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 Unity in diversity seems to be a current buzz-word as I travel around presenting seminars related to brain-function. My experience has been that there is typically a great deal of lip service given to this concept in comparison to actual behaviors that embrace it. I had a great deal of fun writing this story and trust you’ll enjoy reading it!
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Questions & Answers
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 Q. What do you say to people who ask "How does brain dominance theory sit with personality theory that I already understand?" I can't resolve it in my own brain because they seem to be two different models. Personality theory says "you can adapt" while brain dominance theory says "you have an innate preference."
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Q. Both my children have unrealistic dreams of what they can do in life. My daughter, laugh out loud, wants to be an astronaut while my son wants to develop a chain of pre-schools that utilize brain-function information. PULEEZE! How do I get them to be more realistic? |
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Q. Five years ago I completed a BTSA and you prepared a feedback document. You asked me to evaluate functions of the FR carefully as the FR likely represented my brain’s innate energy advantage. As a male who had spent 30+ years trying to build skills in the FL in order to meet societal expectations, I discounted your comments. Now, having recognized the irritation and exhaustion in my job and life (plus an increased tendency to illness), I recently reread the feedback document. After going through your recommendations to “back into” this evaluation by identifying activities in my life that I know exhaust me, you were spot on! This is new territory for me. I’d appreciate examples of the way in which a FR approaches common situations to help me craft a healthier life. Too bad I wasn’t ready to look at this earlier, but we are so conditioned as males.... |
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Q. My doctor recently said that I have a definite sensitivity to wheat grains, gluten in particular—and recommended that I alter the way I eat to benefit my immune system and brain. For the past 6 weeks I’ve been eating mostly fresh fruits and veggies. Yes, I have more energy and seem to be thinking more clearly but those are rather limited options. Do you have any gluten-free recipes? |
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Aimi . . . at the Hospital
In response to your questions, “Yes, the script for the third book in the Aimi series been completed, and the artist has nearly finished drawing the illustrations.” It is rewarding to hear that so many of you recognize the value of presenting brain-function information to children early in life. These books are a great way to trigger discussions that can, potentially, set children on a path to better understand their own brain’s uniqueness and that can avoid some of the arguments and problems that so often arise due to brain differences.
“Adventures of the Littlest Dolphin” (book or CD) is in the same genre. In addition, a new book, “Legends of the Wild,” is also in the pipeline. Legends will contain one of my favorite animal allegories, “Bragedy-On Gets a New Name: How the lion came to be known as King of the Jungle.” I refer to it as my prequel to the Lion King.
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Seminar Opportunities
The Brain Program – Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Walla Walla, Washington. Register immediately through Dr. Yvonne Stratton (see speaking schedule). The BTSA can be completed after the seminar if there is insufficient time to do so in advance.
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Point to Ponder
There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely because it is, without question, the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.
—Neil Gaiman, novelist and short story writer (b. 1960)
It is important to develop your own sets of opinions and beliefs and be able to state them calmly, rationally, and even logically when appropriate to do so. It is equally important to internalize that your brain is unique and only has its own opinion. You may take the opinion of someone else and make it your own—it is still your opinion.
When two people argue, at least one of the brains—if not both—truly believes it really knows. And if it talks louder, longer, more eloquently or persuasively, or adds some coercion and pressure, the other brain(s) will “get it.” As Victor Hugo put it, A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
Yes, some brains by virtue of experience and education do know more about a specific topic than do others. Whatever they learned, however, is filtered through their own experience and education and represents their brain’s opinion. Add to that, every thought you think actually changes the structure of your brain. This means as you age, your brain actually becomes even more different from those of others.
It is important to “do right” as you perceive it. It can be dangerous to believe your brain really “knows” to the point that you attempt to impose your position on other adults around you—unless you are paying the bills and they have an opportunity to go elsewhere....
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