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How Brain Development Affects Emotional Development
What makes us who we are? It is our self-esteem, personality, and self-worth. Of course, we may characterize all that as who John or Mary Is. But with that, we also are born with innate personality traits, such as a person who is introverted or extroverted. How about a person who has anxiety or insecurity or a person who has depression? Are those innate personalities, or does our environment have something to do with it? Hopefully, this blog post will shed light on how we develop emotionally. The Human Brain And Its Compartments (What makes Us) Which Part Of The Brain Houses Our Self-esteem, Emotions, And Motivations How Do Traumatic Experiences…
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How To Overcome Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive and compulsive behavior happens when a person obsesses over a particular thing or exhibits a compulsive behavior about something (usually with an unhealthy fear at the root of the behavior). This disorder may typically happen when a person out of fear believes something terrible may happen to them or the people close to them when they don’t keep certain rituals. So to maintain safety, they may be compelled to keep specific actions obsessively. For example, continually washing their hands or compulsively keeping a specific ritual/activity. This disorder may also highlight superstitious behavior, which may worsen OCD. OCD starts with trauma, and then fear sets in, and Fear causes…
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How To Overcome Codependency And Separation Anxiety
Codependency is the body/mind unconsciously seeking affection. This seeking of emotional fulfillment may come in the form of being dependent on a significant other for our emotional needs, being dependent on our work, and it may also lead to addictions. What Causes Codependency Issues? A person may become codependent because they may have been brought up in a home where affection was missing (the parents were emotionally detached), causing the absence of Oxytocin in their brain development, an essential chemical for bonding and regulating emotional responses. A person may begin to work on themselves by nurturing their soul and creating an environment that will stimulate the ‘happy chemicals’ Oxytocin and Serotonin through sensory stimulation…
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What Happens During The Parent-Child Bonding Process?
The Power Of Affection Some activities elicit love, affection, and attachment during the parent and child bonding. For example, when parents show affection towards their children, it induces the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin is a vital hormone that significantly helps the child’s brain development. For instance, growing up, a child that experiences lots of affection will become an adult with healthy self-esteem, positive social interaction, and positive emotional response. In a previous post, I discussed the importance of parent-child bonding. But, in this article, I will discuss what happens during the bonding process, why it is essential between the parent and child, and how it dictates how the child will navigate life as an adult.…
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How Trauma May Affect A Person’s Perception
We define perception as the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. How Can Trauma Affect Our Perception? Primarily, when we endure traumatic situations, some more severe than others, it may affect our thought patterns and cause us to have convictions about certain situations. When we hold onto our tightly held convictions, sometimes it may be hard to change them, and these beliefs become your perceptions. When you interact with other people concerning the same issue, you may have a different view from the other person. In most cases, your tightly held convictions make it very difficult to see the other person’s…
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How To Prevent Mental And Emotional Health Issues In Our Next Generation
How can we prevent the next generation from living with mental and emotional health issues? Is that possible? Yes!! The next generation can be healthy mentally and emotionally. Still, it will take a committed group effort from everyone, from parents to educators to the healthcare industry, to make this happen. Characteristics Of A Person Living In A Healthy Mental And Emotional State What Are The Steps To Nurturing A Healthy Next Generation It all starts at home, and the responsibility, first and foremost, falls on the parents. At LNJ Life Coaching, we are creating awareness regarding parent-child bonding and its importance for the child’s healthy psychological development. Secondly, parents, educators, and caregivers…
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How To Build A Good Emotional Health
As an adult, where does your EMOTIONAL FULFILLMENT comes from – It should come from God!! As a child, that emotional fulfillment should come from your parents. In the way of parent-child bonding, during this bonding process, there is a hormone that the body releases for both parent and child called Oxytocin which helps in the bonding process. Emotional fulfillment is a reflection of your mental and emotional well-being. To be emotionally fulfilled means you have a healthy sense of well-being, you have an increased sense of self-confidence, and healthy stress management. Most of us place our emotional fulfillment and happiness in material things, and the opposite is true. We must find emotional…
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The Importance Of Parent-Child Bonding
The parent-child bonding process is the genesis of the child’s psychological development. Therefore, the absence of the bonding process could, in fact, produce stress and trauma in a child’s life. In addition, experiences such as neglect, abandonment, and lack of communication could be subtle ways the child may experience trauma. The Bonding Process When there is an active bonding process, both parent and child produce an essential hormone and chemical called Oxytocin, a vital chemical needed for bonding. So in addition, are necessary chemicals called Dopamine, Serotonin, and Endorphins which all play a pivotal role in the child’s brain development. These chemicals help in the development of the child’s brain and help them function successfully in society. They…
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The Philosophy Of God Involving Man In His Creative Process
We need to allow God to do His work in our life; What we have to do is to wait on Him for instructions on how to proceed. In contrast, when we try to do what only God can, we risk living a life of stress, worry, and anxiety. To have God work in our life calls for us to depend on Him and Trust Him entirely. How Does The Creating Process Happen? For spiritual things, God takes care of them, but when it comes to the physical aspect of creating, God will give us the instruction and the go-ahead on how to handle the creation process. This act calls for us to…
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The Philosophy Of The Two Types Of Wisdom
To be blunt, The Lord says everyone is born with foolishness in their heart – we can read that in Proverbs. Foolishness is the opposite of wisdom. Proverbs 22:15 AMP says – Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him. So I ask a curious question if that foolishness is not removed from the child’s heart, do they grow up as adults and make unwise decisions? We can debate that question in the comment section or something for you to think about – What Is Wisdom? Initially, Adam was surrendered to God. He had…
