“Integration is not the same as blending. Integration requires that we maintain elements of our differentiated selves while also promoting our linkage. Becoming a part of a "we: does not mean losing a "me." Integration as a focus of intervention among a range of domains of integration becomes the fundamental basis for how we apply interpersonal neurobiology principles to the nurturing of healthy relationships.”
― Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind
― Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind
“To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.”
― Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul
― Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul
“Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioural consequences.”
― The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
― The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
“We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence — yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.”
― Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain
― Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain
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