by Karen Melton | Aug 1, 2024 | Articles, Attachment, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Embodiment
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves …. Extract from poem Wild Geese by Mary Oliver Practicing body-centred healing for many...
by Karen Melton | Mar 7, 2019 | Articles, Attachment, Children, Other
Alphas are those children who are “in charge” in some way in the family. They tend to be demanding, bossy, want everything their way, are controlling, and often won’t listen to direction, boundaries or authority. Underneath all of this rather difficult and stressful...
by Karen Melton | Nov 16, 2017 | After Birth, Attachment, Childbirth, Early Consciousness, Other, Pregnancy
Published in the Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 35(2), Summer 2021 Abstract: Isolation experienced during the foundational period from preconception through early infancy affects core imprinting. Attachment and embodiment issues are central to...
by Karen Melton | Dec 2, 2015 | Articles, Attachment, Conception, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Pregnancy
It’s now acknowledged within mainstream psychology that attachment begins at birth. The cutting edge field of Somatic Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology (SPPP) finds that attachment begins way before birth, a wisdom that is not yet in the mainstream thinking and...
by Karen Melton | Dec 2, 2015 | Articles, Attachment, Conception, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Pregnancy
What can you, as individuals and parents, do about the way you are bringing your children in to life, so that they have the best chance at holistic health? One of the core principles of Somatic Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology is that babies are conscious and...
by Karen Melton | Jun 22, 2009 | Articles, Attachment, Conception, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Pregnancy
Unborn baby’s are conscious, sentient, and vulnerable. They benefit greatly from gentle, loving connection provided regularly by their parents, especially their mother, from the very beginning of their life – long before birth. Become the parent you...
