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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

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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

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

Mind  Your  Brain,  Inc.,  (c)  2012  

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What  comprises  MIND?      

Awareness,      

Subjec/ve  Experience      

AND…  Mind  Your  Brain,  Inc.,  (c)  2012  

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RELATIONSHIPS (EMBODIED) BRAIN

MIND

WHAT CONNECTS RELATIONSHIPS, BODY/BRAIN

and MIND?

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 Mind  is  also  a  

 Self-­‐Organizing,    Emergent  Process    

of  both    the  “embodied  brain”    

and    rela;onships  

     

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 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  

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BUT:        

ARE        

energy  and  informa-on      

Scien-fic?          

Are  they  “Real”?          

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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  

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What is a Healthy Mind?

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The  River  of  Integra/on  

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INTEGRATION:

THE

LINKAGE

OF

DIFFERENTIATED

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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  

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Mind  Your  Brain,  Inc.,  (c)  2012  

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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  

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Inspire  to  Rewire  

Mind  Your  Brain,  Inc.,  (c)  2012  

www.mindsightinstitute.com www.drdansiegel.com