177: On Childhood Reactions

When you get triggered, there are only two options of responding: 1) With a childhood reaction, or 2) With an adult response. Many of us respond with childhood reactions because that is what we are most familiar with and have more experience responding in this way. Yet, childhood reactions typically do not help us, they do not help the other people involved, and they don't help resolve the situation. And yet, we often continue to express ourselves with childhood reactions nonetheless. Tune in to this week's episode to learn why we have childhood reactions and where you can wake up to them so you can consciously choose if and how you may want to respond alternatively.