Attachment and Affect, Part 1
About this episode
The episode explores the connection between early caregiving and emotional regulation through attachment patterns.
Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder why a delayed text can feel like an earthquake while a real setback barely registers—or the reverse? We dig into the engine room of emotion, starting with nine core human affects that wire motivation, meaning, and action before thoughts arrive. From there, we map how early caregiving teaches our brains to manage intensity—turning feelings up or down, showing them or tucking them away—and how those lessons become lifelong attachment patterns. We draw a crisp line ...
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Host: Dr. Scott Conkright
Topics covered
- attachment theory
- human affects
- emotional regulation
- caregiving
- lifelong patterns
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