What was happening inside me at five years old? My parents didn’t know about the superego, or how fear, anger, and shame were already shaping my inner world. They couldn’t see the lasting impact this would have on my developing sense of self. The Enneagram World of the Child: Nurturing Resiliency and Self-Compassion in Early … Read more
What Newborn Brains Teach Us About Parenting Science is catching up with what parents have always known: babies are born ready for love. A recent study in Nature Communications examined the “social perception pathway” in newborn brains—a circuit responsible for recognizing faces, following gaze, and attuning to voices. What researchers found is striking: this pathway … Read more