The Yes Brain Workbook: Exercises, Activities and Worksheets to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity & Resilience In Your Child

Daniel J. Siegel

Unlock your child s innate capacity for resilience, compassion, and creativity.From Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, the bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and The Power of Showing Up, comes the latest resource for parents, clinicians, and educators to nurture the positive potential in children. Expanding upon their acclaimed book The Yes Brain, this workbook companion continues to build on the skills needed to cultivate courage and emotion regulation in kids.The Yes Brain Workbook teaches caregivers how to cultivate a mindset in their children (and themselves!) that will encourage them to approach life with a yes state of mind. With an interactive format that includes worksheets, activities, self-reflections, and fun illustrations, parents will learn how to:- Put into practice the fundamentals of a Yes Brain balance, resilience, insight, and empathy and how to strengthen them in real-world scenarios- Recognize when kids need a gentle push out of a comfort zone vs. needing the cushion of safety and familiarity- Develop strategies to reduce negative behavioral and emotional states (aggression and withdrawal) and expand their child s capacity for positivityThe Yes Brain Approach Teaches:- Flexibility and adaptability- Sound decision making and planning- Regulation of emotions and body- Personal insight- Empathy- Morality

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