María Mauldin · Cerebros Intensos
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Your child isn't misbehaving.
Their brain works differently.

Four books written from the inside: the voice in these pages is not an expert watching the child from outside, but the child's own brain, telling you what happens when the world arrives at full volume.

See all four books See The Microbial World

Hello. I'm your child's brain.
And today, for once, I get to talk.

El cerebrito, narrador de los libros
4books in the series
75chapters
586pages
4 – 12years old

The series

Four books, one brain told from four places

They can be read in any order. Start with the one that looks most like your days.

Bright Days, Dark Storms
Book one · Emotions

Bright Days, Dark Storms

Understanding your child's intense signals

«Your child is not exaggerating. Their brain feels everything at maximum intensity, and no one has taught them how to turn the volume down.»

It speaks from the inside through three voices: the Brain, which explains the neuroscience behind every storm; the Emotions, which describe what living this way feels like; and the Nervous System, which reveals what happens in the body when the storm takes over.

Emotional regulation 129 pages 16 chapters ISBN 978-1-967382-12-5
Coming soon in English
Loud Days, Intense Worlds
Book two · Senses

Loud Days, Intense Worlds

Understanding your child's sensitivity

«An unexpected sound, a bright light, a tag in their shirt. It reaches them at full force, every time.»

The eight channels through which your child receives the world unfiltered, one by one: what arrives amplified, what arrives too quiet, and what can change at home this very afternoon.

Sensory integration 133 pages 16 chapters ISBN 978-1-967382-13-2
Coming soon in English
Fast Days, Inner Engines
Book three · Energy

Fast Days, Inner Engines

Understanding your child's constant need to move

«I don't need you to turn off my engine. I need you to help me steer it.»

Why stillness doesn't calm them but stirs them up, why movement holds their attention instead of stealing it, and how to give that energy an outlet without a fight every evening.

Motor regulation 181 pages 21 chapters ISBN 978-1-967382-14-9
Coming soon in English
Confusing Days, Minds That Won't Slow Down
Book four · Organization

Confusing Days, Minds That Won't Slow Down

Understanding how your child thinks and organizes their world

«Your child is not being chaotic on purpose. Their mind moves so fast that getting organized becomes impossible.»

The control tower still under construction: the memory that wipes halfway through an instruction, the internal clock keeping a different time, and the impulse that arrives before the thought.

Executive function 143 pages 22 chapters ISBN 978-1-967382-20-0
Coming soon in English

On YouTube, free

Avi, Miel and Vega discover the microbiome

Inside your child there is a whole other world, and much of what happens outside starts there. Avi, Miel and Vega go in to look, and The Microbial World tells it the way things are told at that age: with characters, not with charts.

  • Avi, Miel and Vega, three explorers who go where nobody looks
  • And the four who live inside: Lacto, Bífido, Candi and Kooli, each with a job
  • The first series, on two channels: one in Spanish, one in English
EspañolEl Mundo MicrobianoVer el canal → EnglishThe Microbial WorldVer el canal →
New The Microbial World
Lacto Bífido Candi Kooli
Vega's Power The Microbial World · watch on YouTube

Who writes this

María Mauldin

María Mauldin holds a master's degree in psychology and writes about parenting and intense brains. For twenty years she worked alongside families and caregivers in childcare communities, supporting parents who wanted to understand their children. Her series is narrated in the first person by the child's brain, so that whoever cares for them understands from the inside.