March 13, 2025

How Childhood Trauma Can Ruin Your Relationships | ft Dr. Jessica McGuire HTS w/ DrG #363

Your nervous system plays a powerful role in your relationships, attachment patterns, and emotional health. In this episode, Dr. G sits down with Dr. Jessica McGuire to explore childhood attachment, generational trauma, and how to build healthier connections by understanding your body's signals.

#wellness #podcast #childhood

 

Dr. Jessica McGuire

IG: @ repairing_the_nervous_system

 

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Timestamps:

 

00:01:54 - Attachment Patterns and Nervous System States

 

00:05:45 - Abandoning Yourself in Relationships

 

00:06:04 - The Role of Safety and Attachment in Childhood

 

00:09:17 - Interoception and Its Importance

 

00:11:30 - Impact of Narcissistic Parents on Children's Nervous Systems

 

00:13:01 - Developing Awareness of Your Nervous System

 

00:14:42 - Generational Trauma and Over-Coddling Children

 

00:18:02 - The Importance of Allowing Children to Feel Sadness

 

00:21:06 - Balancing Children's Emotions with Parental Mental Health

 

00:24:03 - Good Enough Parenting and Repairing Ruptures

 

00:26:39 - Making Children Feel Secure and Connected

 

00:31:31 - Misbehavior as a Bid for Connection

 

00:33:39 - Parenting and Accountability

 

00:34:18 - The Newborn's Nervous System and the Mother's Role

 

00:45:26 - The Impact of Home Environment on the Nervous System

 

00:48:21 - Understanding the Vagus Nerve

 

00:57:23 - The Nervous System of a Narcissistic Parent

 

01:06:15 - External Factors That Deregulate Us

 

01:08:29 - The Sophisticated Intelligence of the Nervous System

 

01:11:21 - Conclusion and Gratitude

 

 

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