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“Inviting our thoughts and feelings into awareness allows us to learn from them rather than be driven by them.”
― Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

“It has not the arrogance of wine, the self- consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“We want to help our children become better integrated so they can use their whole brain in a coordinated way. For example, we want them to be horizontally integrated, so that their left-brain logic can work well with their right-brain emotion. We also want them to be vertically integrated, so that the physically higher parts of their brain, which let them thoughtfully consider their actions, work well with the lower parts, which are more concerned with instinct, gut reactions, and survival. The”
― Daniel J. Siegel, The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

“You don’t have to try too hard to have fun with your preschooler. Just being with you is paradise for him.”
― Daniel J. Siegel, The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind