128 – Pandemic and crucial testing, cultivating love and attachment ABCs

More about the pandemic in this shorter show, including the necessity of thorough coronavirus testing that can allow most people to resume their normal lives. Wearing masks is an important part of the prevention process, as the Asians have been demonstrating (as well as the Americans during the 1918 influenza pandemic). The questions about feeling loved and being loved in your family system relate to the development of secure attachment, so we cover highlights of a germane chapter of Parenting from the Inside Out. The ABC’s of attachment (attunement, balance, coherence) are explored. some informative coronavirus/covid19 articles:Silent Coronavirus Spreaders Could Unleash Second Wave of Disaster by Olivia Messerhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-silent-spreaders-poised-to-unleash-second-wave-of-disasterHere’s How Coronavirus Tests Work—and Who Offers Them by Jim Daleyhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-coronavirus-tests-work-and-who-offers-them/It’s Time to Face Facts, America: Masks Work by Ferris Jabrhttps://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-face-facts-america-masks-work/ Covid 19 Situational Assessment, Risk Landscape & Possible Solutions, Daniel Schmachtenbergerhttps://youtu.be/aX5n0DYXnUQ?t=3711 Two books by Nathaniel Branden containing the important questions about childhoodhttps://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Self-Self-Esteem-Personal-Tranformation/dp/0553268147https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Nathaniel-Branden/dp/0553265881 Question #8. Did you feel loved and valued by your parents, in the sense that you experienced yourself as a source of pleasure to them? Or did you feel unwanted, perhaps a burden? Or did you feel hated? Or did you feel you were simply an object of indifference? Parenting from the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.https://www.drdansiegel.com/books/parenting_from_the_inside_out/ bumper musicKosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)http://www.kosheen.com