Articles, essays, and reflections from the GAINS community on interpersonal neurobiology.https://mindgains.org/https://mindgains.org/the-healing-path-with-james-finley/https://mindgains.org/the-healing-path-with-james-finley/We invite you to take part in an engaging and soulful conversation in which James Finley will offer his reflections on the lived experience of loss, death, and healing. James’ most recent book is The Healing Path: A…Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:11:21 GMThttps://mindgains.org/understanding-the-joyful-messiness-of-classrooms-the-polyvagal-theory-in-education/https://mindgains.org/understanding-the-joyful-messiness-of-classrooms-the-polyvagal-theory-in-education/Join us for a lively and engaging conversation that brings The Polyvagal Theory into education. Dr. Debra Em Wilson will discuss her Seven Polyvagal Principles designed to make implementation possible in busy,…Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:17:11 GMThttps://mindgains.org/reclaiming-the-artistry-of-therapy-one-session-at-a-time/https://mindgains.org/reclaiming-the-artistry-of-therapy-one-session-at-a-time/How therapists make art out of life. by Michael Alcee Ph.D. Originally posted in Psychology Today, May 15th, 2022 “Who, me, an artist? But I’m not going to drop an album, release a book, or be in a movie anytime soon.”…Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:46:41 GMThttps://mindgains.org/when-we-embrace-the-science-psychotherapy-becomes-an-art/https://mindgains.org/when-we-embrace-the-science-psychotherapy-becomes-an-art/Join us for a conversation with Michael Alcée, PhD on March 22nd at 11 AM Pacific Time Interpersonal neurobiology has been revolutionary in transforming not only our client’s lives but our very identities as therapists.…Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:15:58 GMThttps://mindgains.org/relationship-based-treatment-of-children-and-their-parents/https://mindgains.org/relationship-based-treatment-of-children-and-their-parents/An Integrative Guide to Neurobiology, Attachment, Regulation, and Discipline by Elizabeth Sylvester and Kat Scherer Across psychological theories, the relationship between child and parent is acknowledged as a powerful…Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:54:27 GMThttps://mindgains.org/immediate-interventions-for-struggling-families-integrating-four-distinct-areas-of-psychology/https://mindgains.org/immediate-interventions-for-struggling-families-integrating-four-distinct-areas-of-psychology/Children and families burdened with attachment disruption, emotional distress, or psychological disorders need effective and immediate assistance. They do not have the time to wait for long-term interventions or…Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:36:18 GMThttps://mindgains.org/the-matter-with-things/https://mindgains.org/the-matter-with-things/Iain McGilchrist “Yes, a key can lie forever in the place where the locksmith left it, and never be used to open the lock the master forged it for.” Ludwig Wittgenstein This book is an attempt to convey a way of looking…Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:47:02 GMThttps://mindgains.org/who-are-we/https://mindgains.org/who-are-we/We no longer seem to have the faintest idea who we are, what the world is, or how we relate to it. Indeed there is a sense in which we no longer live in a world at all, but exist in a simulacrum of our own making.…Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:03:17 GMThttps://mindgains.org/intraconnected-integrating-identity-and-broadening-belonging-as-mwe/https://mindgains.org/intraconnected-integrating-identity-and-broadening-belonging-as-mwe/In our next Living Journal, we welcome Dr Daniel J. Siegel MD as we explore his new book Intraconnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging, forthcoming in November. In this presentation,…Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:02:08 GMThttps://mindgains.org/what-is-science/https://mindgains.org/what-is-science/Last Word Let’s talk about this word “science”. Richard Hill Words are curious things. They are a symbolic artefact that we use to send a representation of what is in our thinking across the “social synapse” to another…Fri, 27 May 2022 13:10:40 GMThttps://mindgains.org/navigating-in-turbulent-times/https://mindgains.org/navigating-in-turbulent-times/In our next Living Journal we welcome Deb Dana as we explore the qualities of autonomic regulation and discover how each small act of kindness can begin to reshape the world. The autonomic nervous system is at the heart…Fri, 27 May 2022 13:10:30 GMThttps://mindgains.org/the-covid-19-pandemic-is-a-paradoxical-challenge-to-our-nervous-system-a-polyvagal-perspective-by-stephen-w-porges/https://mindgains.org/the-covid-19-pandemic-is-a-paradoxical-challenge-to-our-nervous-system-a-polyvagal-perspective-by-stephen-w-porges/Abstract The spread of the sarsCov2 virus presents an unprecedented event that rapidly introduced widespread life threat, economic de-stabilization, and social isolation. The human nervous system is tuned to detect…Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:39:49 GMThttps://mindgains.org/how-does-science-support-attunement-between-therapist-and-client/https://mindgains.org/how-does-science-support-attunement-between-therapist-and-client/In our next Living Journal we welcome Richard Hill & Matthew Dahlitz, authors of a new book: The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy. The word “science” has become subsumed by the concepts reductionism…Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:18:53 GMThttps://mindgains.org/new-applications-of-polyvagal-theory-in-an-ever-changing-world-dr-stephen-porges/https://mindgains.org/new-applications-of-polyvagal-theory-in-an-ever-changing-world-dr-stephen-porges/In this Living Journal webinar, we welcome Dr. Stephen Porges, who will be interviewed by members of the GAINS Board. In this conversation, Dr. Porges will share with us new applications of his Polyvagal Theory. Please…Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:19:18 GMThttps://mindgains.org/the-integrative-leader-ipnb-and-leadership-practice-lynn-redenbach-ph-d/https://mindgains.org/the-integrative-leader-ipnb-and-leadership-practice-lynn-redenbach-ph-d/Throughout her career, Lynn Redenbach has been passionate about bringing relationally- centered perspectives into her work with clients and leadership work. She is a psychiatric nurse and has a Masters degree in…Sun, 02 Jan 2022 13:41:53 GMThttps://mindgains.org/the-integrative-leader-ipnb-and-leadership-practice/https://mindgains.org/the-integrative-leader-ipnb-and-leadership-practice/by Lynn Redenbach IPNB’s relevance to leadership has been proposed and written about by scholars and practitioners. However, up to now there has been no empirical research to help illuminate what they are doing, and how…Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:01:20 GMThttps://mindgains.org/this-is-the-greatest-discovery-of-the-scientific-enterprise-you-take-hydrogen-gas-and-you-leave-it-alone-and-it-turns-into-rosebushes-giraffes-and-humans/https://mindgains.org/this-is-the-greatest-discovery-of-the-scientific-enterprise-you-take-hydrogen-gas-and-you-leave-it-alone-and-it-turns-into-rosebushes-giraffes-and-humans/“This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebushes, giraffes, and humans.” Brian Swimme, evolutionary cosmologist Professor at…Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:16:20 GMThttps://mindgains.org/how-ipnb-and-relational-neuroscience-can-help-us-care-for-the-world-ease-systemic-racism-and-marginalization-and-feed-everyone/https://mindgains.org/how-ipnb-and-relational-neuroscience-can-help-us-care-for-the-world-ease-systemic-racism-and-marginalization-and-feed-everyone/A Conversation with Bonnie Badenoch and Kirke Olson Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT is a mentor, therapist, speaker, and author. Over the years since she first encountered IPNB at a presentation by Dan Siegel in 2003, she…Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:06:25 GMThttps://mindgains.org/interpersonal-neurobiology-working-with-emergence/https://mindgains.org/interpersonal-neurobiology-working-with-emergence/A conversation with psychologist Debra Pearce-McCall harnessing IPNB for coaching & organizationsThu, 14 Oct 2021 17:57:10 GMTKirke Olsonhttps://mindgains.org/the-inner-work-of-racial-justice-with-rhonda-v-magee/https://mindgains.org/the-inner-work-of-racial-justice-with-rhonda-v-magee/A leading thought and practice innovator in the area of mindfulness-based antiracism and social justice, Rhonda V. Magee, M.A., J.D., is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco. Magee has spent more than…Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:01:51 GMT