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Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 5 a.m.

Today we\u2019re focused on how on the power of words can calm or basically how to self-soothe. I stopped to think about \u201csoothers\u201d with words in our culture , such as Mister Rogers, Aibileen Clark from the movie The Help, and even more recently and comically, Ted Lasso. What they did or do reminds us of what we can do to calm ourselves. Dr. Dan Siegel, a psychiatrist, author, researcher and integrative neurobiologist coined the phrase \u201cName it to tame it.\u201d And watching his YouTube videos on how our nervous systems work together to achieve calm is fascinating. I'll do my best to demonstrate his model of the brain so you can see for yourself!

Our listener email is from someone who has gained a lot from SelfWork \u2013 always something that makes me smile \u2013 but can\u2019t stop worrying about the cancel culture that has arrived \u2013 suddenly you\u2019re simply not around anymore or important or valued \u2013 because of what can seem like immediate and complete social rejection.

So thanks so much for joining me on this episode of SelfWork \u2013 graciously sponsored by BetterHelp \u2013 and you\u2019ll hear a wonderful offer from them just because you\u2019re a SelfWork listener.

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YouTube Video of Dr. Dan Siegel demonstrating the "hand brain"

Dr. Dan Siegel article about Mister Rogers

New York Post article on cancel culture

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