Parents of siblings are often all too familiar with the "who gets to go first" battle. Squabbles may center around anything from choosing the color cup they're using at dinner to figuring out who gets ...

Then I discovered a 3-step method that finally brought tranquility to my mind. It didn’t just quiet the noise; it turned down the volume completely.

That’s step No. 2. Then, step No. 3 is to consciously decide what action to take or not take. This begins the process of forming new neural networks for new behaviors.