Journal #2

I’m honestly really enjoying the book that we have been assigned to read. It has opened my eyes to behaviors that I had never noticed before, or just didn’t think much about. I tend to pay more attention to what the person is saying, and how they say it rather than their body language. As I sat across the table from my kids at dinner tonight, I found myself observing their body language as they interacted with each other. We were at a restaurant so I watched the interactions between others as well. I noticed when a couple came in with their two young daughters and the father put one in the high chair and then sat opposite his wife and other daughter as if to say “You can feed them both”. Which is exactly what she did.

The reading for this week on the limbic part of our brains was very interesting. Especially how our brains can recall the way a person made us felt even though we haven’t seen them in years. I could relate to having those experiences with people. Also the pacifying that we all seem to do. I hadn’t thought of those actions as being pacifying, just nervous reactions. The chapter about our feet and legs and the way one points them was something I hadn’t really considered as well. Needless to say I am learning a lot and really enjoying this class.