How do we support infants and young children in developing robust motor skills and a strong, healthy body? The answer is through respect, trust, and freedom of movement. Within days of giving birth to your precious new baby, you’re back at the doctor’s office establishing pediatric care, and beginning the lifelong routine of “well visits” […]
Tag: Attachment
Raising Children in Authentic Belonging
In our very first moments on earth, we seek connection. We spend our entire lives seeking or avoiding it depending on whether it feels safe or threatening. An important prerequisite for an emotionally healthy home is how safe each family member feels to rest in relationship with one another and grow into their most resilient […]
What is Rupture and Repair?
As humans, we all need to experience closeness to survive. One of our primary needs is the need for connection and safety and, in our earliest years, that is supposed to come from our first relationships. These first relationships set the stage for how we will interact with others and come to view ourselves. When […]