Downtime

The role of the Default Mode Network in our brain that only lights up when we’re not focused on a task and the regenerative power of daydreaming.

Co-hosts: 

Martha Skinner, former professor of architecture, artist who works together with her daughter, now a young adult

Marta Obiols Llistar, unschooling mom of three, educator, author of the book 18, An Unschooling Experience

Resources:

William Stixrud, Ned Johnson. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives, Penguin Books, 2019.

Martha Skinner’s TEDx Talk: The Exponential Power of Design https://tedxgreenville.com/portfolio/martha-skinner/

Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Penguin Random House, 2020.

Learn Transcendental Meditation https://www.tm.org/learn-tm