the enchanted loom reviews gabor mate's book, in the realm of hungry ghosts
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The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from
neuroscience masterworks
Teasing 10 threads fromGabor Maté ’s …
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Thread 1:
No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.
(pg. 2)
Thread 2:
Adults envy the openhearted, open- minded explorations of children; we pine for our own lost capacity for wide-eyed wonder.
(pg. 39)
Thread 3:
Emotional isolation, powerlessness and stress are the conditions that promote addiction.
(pg. 145)
Thread 4:
Addiction to opiates arises in a brain system that governs the most powerful emotional dynamic in human existence: the attachment instinct. Love.(pg. 162)
Thread 5:
One of the most important duties of the cortex is to inhibit inappropriate responses.
(pg. 176)
Thread 6:
Emotional nurturance is an absolute requirement for healthy brain development.
(pg. 193)
Thread 7:
An impoverished childhood environment can decrease 1000-fold the number of connections per brain cell.
(pg. 195)
Thread 8:
Fathers are often the best protection from stress for the family, or the greatest source of it.
(pg. 216)
Thread 9:
No one is born with the capacity for emotional self-regulation. It only develops when the conditions are right.
(pg. 236)
Thread 10:
Whatever unfinished emotional business we don’t deal with in our own lives, we pass on to our children. Children swim in their parents’ unconscious.(pg. 116)
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Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 3 - http://veilofreality.com/tag/carl-jung/
Slide 12 - http://theredbamboo.deviantart.com/art/Underwater-10-38602999
Slide 2 - https://twitter.com/satdharamkaur
Slide 6 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Love-50316085
Slide 5 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/isolated-29942351
Slide 11 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Meditation-335576560
Slide 10 - http://dailym.ai/1KNYWoJ
Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 9 - http://bit.ly/1cEPp7K
Slide 8 - http://meimicat.deviantart.com/art/Nurture-314707850
Slide 7 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Inner-Self-36887004
Slide 4 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Child-Dream-s-191915453
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