Amanda Blake - Your Body Is Your Brain: Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully

Index

A

Acevedo, Maria, 201206

acquired color deficiency, 20

acting from centered care, 195196

Afghanistan, 122129

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 14

ambivalence. See decision-making

amygdala, 48, 75, 115

anger, 3233, 3941, 186187, 189191, 233

anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 85

anxiety, 38, 9596, 144, 148, 206, 232

See also fear

appease response, 116117, 201206, 207210, 232

armoring, 3133, 3536, 133140, 176

Army Special Forces, 3, 73

artists personalities, 151

asking for help, 160, 162, 177, 210211

athletes, and proprioception, 54

Attan, Anthony, 149154, 156

attention, 4548, 88, 102, 173174, 198199

and brain development, 5960

selective, 46

See also embodied mindfulness; self-awareness

attunement, 173174, 236

authenticity, 158, 162163

autonomic nervous system, 49, 51, 222

awareness. See self-awareness

B

balance, sense of, 5354, 60

Barakzai, 126127

Barndt, Luann, 40

Bauby, Jean-Dominique, 13

bees, vision, 12

Bennis, Warren, 6

Bepler, Tom, 40

biobehavioral blind spots, 1126, 41, 44, 160

in communication, 211212

examples of

Amanda, 82

Anthony, 150

Denise, 160161

Laila, 171173

Malika, 211

Mel, 228

Nichole, 141142, 146147

Peter, 74

Rich, 133138

biology and perception, 12, 3839, 42, 4547, 6061, 97, 189

body-oriented psychology, 30, 3435

brain

amygdala, 48, 75, 115

anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 85

cerebellum, 60

childrens, 1920

development of, 1620, 5961

insula, 51, 85, 188

middle prefrontal cortex (MPFC), 232233

orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), 85

pattern detection, 16

somatosensory cortex, 1920, 155

ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC), 56, 8485

brainstem, 1718, 210

breathing/breathing practices, 143145, 179180

and emotions, 49, 137138, 139141

and stress, 125, 128129

shallow, 144

Brothers, Chalmers, 211

Brown, Bren, 162

bully (Bob), 113114, 116117

C

C tactile afferent cells, 174

Capital One, 7071, 79, 102107

care, 6980

caregiving, 175, 178181

Centered Leadership program, 184186

centering, 111, 117119, 121, 134, 142, 144145, 233236

cerebellum, 60

choices. See decision-making

Christakis, Nicholas, 73

closed postures, 54, 118119

See also posture and mood

collaboration, 102105, 199, 215226

Collaborator pattern, 152

color blindness, 12, 20, 41

commitment vs. intentions, 91100

communication, 116118, 201213, 224

and conflict, 228231

and touch, 174175

feedback, 216219, 221

problems, 211213

compassion, 183192

composure, 131148, 161163

confidence, 149156, 229231

conflict resolution, 196197, 227237

connection, 169182

connective tissue. See fascia

Cottingham, John, 120

courage, 109110, 113130, 147148

See also composure; confidence

Courage Center, 178181

credibility, 157163

Cuddy, Amy, 5455, 118119

D

dancers personalities, 151

de-armoring, 3536, 42, 61, 146, 148.

See also armoring

decision-making, 8190, 94, 203204, 210

Democratic National Convention of 1968, 15

diaphragms, role in breathing, 143145

disconnection, 3233, 170, 171

disruption, 3536, 61

dissociation, 3233, 115

Diving Bell and the Butterfly , 13

dorsal vagal complex, 115

Driver pattern, 152

Dunn, Nichole, 141142, 144147, 243

E

earthworms, 17, 18

ectoderm, 50

Einstein, Albert, 2

Ekman, Paul, 51, 54

Elliot, Marianne, 122129, 243

embodied learning, 5862, 237, 241245

embodied mindfulness, 219, 221

in action, 196199, 209, 236, 242

embodied reaction to conflict, 114117, 228236

embodied self-awareness, 4362, 68, 79, 100, 173174, 188190, 235236

embodiment, 68, 266270

emotional brain. See limbic system

emotional contagion, 73, 204, 217218, 221222

emotional intelligence, 62, 6667, 68, 89

emotions

accessing, 187188. See also self-awareness

and armoring, 3132, 3536, 133140, 176

and biobehavioral learning, 3341, 58, 61

and culture, 3132

and memory, 5960

and touch, 174175

development of, 3739

disconnecting from, 133139

empathy, 167, 184, 189

See also compassion; connection

enoughness, 91100

enteric nervous system, 4849, 150

environmental council, 102107

Equifax, 107

experience-dependent brain development, 1620, 5961

exteroception, 4547, 55, 205206

eye contact, 162, 183

F

fascia, 5152, 54, 121

fear, 38, 116117, 123125, 128130

of conflict, 228231

of disappointing others, 209210

of failure, 161

FEBI assessments, 154

feedback, giving/receiving, 210211, 216219, 221, 223

fight or flight response, 49, 51, 115116, 128, 232

fight mode, 186187

freeze response, 115, 186

See also appease response

Fippinger

Brian, 1115, 2126, 2737, 3941, 243

Charlotte, 1415, 22, 23

Diana, 2126

Fogel, Alan, 5556, 241, 244

Fowler, James, 73

freeze response, 115, 186

G

gender norms, overcoming, 243244

General Theory of Love , 59

Goldberg, Whoopi, 145

Goleman, Daniel, 62, 66

gorilla, invisible, 46

Gottman, John, 218

guided visualization, 179180

gut, 4849, 52, 55, 142, 150

H

habits. See armoring; memory, implicit

heart, 4748, 7577, 79, 124, 129, 232

heart transplant recipients, 48, 76

Hebbs Law, 16

Herat, Afghanistan, 126127

hippocampus, 28, 48

Holan, Jan, 219, 226

HPA axis, 115

Human Code, 219221, 226

human rights workers, 122123, 125129

Hunt, Valerie, 155

I

Illinois Bell, 22

immobilization. See freeze response

impostor syndrome, 145

Inconvenient Truth, An , 104

indecision. See decision-making

insula, 51, 85, 188

integration (wholeness), 242245

interoception, 4753, 58, 84, 100, 189, 205, 232

intimacy, 2425, 3233, 37, 8889

Iraq War, 132137

J

Jempe Center, 184, 186

Johnson, Chris, 2731, 33, 37, 39, 42

Johnson, Rick, 183184

Jungian archetypes, 152

K

Keltner, Dacher, 174

keystone, 97

Khan, Amanullah, 126127

knee-jerk reactions, 5253, 94, 186, 195, 232

L

language acquisition, 3738

leadership

body-oriented, 34, 30, 3436, 7374, 151152, 183, 226

military, 131132, 135

need for, 12

principled, 198199

qualities of, 56, 72, 103

League of Their Own , 14

left- and right-handers, 60

limbic resonance, 174, 180

limbic system, 18, 49, 5960, 210

listening, 167, 173, 190, 205206

lizard brain. See brainstem

long-term potentiation, 16

Lotas, Alex, 152

Love, Paula, 89

Low, Rich, 131139, 243

lungs, 49

See also breathing/breathing practices

Luzmore, Peter, 7174, 101102

M

mammals and social groups, 1718

Mayer, Emeran, 49

Maynard, Peter, 6980, 101107, 243

McConnell, John, 159160, 186187

meditation, 35, 60, 95, 128129

memory

explicit, 28

implicit, 2829, 3132

of heart, 48, 7677

Merzenich, Michael, 59

Microsoft, 159, 161162, 184, 187, 192

middle prefrontal cortex (MPFC), 232233

military veterans, 131139

mindfulness, 43, 196197

See also embodied mindfulness

mirror neurons, 188189, 217

modeling behavior, 188189

monkeys and mirroring, 188189

mood

and breathing, 49, 125, 128129, 139141, 144