Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• write down: To record in writing
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• see beyond: To understand deeper truths beyond surface.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• require: To demand that someone does something
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• synchronize: To make two things work at the same time
• uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
• handwriting: Way a person's writing looks
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• cingulate: An adjective of a girdlelike marking or structure, such as a band or ridge, on an animal.
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done