Dr. Aliza Pressman: Rewire the Childhood Habits Sabotaging Your Life and Business | Human Behavior | E397

About this episode

Dr. Aliza Pressman discusses how childhood habits affect adult behavior and leadership decisions.

Are your childhood habits sabotaging your leadership and business decisions? Through her work in developmental psychology, Dr. Aliza Pressman found that many adults unknowingly carry childhood attachment styles and emotional habits into their adult lives, shaping how they think, relate, and communicate. In this episode, Dr. Aliza breaks down her Five Rs framework and explains how understanding your childhood attachment style can transform your leadership, relationships, and personal development. In this episode, Hala and Dr. Aliza will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (03:04) How Childhood Shapes Adult Behavior (07:53) The Five Rs of Human Development (11:42) Rupture and Repair in Healthy Relationships (16:00) How Attachment Styles Shape Relationships (24:26) How Attachment Styles Manifest in Leadership (42:45) How Great Leaders Set Limits and Boundaries (47:03) Reflection and Self-Regulation Tools (53:50) Setting Healthy Rules and Routines (58:46) Final Takeaways for Entrepreneurs Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist, co-founder of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, and host of the award-winning podcast Raising Good Humans. She is also the bestselling author of The 5…

People in this episode

Host: Hala Taha

Guest: Dr. Aliza Pressman

Topics covered

• childhood habits
• leadership
• attachment styles
• personal development
• human behavior

Keywords

• childhood attachment
• Five Rs framework
• emotional habits
• leadership styles
• self-regulation

Sponsors

Huel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mount Sinai Parenting Center

Products: Huel

Books & works: Raising Good Humans, The 5 Principles of Parenting

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