A lot of children grow up in households that really don't teach them that it's ok to have the bad wolf. You know, there are a lot of families that discourage positive feelings and have low tolerance for negative feelings. And i call that childhood emotional neglect. It's basically just if your parents don't respond enough to your feelings as they rase you. But when we don't pay attention and we try not to have feelings, or we feel ashamed of our feelings, that can interfere with your adult life.
Jonice Webb is the pioneer of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN)™ awareness. She is a licensed psychologist and has enriched and kindled the discussion of this overlooked and under addressed topic by writing the first self-help book dedicated to CEN recovery titled “Running on Empty: Overcoming Your Childhood Emotional Neglect”
In this episode, Eric and Jonice discuss Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), how it affects us as adults, and how to heal ourselves.
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Jonice Webb and I Discuss Childhood Emotional Neglect and…
- Her book, “Running on Empty: Overcoming Your Childhood Emotional Neglect”
- Defining and understanding what Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN)
- How it’s not your fault, but it is your responsibility to find healing
- The subtle layers of emotional neglect from childhood that we may not remember
- CEN isn’t about what parents did, but rather what they didn’t do
- Symptoms and signs of CEN include discomfort and confusion with feelings and emotions
- Her work is trying to get people to reconnect with their feelings
- I.A.A.A. – Identify, Accept, Attribute, Act are the steps to process or deal with a feeling
- How writing can be a powerful coping technique when processing emotions
- Vertical and horizontal questioning
- The first step to healing is owning and understanding emotional neglect
- The Emotional Neglect Questionnaire
- Learning to change your relationship with your emotions
- Applying your newfound skills in your relationships
- The difference between minimizing and managing your feelings
- The importance of positive self-talk
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