
Dissecting Downtime: The Impact of Gender on Rest
Your Brain at Work
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How to Introduce Downtime to Your Seven-Year-Old
I taught this to my kids really early and I taught the concept of impulses versus instincts. An instinct is a quieter signal and you won't hear it if your brain's busy with an impulse or if you're busy trying to do something so you actually need to be in a quiet state to have this moment of insight. It was really funny my kids throwing this back at me but in a good way, Chrissy says.
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