intelligence

We have two possibilities, and the full continuum in-between: a brain that is nourished with rich sensory experiences from birth forward, one that integrates and therefore understands, with true intelligence, what it experiences with balance and harmony - and a sensory deprived brain, a brain that is constantly at war with itself.

Grow up, kid – there’s no Santa. And Mickey and Bugs, they aren’t real either. In doing so we become big fat liars and kids know it. If we lie about Santa, why would they believe anything we say - ever?

Beliefs are realities. Beliefs predispose and organize the body and mind in predictable ways.

Pleasure and happiness provide the “glue” that attach and bond human relationships.

Parents must reinvent themselves, in different ways, right along with their children. But they don’t.

We are either growing or dying. There is no middle ground.

TTF board member, Andrew Papageorge, a world leader in large system innovation, recently interviewed Michael. Together they explored what it means to be creative and innovative, both critical topics in our brave new world of accelerating challenges and change.

How storytelling develops imagination. Imagination goes much deeper than make-believe play and storytelling. Imagination is a mental field, a swirling flood of impressions, a movement of the immediate present blending seamlessly with the distant past.

Words are symbols or triggers that stimulate a subtle replica of the original experience within the brain.

In subtle but profound ways the brains of our children are different from ours. The way
they access and process information has changed.