Brainstorm · The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Siegel, Daniel J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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PRAISE FOR BRAINSTORM ALSO BY DANIEL J. SIEGEL, M.D. TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION CONTENTS Part I: The Essence of Adolescence

The Benefits and Challenges of Adolescence Maintaining the Power and Purpose of the Adolescent Mind into Adulthood Adolescence from the Inside Out Risk and Reward Pushing Away The Timing of Puberty, Sexuality, and Adolescence The Stress and Distress of Our Extended Adolescence Adolescent Transitions and the Centrality of Our Relationships

Mindsight Tools #1: Seeing and Shaping the Sea Inside

Three Basic Kinds of Mindsight Maps Seeing Inside the Sea Inside Mindsight Practice A: Insight and SIFTing the Mind Physical Sight of the Material World Versus Mindsight of the Inner World Mindsight Practice B: Mindsight Illuminated Empathy Mindsight Practice C: Empathy Integration Mindsight Practice D: Sensing the Harmony of Integration When Integration Is Not Present: Chaos or Rigidity Mindsight Practice E: Name It to Tame It Mindsight Practice F: Detecting Chaos or Rigidity and Balancing the Mind Mindsight Strengthens the Mind, the Brain, and Our Relationships

Part II: Your Brain

Dopamine, Decisions, and the Drive for Reward Family, Friends, and Fooling Around The Purpose of Adolescence Making Decisions “Don’t Do It” Doesn’t Do It: The Power of Promoting the Positive Integrating Your Brain A Handy Model of the Brain Adolescence as the Gateway to Creative Exploration Creating Collaboration Across the Generations Vulnerability and Opportunity The Remodeling Brain and Flipping Our Lids Adolescence Builds Integration in the Brain The Emotional Lower Brain Hardwired for Adventure and Connection

Mindsight Tools #2: Time-In

Time-In, Mindsight, and Mindful Awareness Being Present for What Is Happening as It Is Happening Mindsight Practice A: Breath Awareness Building Mindsight’s Lens Integrating Consciousness with the Wheel of Awareness Mindsight Practice B: The Wheel of Awareness Reflecting on the Wheel

Part III: Your Attachments

Safe Harbor and Launching Pad The Ways We Attach The Secure Model The Avoidant Model The Ambivalent Model The Disorganized Model Reactive Attachment Earning Secure Attachment and Integrating the Brain Reflecting on Your Attachments and Making Sense of Your Life Questions for Reflection on Attachment Our Attachment Narratives and the Two Sides of the Brain Avoidance, Emotional Distance, and the Left Side of the Brain Ambivalence, Emotional Confusion, and the Right Side of the Brain Disorganized Attachment and a Dissociating Brain Creating a Safe Harbor and Launching Pad for Adolescents

Mindsight Tools #3: Time-Between and Reflective Conversation

Part IV: Staying Present Through Changes and Challenges

Honoring the Person an Adolescent Is Becoming Leaving Home Puberty, Sexuality, and Identity Hooking Up Romance and First Love First Be Present Changes and Challenges to Integration Acceptance, Letting Go of Expectations, and Sexual Orientation Drug Use or Abuse? Returning Home: Reflection, Realignment, and Repairing Ruptures

Mindsight Tools #4: The Mindsight Simple Seven

Mindsight Practice A: Time-In Mindsight Practice B: Sleep Time Mindsight Practice C: Focus Time Mindsight Practice D: Downtime Mindsight Practice E: Playtime Mindsight Practice F: Physical Time Mindsight Practice G: Connecting Time

Conclusion: MWe and the Integration of Identity ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX