Let me ask you a question – where does your mind go, day to day? Are you often worried? Angry? Do you have the same worried or angry thought over and over? If you have a free moment, do you tend to think about what you need to do, what other people are expecting of Continue Reading The post Your Inner Soundtrack appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Much of our unhappiness is the result of thinking through the lens of a negative emotion. When we are angry or afraid or irritable, the only thoughts we are able to have are those that are consistent with these feelings. This is how the brain is wired. The only time we can think clearly, seeing Continue Reading The post How to be Happier appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Maria Montessori had it right. Children – and adults – learn by doing, not by listening. It is the active engagement in the environment that creates new neural pathways in our brain, which is what learning means. New connections are made only when we act. The belief that children learn by listening is not correct. Continue Reading The post Nobody Learns by Listening appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

The practice of mindfulness is as powerful as the best psychotherapy. This is because it has the same purpose but provides more effective tools, tools that have developed over thousands of years of Buddhist philosophy. The purpose of both mindfulness practice and psychotherapy is to ease our suffering by changing our understanding, of ourselves as Continue Reading The post Mindfulness as Therapy appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Texting as a form of communication? Your brain doesn’t like it either. Our brains are hard-wired for communication. We humans have a need to share our thoughts and feelings with other members of our species, and we have a rich set of tools with which to do this. We can communicate even when we don’t Continue Reading The post Texting and Your Brain appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Much of our unhappiness is the result of thinking through the lens of a negative emotion. When we are angry or afraid or irritable, the only thoughts we are able to have are those that are consistent with these feelings. This is how the brain is wired. The only time we can think clearly, seeing Continue Reading The post How to be Happier appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Maria Montessori had it right. Children – and adults – learn by doing, not by listening. It is the active engagement in the environment that creates new neural pathways in our brain, which is what learning means. New connections are made only when we act. The belief that children learn by listening is not correct. Continue Reading The post Nobody Learns by Listening appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

The practice of mindfulness is as powerful as the best psychotherapy. This is because it has the same purpose but provides more effective tools, tools that have developed over thousands of years of Buddhist philosophy. The purpose of both mindfulness practice and psychotherapy is to ease our suffering by changing our understanding, of ourselves as Continue Reading The post Mindfulness as Therapy appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Texting as a form of communication? Your brain doesn’t like it either. Our brains are hard-wired for communication. We humans have a need to share our thoughts and feelings with other members of our species, and we have a rich set of tools with which to do this. We can communicate even when we don’t Continue Reading The post Texting and Your Brain appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more

Mindfulness. We seem to be running into the term frequently these days. Interesting, because this idea is thousands of years old. In my work and in my life, the most powerful tool I use is mindfulness. I have been interested in observing and understanding people for as long as I can remember, and along with Continue Reading The post Neuropsychology & Mindfulness appeared first on Dr. Marian Rissenberg, Neuropsychologist ..read more