Brain Politics
The King (The Brain’s Executive Functions)
The King sits in front and above the rest of the systems. He is younger (in evolutionary terms) than some of the more ancient systems. The King can inhibit and modulate the drives arising from the other parts of the brain. He is smart but not he must take his time to know the rules by which the other players operate to help us get the outcomes we want. The King must be an expert in Brain Politics to keep his hold on the realm.
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Meet Your Host Dr. Rajiv Parinja
Dr. Rajiv Parinja is a psychiatrist with Mercy health in Toledo. He started his career in England where he trained in psychiatry as a resident of psychiatry and a fellow in General Adult Psychiatry. He subsequently did another residency at the Cleveland Clinic in psychiatry. He has worked as an inpatient psychiatrist at Cleveland Clinic and at Mercy Health in Toledo.
He has an interest in understanding how our brains work from an evolutionary standpoint and applying that knowledge to improving the wellbeing of individuals and societies. He has developed a program called ENaBLe ME which stands for Evolution and Neuroscience Based Learning and Mindfulness Exercises which helps people understand how their brains work and apply that knowledge to improve wellbeing.
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