Did you know that the most important variable in creating secure attachment in your child is making sense of your own life? Consider this: in making sense of your own life, you are doing the most helpful thing you can to ensure that your child will be not only securely attached, but will likely have a more integrated brain. It has become evident that secure attachment is related to a highly integrated prefrontal cortex. Therefore, the more you work to make sense of your life, the more likely your child will be able to make sense of his or hers. Let me encourage you to make sense of your life, and integrate the minds of those around you, not least your children.
Support Center for Being Known
Support our work through the Center for Being Known »
Your gift furthers this work through the educational mission of the Center for Being Known… more >
About Curt Thompson
Meet Curt Thompson »
Curt Thompson, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia and founder of Being Known, and author of Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life… more >
Insights Blog
The Poetic Justice of Empathy »
If you have been paying attention, you will notice that lately there has been a growing interest in certain circles about empathy. It has, thankfully, moved out of the privacy of the mental health consultation rooms and neuroscience research studies and into the classroom, the boardroom and the bedroom. In fact, there really is no human interaction that will not be better because the participants are attuned to empathy and its place in the engagement… more >
Insights Blog
Yes!–And No. »
We would be hard pressed to imagine a God whose love is anything but kind, generous, empathic, and welcoming. No doubt, we know he hates injustice, arrogance, abuse, and any number of other social or personal ills we might easily name. But we are not as seamlessly able—or willing—to imagine that God would ever say “No,” as an explicit function of his loving us… more >
Insights Blog
Nazareth, Neuroplasticity, and the Kingdom of God »
One wouldn’t blame you for wondering what Nazareth or the kingdom of God have to do with neuroplasticity. But after spending only a few days here, I am beginning to connect the dots… more >
