The emotional brain cannot speak to us but speaks through us. The emotional brain shapes the language we use at an almost unconscious...

In discussing interventions such as Motivational Interviewing, I always draw attention to the "music" of statements. It is not simply...

Babies are not blank slates. They come with a lot of pre-programming that is awaiting activation. A great example of this is language. ...

A huge gap in thinking about child development is peer-to-peer relationships. Humans are pack animals and children immediately identify...

In lectures and training on Motivational Interviewing I stress how the emotional brain does not speak to us but through us. The casual...

When people think of "personality," they are likely to think of traits such as warmth or extraversion. For example, a person with high...

We intuitively use more emotional language to enhance our powers of persuasion, according to research published in Psychological Science,...