I promised in my last post to talk about the idea of “resistance” in more detail. We therapists often feel things like frustration, confusion and even helplessness when we run into it. We have been known to label resistance as bad. Worse, we have at times turned to criticizing and blaming “resistant” people. Not only…
First, let me recap. Over the last three posts, I described 3 different layers of our brain and nervous system. We can nickname these layers the Dinosaur, the Cow, and Einstein; names which summarize their nature and function. The three layers do not always play nicely together. Today, I want to talk about improving cooperation…
Einstein; such a smart man. So many great memes floating around, with quotes he supposedly said. Betcha he even said a couple of them. Today, I’ll talk about the cerebral cortex, aka Einstein. This is the third, and most sophisticated layer of our brain and nervous system. Now, I’m not terribly refined. Sometimes I refer…
Here we are in the second post of a series on “a dinosaur, a cow, and Einstein.” Today, it’s all about social engagement, aka. the cow. Well, maybe not a cow. To be honest, my memory of this illustration is only clear about the dinosaur and Einstein. In between them was… some kind of furry…
During some training I attended a few years ago, the audience (or at least me) was delighted when one of the teachers pulled out three cute, stuffed toys: a dinosaur, a cow and Einstein. Jan Yordy works with kids, and uses these three stuffies to teach children about the brain and nervous system. I loved…