clients. Ruth, Congratulations for the valuable contributions you manifest for professionals.
Thank you Ruth for bringing such innovative programs and superb speakers free of charge. You may not realize the impact of your programs on our personal and professional lives. Tonight’s topic gave me much hope for the younger clients as Don Siegel was talking about his 92-year-old client. The question arises that how can children with attachment problem be helped while they are still under the care of their parents who think they do not need to bring any change in their behavior.
I am wondering if we could include our email addresses on this board so that we can communicate, share our experiences and answer each other’s question.
is it possible this work can give us a way to reach and treat, to re-wire the response system – or lack of it – in persons who are narcissistic?
You may wonder why a musician is signed up for this course. There are two, at least, reasons. One, a psychotherapist named Rollo May “saved” my life back in my late 20s and early 30s. (I am now 88 yrs of age.) I was studying at Columbia U. psychology, theology at Union Theo. Sem. and music at Columbia and Julliard. Dr. May had me stop all classes except music so I would have to approach my life in reality rather than in books. Second, since my retirement in teaching music, I became very involved in insight meditation, and then founded and built a modest meditation center on campus. I am still learning and trying to understand more of myself and life. I am also signed up for the Meditation and Psychotherapy. So far, I feel the urge to say, let’s all sit in silence and meditate together for a bit. Or better, maybe, after the lectures. My best wishes to you all in your important work. Tamar experiencing them so far, I feel an underneath current that the whole world needs to bypass the self and find the SELF
Pardon my lack of proof reading above. I should add that seeing the validation of my interest and work in meditation on a scientific basis gives me new energy for my work. Wonderful to behold!
How extraordinary to be present – crossing time zones and cultures – and completely captivated by the wisdom converging here…
I felt bubbles in my tummy when Dr. Siegel spoke of relationship – it is clear to me as I work in practice with individuals traumatised by profound loss or suffering, or when I sit in front of Mindfulness Meditation students as their teacher, or when I stand in front of organisations helping them to understand how to respond well to traumatised staff members, that the first catalyst in this “firing” and “wiring” process is relational.
This lecture series is affirming and tethering me to the path I am so utterly grateful to have found – integrating heart and mind without losing sight of one or the other.
I cannot put into words how much I enjoyed listening to the call with Ruth and Dan. Even though I am not a trained Psychotherapist, I have a huge interest in the science of the mind and I try to adapt it as much as possible to the work I do with my clients.
The two things that stood out for me the most were
1. The simple and easy explanations of something that is sometimes very confused by complicated explanations. I have been spending a lot of time recently researching more simplistic view points as I hold workshops for people who are not involved in this area, but who benefit greatly once they “Get it”.
2. The re-enforcement of mind sight through practice. In particular I agree with this the most. I give homework all of my clients at the end of each session. Usually this is in the form of written exercises. The results I see from this are amazing. When they have to look to themselves for some of the answers they are looking for, they also start creating new thought processes. I have seen a positive result from this every time and I agree that it should be general practice.
Looking forward to the next call, its St. Patricks day next Wednesday so I hope the Irish community still call in!
To your continued success, Breda http://www.perfectplansforlife.com/
This was the best. I sent for “Mindsight” this morning. Have worked with addicts for many years and done many psychoeducational workshops. I use a spectrum to illustrate many of the concepts and will add the rigity< -->chaos spectrum that Siegel described as part of the illustration. As a Psych-K practitioner I appreciated the “whole brain” or integrated treatment concept. We aim for the “whole brain state” as a precursor to the integration of the healthier ideas. Will also experiment with the right brain exercises for the clients who have underdeveloped affect. Also I needed a reminder about my “homework” assignments.
Thank you, Ruth for hosting Dan Seigel. In the 1980s, my teachers were mostly faculty from the Erickson Foundatioin in Arizona. When Ernest Rossi taught me the “Ultradian Rhythm” and how important the 20 minute break was, I presented this information to my colleagues. . The idea that a 20-minute restful focused period once every 90 to 120 minutes could change the brain was met with skeptical looks and a few remarks. I barely caught what Dan said about the stimulus of a particular gene which then makes a protein, etc.—sounded similar to what I learned 20 years ago from Ernie Rossi. I want to acknowledge Dan and other neuroscientists who have taken the time to research to show what actually goes on in the brain with “MINDSIGHT.” I agree with others on the comment board. This makes it possible for all of us who do energy work within some kind of a counseling, psychotherapy practice, or other modality.to speak to people about what we’ve known all along. i think it makes my clients more trusting of the work to have the science behind us. i have found “THE BRAIN-WISE THERAPIST” to be a great book to have along side of Dan Siegel’s very important writings.
Oh dear I missed it!! It sounds as if it was one of the best so far. I was travelling to a Mindfulness in Education conference in the UK. Maybe someone will have recorded it.Thanks anyway
While my schedule has not permitted me to attend the live presentations I am enjoying being able to download and listen at my convenience. I found this presentation to be very affirming and as others have indicated I appreciate the opportunity to hear the science behind what many of us have been intuitively doing for some time. I found the story of the 92 year old man to be paraticularly inspiring as it challenges the often widespread belief that as we age we are too old to change. I’m looking forward to reading some of Dr. Seigel’s books.
So grateful for the opportunity to have access to these wonderful teleseminars. I work mainly with people with eating disorders and have been integrating mindfulness more and more into my work over some years now. These talks are giving me more confidence to develop this further and to continue to trust where my intuition is leading me! Thank you!
Thank you so very much for that webinar w. Ruth and Dr. Daniel Siegel. The information was so wonderful I spent the rest of the evening listening to more of Dr. Siegel on you tube and ordering his books on Amazon along with the Doidge book that he mentioned.
I have had a wonderful week reading his books.
Thank you again.