The Whole Brain The Whole Brain PhysicianPhysician

Practicing Medicine with the Brain in MindPracticing Medicine with the Brain in Mind

Dr. Mary L. MeadorDr. Mary L. Meador

April 12, 2013

The Original “Whole Brain” Physician

Relationships involve the sharing of energy and

information flow

A “Handy” Model of the Brain

Used with permission by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., from The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are (2012).

Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex

1.Body Regulation2.Attunement3.Emotional Balance4.Response Flexibility5.Soothing Fear6.Insight7.Empathy8.Morality9.Intuition

Mindsight Maps

INSIGHT making a Mindsight Map of ME

EMPATHY making a Mindsight Map of YOU

MORALITY making a Mindsight Map of WE

When you think of “experience” - think

“neural firing”

Mind•Subjective Experience

•Awareness

•A process that regulates the flow of energy and information

Mind•Embodied

•Relational

•Emergent

•Self-organizing

RELATIONSHI

PS

BRAIN MIND

A Triangle of Well-being

River of Integration

We want to learn to

INTERACT rather than

REACT

The Indivisible Nature of Physical and Mental

Health

Emotion =

“Evoke Motion”

INTENTION to pay

ATTENTION

Integration is Health