I Love You Keep Going with George Haas When Love Feels Foreign: Repatterning the Body to Receive Care
Jan 22, 2026
A deep look at how early attachment shapes the body’s ability to receive care. Practical strategies for repatterning touch, pacing intimacy, and using slow, sustained contact to settle the nervous system. Discussion of how attachment styles influence closeness, creativity, and sexual expression. Suggestions for visualization work, trusted practice partners, and real-world ways to build secure connection.
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Early Caregiving Shapes Body Image
- Early caregiving shapes how we perceive bodies, beauty, and physical closeness from the start.
- Those reflected experiences form working models that guide adult intimacy and self-image.
Neglect Alters Touch And Intimacy
- Lack of early skin-to-skin contact profoundly alters adult tolerance for touch and closeness.
- Neglect in infancy often shows up later as difficulty integrating physical and sexual intimacy.
Use 20 Seconds To Help Bodies Settle
- Pace physical closeness slowly and allow the body time to settle during contact.
- Hold chest-to-chest or belly-to-belly contact for about 20–30 seconds to feel a calming shift.