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My Hidden Chimp: From the best-selling author of The Chimp Paradox

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However, it’s important that you choose your audience. If you need to let the chimp express itself immediately, “do it sensibly”, says Steve. “Don’t express yourself to the person who’s engaged in this battle with you. Express yourself to a friend who’s willing to listen.” 4. Go over things a few times An adult explanation of the chimp model is given in Peters’ previous book The Chimp Paradox. The Chimp model is expressed as the human (frontal lobe, a.k.a blue brain) and the chimp (limbic system, a.k.a red brain). My Hidden Chimp goes into less depth but explains how a chimp has a very small blue blue brain so it mainly decides things with its red brain, hence calling it your chimp. The human (blue brain, “You”) is the you that you really want to be.

As many children learn habits during childhood that are often carried into adult life, I have written this book based on habit formation. I hope it will help young children to develop constructive and healthy habits for life.”I have frequently wondered how different my life would have been had I understood myself better at an early age. How would one go about explaining this to a 6 year old?

Steve is a medical doctor; he specialises in mental health and the functioning of the human mind and has dedicated his working life to help people get the best out of themselves and to be in a good place. His current and past experiences include: Clinical Director of Mental Health Services within the NHS at a district hospital, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Undergraduate Dean at Sheffield Medical School. He has spent 20 years as an examination panel member at the Royal College of Psychiatry and has been an expert advisor to World Anti-Doping Agency. This is a very common theme and very similar to the last question posed above. I think we sometimes forget as parents that children are extremely strongly programmed not to be alone and to remain tight to a parent figure. They still have the responsibility. They can’t let their inner chimp run wild without consequences! There are two ways you might try to help her to overcome this. The first is to help her to see that this is the way that life works and we all have to learn how to manage it.

But, they can understand that their inner chimp is not a reflection of who they are and who they want to be. When the psychiatrist worked in British cycling he had a rule that athletes could come to him and “let their chimp out”– but they had to complain for 15 minutes non-stop. Nobody managed it. “The chimp actually gets exhausted,” says Steve, “and thinks ‘I can’t even be bothered listening to myself!’” The chimp may be speaking but it’s the human that’s listening, and reason soon takes over. 3. But be careful who the chimp talks to When young people understand what is happening in their minds, they can better control how they respond and react. By also explaining the developing 'chimp' brain in children, he shows us how 10 habits can help children to understand and manage their emotions and behaviour. These 10 habits should and can be retained for life. The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer.

In that, Professor Steve Peters explains the struggle that takes place within people's minds, often sabotaging their own happiness and success. Again I would reiterate that if your daughter can see that this is a normal function of the mind that just needs some management she might see things differently.Even given that, I am confident that he has understood dual process theory as presented in the book and started to recognise when his chimp “takes over”. As a result, he is more able to e.g. stop himself when he gets angry or to override his instincts not to share. Reading it with him has also given us a common framework to talk about what went wrong when he has lost control. In other words try to establish ideally how she would like to be in these situations and then allow her to make her way towards that gradually on her terms. Fear of failure, procrastination, being unkind to others: what if we could help children train their brains to avoid these habits and embed more helpful ones instead? Habits such as smiling more, sharing and avoiding tantrums. According to psychiatrist Professor Steve Peters, all this is totally within our reach - it’s just a question of managing your chimp.

The book states that it can be read by the child on their own or with an adult. I would suggest that (for younger readers especially) the book should be read with an adult as I feel misunderstanding the content could have negative effects. Potential Criticisms Everything we do at Flourished Minds revolves around supporting children and young people to be their absolute best. Our Mind Management Skills for Life Programme has been developed to help people gain an in-depth insight into their mind using The Chimp Model.

The chimp model is Peters’ dual process metaphor. Different writers and models seem to me to have subtly different focuses—e.g. Robin’s Elephant and rider focuses on motivation, Kahneman’s system 1 and system 2 on decision making. The chimp model in My Hidden Chimp focuses on fast, emotional responses.

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