Birth Psychology: Deep Healing is Possible

It can be difficult for some people to believe that how we experience our relationships begins as far back as when we were in our mother's womb, or our birth experience. The international Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology has been studying Prenatal Psychology and Birth Psychology for  more  than  50  years.  The APPPAH began in  1983  as  a  result of  Thomas R. Verny‘s  outstanding  book,  The Secret Life of the Unborn Child.  Dr. Verny  earned a doctorate in medicine, a specialty in psychology, as well as a distinguised teacher and author. 

Relationships  and  Intimacy

Actually our very first experience of intimacy was when we were inside our mother. Her body was our whole world, it was all we knew. It provided our nourishment, oxygen, everything. Whatever our mother ingested passed through her bloodstream, through the placenta and into us: food, even tobacco, alcohol and drugs.

The neurochemicals our mother's body created as expressions of emotions she experienced, like adrenalin, cortisol, endorphins, etc., also passed through to us. So we experienced what she was experiencing based on the neurochemicals flowing through us as they were flowing through her. I like then process to a sort of morse code communication to the fetus/us, teaching us how to live in this world once we were out.

We literally programmed from the womb how to live some of life's basic experiences: relationships to people, money, friends, even ourselves. So, what happened in our mother's relationships to others has a great deal to do with how we manage our relationships as adults. Especially our intimate relationships.

A few sessions with Life Coach Juliana Ericson in Nashville (or online) is sure to be an enlightening experience for those who believe there are keys to healing in their very early programming.