I felt sad when I saw this because I remembered the joy of seeing it on the first day of my vacation and suddenly it was the last day of vacation. Great reminder that we can’t hold onto good feelings. We have to accept that they come and go.

Who discovered the clock? They don't get credit! I never thought about it until I saw the insides of a clock at this clock museum. Wow, complex! We take for granted all the hard work of the people who came before us.

Tonight! WHY OUR HAPPY BRAIN CHEMICALS ARE NOT ALWAYS ON buff.ly/DCmbhx9

I'm following the trail of Sigmund Freud. I'm visiting the hospital where he did his internship in Vienna. They turned it into a medical history museum. Here's why it's amazing: Freud would chat with patients in the insanity clinic, and then when they died he'd dissect their

ADDICTION is a concept that may do more harm than good. Everything is addictive. If you offer a child a brownie when they have a bad day, their brain will connect the brownie to your nurturing. The next time they need nurturing, they will think of a brownie. That's how our brain

STATUS ANXIETY WORKSHOP 6-week group coaching program to rewire your social-comparison response Status frustrations can mar a good life. Fortunately, we can learn to rewire the status anxiety that our mammal brain creates. These six zoom sessions lead you step-by-step to notice

YOUR CHILD'S MIRROR NEURONS Ancient wisdom says that “little ears are always listening” and mirror neurons show us why. Our brain has special neurons that activate when you see someone else get a reward or face a threat. Little eyes are always watching the rewards you enjoy and

"I can change the world if you give me a lever and a place to stand." It wasn't true 2,000 years ago and it's not true today, but it shows how people have always longed to change the world. We are told that the world is bad and we should focus on changing it. But that would mean

The ADHD Toolbox, LIVE Coming up Thursday! Speakers have tremendous expertise. My talk will be on: The Primal Urge for Social Comparison. Register for this FREE speaker series here: buff.ly/eVA6ybe It's hard to focus on schoolwork when you're focused on social

This week's lineup of fascinating webinars on the NEUROPLASTICIANS Hub. You have to be a member to participate. If you join, there's an interesting talk almost every day, and they are roundtables with plenty of opportunity for discussion. My monthly roundtable is coming up

Big monkeys taking your banana It feels that way because our brain evolved to constantly monitor the bananas. You'll always feel bad if you focus on the other guy's bananas. buff.ly/FWCbOVH

WHY I CARE ABOUT STATUS ANXIETY It's a huge source of unhappiness and so unnecessary. This is why I created the Status Anxiety Workshop starting this Saturday. Details on why the cortisol is unnecessary and how to join workshop: buff.ly/8eMheaO

YOUR CHILD & CORTISOL We are all born crying and spend our lives learning to restrain this natural impulse. When you understand nature’s alarm system, your child’s negativity is easier to manage. We are born with the ability to feel needs but no ability to meet those needs. The

YOUR CHILD'S CORTISOL PART 2 Small frustrations can feel like survival threats because cortisol works like paving on neural pathways. So if you fall off a bicycle, cortisol wires you to anticipate pain from a bicycle. Dopamine rewards you for success on the bicycle, but until

Why Nothing Feels Good Enough This title was given to my guest appearance on the Mind Love Podcast. And if you're a regular reader, you know why. The brain habituates to what you already have, and saves the dopamine for NEW and IMPROVED ways of meeting your needs. When you know

YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN HIGHWAYS We humans are born un-wired. Animals are already wired at birth, so they can run with the herd right away. A newborn elephant can walk to its mother’s milk. A mouse becomes a parent in two months, and a monkey learns to find its own food in that time.

THE PHONE IS NOT THE PROBLEM Recent alarmism about mobile devices and social media has distracted us from the real problem: our brain loves fast, easy rewards. Children seek fast, easy rewards because our brain is designed to do that. If we don’t teach them to shift to long-term

THE PHONE IS NOT THE PROBLEM Part 2 Your child does not understand the complex behavior you are looking for in the same way that a dog does not understand what a flip is. But they learn if you break a desired goal into small steps and reward each step. You can reward

MONKEY ZOOS IN FRANCE I love them because the zookeepers give honest talks about social behavior next to each species. Here's the one I've been to. The other one is my goal for next year! buff.ly/MwgqpIg

Why Nothing Is Enough Because our brain saves the dopamine for "new and improved." Dopamine droop is part of life. If you don't know how dopamine works, the droop feels like something has gone wrong. When you know how it works, you can build the skill of managing it. This short