Category Archives: Neuroscience
The Link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Health in Adulthood
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest public health studies to examine the relationship between exposure to trauma and neglect in childhood and health across the lifespan. The study began in the mid-1990’s as a collaboration between the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Neuroscience, Stress, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, ACE study, Health, neglect
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Have You Lost Your ESSENCE?
Among the topics of discussion was a review of the neurological changes in the adolescent brain and the four extraordinary features that emerge as a result. Dr. Siegel believes these qualities are the ESSENCE of cultivating vitality and maintaining optimal brain health throughout the lifespan. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Neuroscience, Parenting
Tagged Daniel Siegel, ESSENCE, Mindstorm, teenage brain
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Holding Back
Do you care what other people think about you? Does that ever cause you to hold back in different areas of your life? Do you wish you could let loose and not worry so much about how others would react? … Continue reading
Decision Fatigue
Ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of decisions you make in a given day? Wonder why you sometimes end up making really poor decisions when you are shopping? Wish you could make better decisions when you go out to … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Current events, Neuroscience, Stress
Tagged decision fatigue, Stress, time pressure
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Transitioning Young Kids
I recently had the experience of transitioning my youngest child to preschool and feel compelled to write about what I witnessed and learned during that process. Now, mind you, my child is attending an excellent preschool, handpicked by her psychologist … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Neuroscience, Parenting
Tagged anxiety, caregiver, separation, transition
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