Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal…

The central concepts of the theory of interpersonal neurobiology.Many fields have explored the nature of mental life from psychology to psychiatry, literature to linguistics. Yet no common “framework” where each of these important perspectives will also be honored and integrated with one another has been created in which a person seeking their collective wisdom can find answers to some basic questions, such as, What’s the purpose of life? Why are we here? How do we know things, how are we conscious of ourselves? What’s the mind? What makes a mind healthy or unwell? And, perhaps most importantly: What’s the connection a number of the mind, the brain, and our relationships with one another?Our mental lives are profoundly relational. The interactions we have with one another shape our mental world. Yet as any neuroscientist will tell you, the mind is shaped by the firing patterns in the brain. And so how are we able to reconcile this tension—that the mind is both embodied and relational? Interpersonal Neurobiology is a frame of mind across this apparent conceptual divide.This Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology is designed to aid in your personal and professional application of the interpersonal neurobiology approach to developing a healthy mind, an integrated brain, and empathic relationships. Additionally it is designed to assist you in seeing the intricate foundations of interpersonal neurobiology as you read other books in the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.Praise for Daniel J. Siegel’s books:“Siegel is a should-read creator for anyone interested in the science of the mind.” —Daniel Goleman, creator of Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships“[S]tands out for its skillful weaving together of the interpersonal, the inner world, the latest science, and practical applications.” —Jack Kornfield, PhD, founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Center, and creator of A Path With Heart“Siegel has both a meticulous understanding of the roles of different parts of the brain and an intimate relationship with mindfulness . . . [A]n exciting glimpse of an uncharted territory of neuroscience.” —Scientific American Mind“Dr. Daniel Siegel is likely one of the most thoughtful, eloquent, scientifically solid and reputable exponents of mind/body/brain integration on this planet today.” —Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, creator of Wherever You Go, There You Are, Full Catastrophe Living, and Coming to Our Senses