{"product_id":"brainstorm-the-power-and-purpose-of-the-teenage-brain","title":"Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 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 163 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 -- Making Sense of How Our Models Shape Our Present -- Mindsight Practice A. Reflecting on How Your Attachment Models Shape Your Reflective Conversations -- Reflection, Integration, and the Origins of Empathy -- Mindsight Practice B. Reflective Conversations -- The PART We Play in Creating Ourselves in Relationships -- Mindsight Practice C. Repairing Ruptures -- 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Siegel, M.D\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, is clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding codirector of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute. He is also coauthor of \n\u003ci\u003eParenting from the Inside Out \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Whole-Brain Child\u003c\/i\u003e, and the proud father of two children in their twenties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eBrainstorm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read book for every parent if they want to avoid emotional turbulence in their own lives as their children go through adolescence. It's lifesaving for the whole family.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Deepak Chopra, MD\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrainstorm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is eye-opening and inspiring, a great gift to us all--teens, parents of teens, and anyone who wants a full and rich life on this planet. Daniel Siegel shows how the supposed downsides of the teen years all have upsides, and that the lessons for living that await teens are ones any of us, at any age, can learn from.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eDaniel Goleman, author of \u003ci\u003eEmotional Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Siegel emerges as a bighearted writer, fully convinced that we all possess the fundamental virtues to navigate the choppy waters of adolescence, and he is eager for us to set them loose, working with adolescents to cultivate the positive aspects--and he is hugely convincing of the intense engagement and creativity that often accompany this time period in a person's life. Smart advice...on providing the most supportive and brain-healthy environment during the tumultuous years of adolescence.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--KIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is chock-full of cutting-edge knowledge as well as a deep compassion for teenagers, the adults they will become, and the teenagers in all of us.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eAlanis Morisette\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrainstorm\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a necessary look at why adolescents do what they do that can put parents in an emotional frenzy. The information that Dr. Dan Siegel shares is not only invaluable for understanding your growing child's brain, but helps build more compassion and patience. A gift for us all.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Goldie Hawn\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"By the end of this book, the teenager has been transformed from a monstrous force into a thinking, feeling, and entirely approachable human being.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I strongly recommend \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrainstorm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e to teens and those who care for them.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eMary Pipher, author of \u003ci\u003eReviving Ophelia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"'You just don't get me' is a common refrain from teenagers to their parents and teachers. Adolescents who read this book will discover that Daniel Siegel gets them . . . This respectfulness is why the book works so well as a manual for adolescents, as well as for their parents and mentors.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eLawrence Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Worry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Siegel, Daniel J\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tarcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2015-08-04\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Psychology \/ Cognitive Neuroscience \u0026amp; Cognitive Neuropsychology|Psychology \/ Developmental \/ Adolescent|Psychology \/ Cognitive Psychology \u0026amp; Cognition|Family \u0026amp; Relationships \/ Life Stages \/ Teenagers|Family \u0026amp; Relationships \/ Parenting \/ General|Psychology \/ Neuropsychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Adolescent psychology|Brain|Cognition in adolescence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399168833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780399168833\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52371694190873,"sku":"SP-9780399168833","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780399168833_spiral.png?v=1778435384","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/brainstorm-the-power-and-purpose-of-the-teenage-brain","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}