Impulse control is a critical element of our day-to-day functioning both as an individual and in building the strength...
“First, I want to know who I am”- Building Self Esteem
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, awareness, empathy, executive function, forward planning, frustration tolerance, impulse control, kindness, mani pavuluri, parenting, problem solving, relationship, self esteem, thinking, trust, 0Self-esteem (SE) is not just for kids, but something ongoing and every living person needs in order to survive...
Organization: An Executive Function
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, child, clutter, cognitive, domain, emotion, executive function, feeling, flexibility, focus, forward planning, frustration tolerance, information processing, learning, longterm memory, mani pavuluri, organization, priority, problem solving, school, thinking, time management, working memory, 0If there is one cognitive or thinking problem children face, it is organization- a spoke of executive function- to...
Endurance: Crossing the Storms
admin, , Thinking Life, adolescent, art of living, awareness, cognitive, conduct, discipline, emotion, feeling, focus, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, peace, prefrontal cortex, thinking, 4# Endurance # Patience # Problem solve # Finding YOU # Grateful Endurance is a beautiful word. I recently...
Knee Jerk Reaction: Brain’s Non-Reflective Response
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, art of living, awareness, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, conduct, discipline, emotion, executive function, feeling, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, stress, teacher, teen, thinking, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, 0Have you heard of the expressions like- oh he has the brain in the knee, knee jerk reaction or...
Concentration: Is the Problem Real?
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, attention, brain function, child, cognitive, concentration, emotion, focus, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, Motivation, problem solving, resilience, sensorimotor integration, stress, teacher, teen, thinking, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, 0Often at school and home alike, we see children perform variably across tasks. Countless times, teachers and parents ask...
Feather Dusting Difficult Communication
admin, , Thinking Life, art of living, awareness, brain, cognitive, conduct, emotion, frustration tolerance, kindness, mani pavuluri, marital conflict, marriage counselling, Projective Identification, relationship, resilience, serene, stamina, stress, thinking, vision, 4Say you are really committed in a relationship to someone you adore. You get along quite fine on all...
Prefrontal Cortex: CEOs of Emotion and Cognition
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, domain, Dorsolateral PFC, emotion, executive function, learning, mani pavuluri, medial prefrontal cortex, Orbitofrontal Cortex, thinking, Ventrolateral PFC, whole brain networks, 2When I think of multiple CEOs of prefrontal cortex (PFC): I think of multiple C level executives of Caterpillar...
Setting Pace
admin, , Thinking Life, art of living, emotion, mindful, peaceful, prefrontal cortex, slowing, stress, thinking, 0I often wondered how slow is a good slow pace. Actually, I thought many times of anchors that can...
Thinking with Headlines
admin, , Thinking Life, art of living, friendship, integrity, mani pavuluri, relationship, stress, thinking, 2In our ever dynamic interpersonal world, one thing I noticed is loyalty and consistency helps in gluing relationships. Know...