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I do not think it is possible to overestimate the significance of the fact that emotions are experienced before thought – particularly in regard to emotional imprinting and development.  As infants, every first experience we have is an emotional one.  While there is a cognitive response that accompanies each of those experiences emotional imprinting leads the [...]

November 23rd, 2009 | Category: theory | Leave a comment

emotional imprinting

We live in a culture that values feeling:

How do you feel?
Do what feels right.
What do you feel like doing?
How do you feel about the heavy use of pastels in the baby’s room?
What’s your feeling about the game tonight?
If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.
Have you experienced any loss [...]

November 11th, 2009 | Category: anecdote | Leave a comment

to begin with...

The purpose of this site is to serve as sort of a “watering hole” for ideas I’ve been putting together about emotional development, specifically in terms of object relations, NLP, and attachment theory. I must first, however, make a few disclaimers right up front:

I am synthesizing, twisting, and boiling down a multitude of theoretical orientations [...]

November 6th, 2009 | Category: theory | 2 comments