Attachment

Extreme Parenting Made Simple

Juliet Linley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Angela Merkel, Nursing, Fathering, France, Breastfeeding, Rome, Italy, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Babies, Attachment, Elections, Babywearing, Dr-William-Sears, Mothering, Francois Holland, Ergo Baby, Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe, Parents News

What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.

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How Spiritual Practices Can Redirect Negative Feelings

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Manifestation, Attention, Love, Intention, Attachment, Anger, Meditation, Intellect, Peace, Spirituality, Wisdom, Power of Intention, Power of Manifestation, Healthy Living News

Pull back your attention from the object of the senses to the senses, and then to the source of mind. This journey within will you give you the strength and endurance to go through all the ups and downs of life.

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Bounce

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.04.2012

Human beings seem infinitely adaptable. But there is no silver bullet, no quick fix potion that will make a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine invulnerable to five, six or more tours of duty in today's war zone and the separations from loved ones.

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Actions and Action Figures: Gift Giving as Brain Development

Judith Sandalow | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Attachment, Early Childhood Development, Brain, Children, Raising Children, Brain Development, Early Childhood Attachment, Gifts, Holiday Gifts, Learning, DC News

Actions and action figures both speak louder than words when it comes to telling children that they are unconditionally loved and have a safe environment where they can develop -- physically, emotionally, mentally -- as they should.

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INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: This Is Your Brain On Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Caudate Nuclei, Oxytocin, Ventral Tegmental Area, Nucleus Accumbens, Interactive Graphic, Commitment, Attraction, Attachment, Chris Spurlock, Neuroscience, Video, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Vasopressin, Cara Santa Maria, Love, Education News

Here's an interactive roadmap of the brain on love.

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You Lie More Often Than You Think (And What To Do About It)

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Attachment, Acceptance, Transparency, Rejection, Authentic Power, Relationships, Honesty, Need for Approval, Healthy Living Mind, Consciousness, Being True to Yourself, Saying No, Healthy Living News

Many people are challenged in their ability to be honest when it comes to saying what they really think to others. They are conflicted between what they really think, and their desire to not risk disapproval.

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Do We Need To Detach For Spiritual Growth?

Judith Acosta | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Attachment, Aging Parents, Aging, Detachment, Healthy Living Mind, Detachment Relationships, Family Detachment, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Is that true? Should we detach in order to feel nothing for friends, family, beloveds who are not with us? Should we cut ourselves off from longing of any kind?

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A Place For Doubt

Robert Buswell | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Buddhism, Attachment, 9/11, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, Buddhism Attachment, Zen Buddhism, September 11 Anniversary, Buddhism and 9/11, 9/11 Anniversary, Religion News

In Buddhism, attachment to views is considered to be the root source of the disputes that separate one group from another and lead to conflict, a position certainly taken to the extreme by the 9/11 attackers.

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Single Parent? No, Your Kids Are Not Doomed!

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singled Out, Children of Single Parents, Unmarried Parents, Divorce, Relationships, Women Without Children, Pew Survey, Adolescents, Cohabiting Couples, Media, Interracial Marriage, Prejudice, Time Magazine, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Neglect, Scientific Research, Married Parents, Attachment, Expectations, Singlism, Conflict, Single Parents, New Family Forms, Warmth, GLBT Parents, Discrimination, Risk, Divorce News

Most headlines from the recent Pew and Time survey were some variation on "4 in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete." The full report was titled "The...

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When Kids Kill: A Tragic Failure of Attachment

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Murder, Attachment, Divorce, Children, Neurobiology, Attachment Disorder, Narcissism, Violence, Verbal First Aid, Sociopaths, Parenting, Development, Motivation, Rage, Healthy Living News

What is the explanation for kids who kill? For the kids who fail to internalize social norms? For the kids who grow into narcissists or psychopaths? Are they just born defective through some blameless anomaly?

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The Difference Between Attachment And Love, Peace And Happiness

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, How to Be Happy, How Happy Is, Peaceful Life, Peace, Love, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Inner Peace, Healthy Living News

What is the difference between attachment, love, peace, and happiness? Attachment Attachment can be defined as a warm bond that forms between one pe...

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'Kid Whispering': Keeping Children Safe With Verbal First Aid

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Children Psychology, Psychology Healing Children, Child Psychology, The Giving Life, Psychology Language Children, Attachment, Self-Healing Children, Verbal First Aid, Healthy Living News

According to a growing number of experts, a human's need -- and search -- for safety starts at conception.

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You Are Not Your Personality

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Self, Personality, Identification, Ego, Identity, Personality Traits, Psychological Independence, Healthy Living News

Personality is usually understood as a set of characteristics or traits that distinguishes one person from another. Personality is information about...

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Adoption and Prenatal Care

Sally Maslansky | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Childhood Attachment Disorder, Childhood Attachment, Childhood Attachment Theory, Early Childhood Attachment, Healthy Living News

From the proper medical attention to the mother's state of mind, we are learning more and more about how a baby's in utero world impacts its post birth life and life long emotional development.

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Desire Rules

Catherine Ingram | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Meditation, Desire, Healthy Living News

DESIRE RULES We are hungry animals. Hungry for food, drink, emotional and physical stimulation, things, experiences, sex, lovers, kids, money, power-...

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The Psychology of Heartbreak

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Self Growth, Higher Self, Deeper Self, Relationship, Healthy Connection, Anxious Attachment, Grieving Process, Ego, Child Self, Self Development, How to Let Go, Self Love, Broken Heart, Love, Relationships, Healthy Living News

Like any other emotion, love has many levels to it; we can go from the shallowest form to the deepest. How far we want to go is a personal choice and depends on our level of maturity as well.

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Mother & Child, Winter's Bone, Solitary Man Feature Sumptuous Performances, Women Without Men Stunning Visuals & History Lessons

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Douglas gives a gripping performance in Solitary Man rivaling his work in the sleeper Wonder Boys.

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': The Building Blocks Of Connection, Part 1

Jessica Zucker, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Infants, Interpersonal Skills, Parenting Tips, Relationships, Relationship Advice, Parenting, Relationship Tips, Babies, Healthy Living News

Babies often feel distressed and unequipped to modulate their changing feelings. Infants depend on the attachment figure to help them manage and tolerate their affective experiences.

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Love And Hypnosis

The Amazing Kreskin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Affection, Attachment, Relationships, Hypnosis, Valentine's Day, Relationship Advice, Relationship Tips, Love, Healthy Living News

I've amplified something that the Sigmund Freud espoused over a century ago. Namely people in love, in deep love, have a pretty similar relationship to people who are under hypnotic influence.

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Rethinking Perfection

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Buddhism-Suffering, Attachment, Letting-Go, Perfectionism, Perfection, Healthy Living News

As a perfectionist, you think of perfection as a state. As you clean your kitchen or your car or your desk, you fantasize about preserving the state of perfection that you have accomplished.

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Friendship in Real Life vs. This Emotional Life

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socializing, Orphanage, Therapy, Coworkers, Relationships, Divorce, Negative Feelings, Children, ? Conflict, Pbs, Bullying, Exclusive Relationships, Npr, Suicide, Singles, Myths, Positive Feelings, Adoption, Happiness, Attachment, Infidelity, Relatives, Marriage, Emotions, Loneliness, Boss, Workplace, Lovers, Health, Friendship, ?This Emotional Life, Partner, Family, Asperger?S, Media News

This first installment of the PBS series This Emotional Life consisted of three segments: family, friends, and lovers. Each was oddly ominous, seeming to warn us of the worst that can happen.

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New York Times Reporter Thinks Single Women Fear Intimacy; I'm Afraid He's Wrong

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Attachment, Romantic Relationships, Singlism, Relationships, Methodological Problems, Fear of Intimacy, Mate Poaching, New York Times, Media, Single Women, Tierneylab, Healthy Living News

New York Times reporter John Tierney recently described a study that supposedly showed that "single women are particularly drawn to other people's partners." But his interpretation is not supported by relevant data.

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The 12 Steps of Recovery from Chronic Dieting

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attachment, Health and Wellness, Needs, Temperment, 12 Steps, Dieting, Emotional Eating, 12 Steps of Recovery, How to Stop Dieting, Eating Disorders, Health, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News

Unless you are in touch with the needs that you are currently meeting with food, dieting, or binging, you have very little chance of... breaking free of the cycle of weight loss/weight gain.

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