mind, brain and relationships
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by. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.TRANSCRIPT
Mindsight, Rela/onships and the Brain: What is the Mind and Mental Health?
A view from Interpersonal Neurobiology Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Mindsight Ins/tute
www.mindsigh/ns/tute.com
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Mind: A common term in search of a defini/on
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What comprises MIND?
Awareness,
Subjec/ve Experience
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RELATIONSHIPS (EMBODIED) BRAIN
MIND
WHAT CONNECTS RELATIONSHIPS, BODY/BRAIN
and MIND?
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Mind is also a
Self-‐Organizing, Emergent Process
of both the “embodied brain”
and rela;onships
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energy and informa-on
arise via
the bodily mechanism of the the
“embodied brain”
and are
shared through pa?erns of communica;on within
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BUT:
ARE
energy and informa-on
Scien-fic?
Are they “Real”?
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RELATIONSHIPS: SHARING “BRAIN”: THE EMBODIED MECHANISM MIND: EMERGENT, SELF-‐ORGANIZING PROCESS
that arises FROM AND ALSO REGULATES the FLOW OF ENERGY AND INFORMATION Within Us and Between Us
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What is a Healthy Mind?
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The River of Integra/on
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INTEGRATION:
THE
LINKAGE
OF
DIFFERENTIATED
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Major Mindsight Principles � The mind is both EMBODIED (Within Us) and EMBEDDED in rela/onships (Between Us)
� Harmony emerges from integra2on—the linkage of differen;ated elements of a system
� Chaos and/or Rigidity result from impaired integra/on
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Middle Prefrontal (OFC, v and dMPC, vlPFC, ACC) Func/ons
� Bodily Regula/on
� A]uned Communica/on
� Emo/onal Balance
� Fear Ex/nc/on � Flexibility
� Insight � Empathy � Morality � Intui/on
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Inspire to Rewire
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