The Yes Brain: How To Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience In Your Child with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Dr. Dan welcomes back one of the podcast’s most popular guests — bestselling author and parenting expert Dr. Tina Payne Bryson to discuss her new book The Yes Brain and her pioneering work in area of brain-based parenting.
Dr. Tina Bryson is also the co-author (with Dr. Daniel Siegel) of two New York Times bestsellers (The Whole Brain Child and No Drama Discipline) and is Executive Director of the The Center for Connection in Pasadena.
How can parents cultivate resilience? What is a Yes Brain? What is a No Brain? What is success? How does the pressure of the need for success affect our children today? Today Dr. Dan and Dr. Tina talk about her new book and the topic of basic brain science — that is how a child’s brain is either receptive or reactive (affecting their regulation) and what we need to do as parents and educators to support that child’s brain state.
Ultimately parents and educators and caregivers want to move our kids from reactivity (The No Brain/Red Zone) to receptivity (The Yes Brain/Green Zone). The good news? Our kids can be taught to approach life with openness and curiosity. When kids work from a Yes Brain, they’re more willing to take chances and explore. They’re more curious and imaginative. They’re better at relationships and handling adversity. And we can make this a reality!
Dr. Dan explores the four fundamentals of the Yes Brain—balance, resilience, insight, and empathy—with Dr. Tina and how they can be fostered and strengthened in all of our children and students. How? By exploring the mind behind the behaviors in children instead of just focusing on the behavior.
Dr. Dan and Dr. Tina offer listeners concrete examples of ways we can intentionally help our children achieve a state of balance — by deliberate and thoughtful behavior modeling, positive parenting, and supportive disciplining. Dr. Dan wraps up this episode by asking his favorite guest question — What is Tina’s Parent Footprint Moment? Her lesson about being present and intentionally in the moment is one she continues to revisit on her own parenting journey decades later.
Today’s episode is sure to be a new favorite for all Parent Footprint podcast listeners.