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The Science of Attachment Theory & Why it Matters With Eli Harwood
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Episode Highlights With Eli Harwood
- How she had a body part eaten by a bear!
- What attachment theory is when it comes to parenting
- How the quality of our caregiving relationships in childhood affect our development
- What attachment figures are and why this matters
- Attachment is the study of close relationships
- What the indicators of healthy attachment are and how to understand these relational patterns
- How to help your child be securely attached to you
- Babies are born with a relatively developed limbic system but not a fully developed prefrontal cortex and why this matters because babies co-regulate with caregivers
- How early childhood relational patterns can show up in adult relationships
- The four attachment patterns that can develop and how they develop
- How to become aware of your own relational and attachment style
- The most powerful thing we can do to improve our attachment patterns
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