Siegel, before I get into the questions I have for you, I wanted to ask what led you to write all of these books and create tools to help our next generation become more aware and connected to each other? Thank you for being so accessible so we can take a deeper dive into some of the important concepts of your work. It’s such an honor to have you here-your influence is significant with the thousands of people around the globe you’ve been helping with your books, mnemonics to remember your strategies, and tools like your Wheel of Awareness Meditation. Siegel, I can personally say that I’m a more mindful parent, more aware of myself and others, have learned some no-drama discipline strategies, feel prepared for when my 2 girls reach their teenage years, with the reassurance that I don’t have to be perfect, and that I can repair relationships when my buttons have been pushed-all from reading your books the past few years. Also, he is working on the 3 rd edition of his book The Developing Mind.ĭr.
Be sure to pre-order your copy as it has already hit the top 20 books in cognitive neuroscience, child development and neuropsychology. Tina Payne called The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired coming out Jan. He has dozen books the last time I counted with his most recent parenting book with Dr. Dan Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and executive director of the Mindsight Institute where you can find his courses, workshops, books and tools to help anyone understand and apply what can sometimes be complicated scientific concepts and make them easy to understand and applicable to our daily lives.
This episode is available on YouTube and we highly recommend watching the visuals that go along with this interview for a more immersive experience. Welcome to the “Neuroscience Meets SEL” podcast, my name is Andrea Samadi, a former educator who has been fascinated with understanding the science behind high performance strategies in schools, sports and the workplace for the past 20 years.
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