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 | Oct 2, 2018 | Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Other, Pregnancy
The photograph above was taken in my office after a Prenatal & Birth Play session with three-year-old Lily and her parents. The blue and green hanging pouch/seat in the picture represents the womb and the cuddly toy, chosen and placed into the pouch by Lily,...
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 | Feb 20, 2016 | Conception, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Other, Pregnancy
I frequently observe pre-pregnant, pregnant, and birthing women re-living their own journey into life – their experiences, memories, and imprints from their own conception to newborn period. Re-living and remembering our own early imprints can begin before we...
by Karen Melton | Dec 3, 2015 | Articles, Other
An activation is when a person, or situation, in the present triggers you into a memory from your past. This activation is happening at the instinctual reptilian brain level, and it is out of your conscious awareness. A smell, taste, touch, felt-sense, emotion,...
by Karen Melton | Dec 2, 2015 | Articles, Other
Much of the time we’re living our life through perceptions, early imprints, and beliefs laid down in the foundational period from preconception to infancy, and early childhood. Imprints are implicit memories that are non-verbal, somatic (physical, energetic,...
