Mind, Brain and Relationships

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

Mind Your Brain, Inc., (c) 2012

Mind: A common term in search of a defini/on


What comprises MIND?

Awareness,

Subjec/ve Experience

AND… Mind Your Brain, Inc., (c) 2012

RELATIONSHIPS (EMBODIED) BRAIN

MIND

WHAT CONNECTS RELATIONSHIPS, BODY/BRAIN

and MIND?


Mind is also a

Self-‐Organizing, Emergent Process

of both the “embodied brain”

and rela;onships


energy and informa-on

arise via

the bodily mechanism of the the

“embodied brain”

and are

shared through pa?erns of communica;on within

rela-onships Mind Your Brain, Inc., (c) 2012

BUT:

ARE

energy and informa-on

Scien-fic?

Are they “Real”?


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


What is a Healthy Mind?


The River of Integra/on


INTEGRATION:

THE

LINKAGE

OF

DIFFERENTIATED

PARTS Mind Your Brain, Inc., (c) 2012

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




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


Inspire to Rewire


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