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  • The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
  • Written by: Daniel j. Siegel MD
  • Narrated by: Daniel J Siegel
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important and often maddening ways. It’s no wonder that many parents approach their child’s adolescence with fear and trepidation. According to renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel, however, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one another.  

In Brainstorm, Siegel illuminates how brain development affects teenagers’ behaviour and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the teenage brain functions can help parents make what is in fact an incredibly positive period of growth, change and experimentation in their children’s lives less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.

©2013 Mind Your Brain Inc. Healthy Mind Platter © David Rock and Daniel J. Siegel, MD, 2011 (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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  • 2021-04-18

Another Dan Siegel must

Dan Siegel has outdone himself again. A lot of the same concepts and frameworks discussed in his other books, but this time around adolescents, past and present. I went into it thinking of my children, but also found tons of value in reflecting on my own adolescence and how it has shaped me, what I want to keep, and while I want to acknowledge and let go.

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Audio is wonky if speed more than 1.0X

Came highly recommended. Still working though - so far so good. But it's a SLOW listen and the audio gets wonky if any faster than 1.0X

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So much useful knowledge and insight.

I especially found Dr. Siegel’s presentation of the Wheel of Awareness to be a rewarding listen and would recommend it’s practice to anyone seeking to explore mindfulness at a deeper level. And for any parent wanting to better understand the mind of a teen, this book offers an exceptional opportunity to gain the tools to do just that.

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  • Larissa Anel Velazquez Devora
  • 2023-02-13

A most read book from Siegel

In my opinion, this is the masterpiece in which he merged the scientific part with the most human in a beautiful integration.

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  • danieltapnos
  • 2022-09-02

Great mindsight approach to teenage raising,but...

I am already familiar with Dr. Siegel's methodologies and tools, and I've enjoyed and benefited from them as I learnt from his previous books. It is for this reason that though I appreciate how in this book he applies them to specific situations in teenage upbringing, I found a bit tedious having to read about the tools and methods in detail for yet another volume. There certainly are very teenage-specific and helpful cases and recommendations, but these make up less than half the content of the book.

For newcomers to Dr. Siegel's book, all the information on Mindsight theory and techniques should be of great value, but for readers already familiar with them, there's a lot to skip, or at best to just revisit, and little new, teenage-specific, although I found this bits very insightful and valuable.

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  • 2020-11-07

Good listen

Book is very rich with exact scientific information which can give you great insight on brain development. If you are a parent or a teacher this is just a must to cover!

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