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Dr. Dan Siegel - The Mind Is Broader Than The Brain

Episode 381

Dr. Dan Siegel (IG: @drdansiegel) is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of mindsight and teaches insight, empathy, and integration in individuals, families and communities.

Dan has published extensively for both professional and lay audiences. He has five New York Times bestselling books.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Dan became fascinated with the mind
What is mindsight?
Applying mindsight to medical training
When you shut off your mindsight circuits, you shut off your empathy
The 5 parts to empathy
Active versus passive compassion
What leads to empathy fatigue?
The connection between the mind and the brain
What is interpersonal neurobiology?
The mind is broader than the brain and bigger than the body
The brain in your head is the third brain
Me + We = MWe
The 9 domains of integration aka The Wheel of Awareness
The best predictor of health, happiness & longevity is your relationships
How to live a more integrative life
Building inner resilience

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Dr. Dan Siegel - The Mind Is Broader Than The Brain