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1 " Because abuse is a cycle, those who now occupy positions of power may well have brains so steeped in normalized bullying and abuse, that they can no longer think clearly. "
― Jennifer Fraser , The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health
2 " The brain learns by making mistakes; maybe we can stop punishing them. "
3 " The line between being demanding and being demeaning is as wide as an ocean. "
4 " The beauty of neuroplasticity is that when you make changes to what you remember and how you remember it, what you do and how you do it, your brain overrides the old neural networks with new ones. "
5 " If you take a neuroscientific approach to rewiring your brain, then it requires you to stop remembering, retelling, reiterating, and maybe even repeating the past. It demands that you remember something new. "
6 " You can learn from brain scientists how to strengthen what's weak, make flexible what's rigid, and heal what might be broken. "
7 " With your brain veritably defined by its dynamic neuroplasticity, the cage that holds you back is an illusion. Your brain potential is unlimited. "
8 " Speaking up, especially in childhood, is one of the hardest acts a person can do. It requires immense courage and sacrifice. "
9 " I was suitably impressed with the eighty-six billion neurons that glittered like stars in the skull but was a little overwhelmed by the idea that the constellations could be moved, shaped, and changed negatively and positively. "
10 " Children learn bullying behavior from adults, but no one talks about this transfer of destructive behavior. "
11 " While the bullying paradigm creates destabilizing, fear-inducing, unpredictable conditions, the cornerstone of learning and healthy brain wiring is safety. "
12 " Hurt brains hurt. "
― Jennifer Fraser
13 " We use science to find the courage of a child and get to the naked truth. "
14 " When you have a fixed-mindset, then you see your brain as if it's a machine. When you have a growth-mindset, then you understand your brain as if it's a growing tree. "
15 " Rigid brains and inflexible mindsets --- whereby individuals and whole organizations ignore what is different and even outright reject it if it doesn't fit their established pattern of thinking --- cause much of the world's suffering. "
