by Rhett Smith | Aug 3, 2017 | Marriage, Podcast, Restoration Therapy
A couple of weeks ago, my colleagues and I at Thriiive Practices did a lecture for the Meadow’s lecture series on emotional regulation. What is emotional regulation? It’s essentially one’s ability to control or manage their automatic, reactive...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 12, 2013 | Parenting
Last week I posted on Strategy #2 of The Whole-Brain Child, which is Name it to Tame It: Telling Stories to Calm Big Emotions. But since I posted that blog I’ve had a few people ask me if I could expound on this strategy in more detail by giving an example. As I...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 29, 2013 | Parenting
My wife Heather and I often look at things from a very different perspective. It’s not surprising that opposites attract, but sometimes those opposites can begin to push people in two different directions. It didn’t take us very long into our dating life...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 26, 2013 | Parenting
Integrated: to make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify. When things become integrated, is simply known as integration. In the Whole-Brain Child by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, this process refers to a child’s ability to integrate the...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 24, 2013 | Parenting
I used to believe that our brain was permanently hardwired and that was that. And however it was hardwired, then you were stuck with that brain. It wasn’t until I started working as a therapist at The Hideaway Experience marriage intensives and was exposed to...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 18, 2013 | Parenting
Last week I began a blog series exploring my experimentation with the parenting philosophy found in the book, The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind. And by experimentation, I mean using the ideas in the book...