Prenatal Memory
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009When unwanted pregnancy causes maternal depression during the prenatal period, the child can perpetuate the mother’s feelings as chronic depression later on.
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Suicidal Self Rejection from Feeling Unwanted at Birth
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Clea, a young woman who was the second-born of twins, recalled her father’s disappointment because she wasn’t a boy like the first twin. Clea had also taken on her mother’s anxiety about displeasing her father. Clea’s adult feelings of worthlessness and self-rejection associated with being female as well as her compulsive need to please men […]
The Impact of Mother’s Feelings while Giving Birth
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009If the mother is emotionally upset during birth, the infant can be deeply affected even if the physical process of birth is natural and uncomplicated. Jack, a young man who volunteered for a demonstration session during a workshop, held his face and body habitually rigid and tense. In the first part of the session, Jack […]
How Birth Experiences Mold Personality Traits
Friday, September 25th, 2009The passage down the birth canal can sometimes be smooth and easy, but all too frequently it is a life and death struggle for survival. The details of this ordeal affect future personality and relationship patterns in specific ways. For instance, forceps extraction activates control issues and resentment at being dominated by others, while Caesarean […]
Feelings of Rejection from the Prenatal Period
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Melissa had been feeling rejected, resentful and guilty all her life in relation to her mother. She also complained of chronic pain in her lower back. When we focused on the prenatal period, she recalled her mother having the same back pain in the fourth month of the pregnancy. At that time her mother was […]
Prenatal Memory
Friday, September 11th, 2009From conception onward, the embryo/fetus seems to absorb detailed information from its mother, including thoughts, spoken words, physical sensations, and emotions. Attitudes and feelings of others close to the mother may also be picked up and may make a negative impact, for instance, during verbal or physical conflicts or sexual intercourse. Intoxication with alcohol, marijuana […]
Impact of Parental Attitudes at Conception on Our Feelings about Sex
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Karmic Therapy focused on conception is often the quickest and easiest way to deal with sexual dysfunction and other difficulties with intimacy. Among the many hundreds of patients I have seen over three decades, I can’t recall a single instance where the patient could not recall anything about conception.
Rhonda, a woman in her late twenties, […]
Remembering Your Conception
Monday, September 7th, 2009Unexpected as it may seem, clear and detailed memories of conception come easily to Karmic Therapy patients, usually from a vantage point hovering above the parents during sexual intercourse. During recall of conception, there is access to the physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts (conscious and unconscious) of both parents. Like birth, conception is a major […]
Ultimate Responsibility is Ours
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Things happen to us in our lives not only for our own benefit but also because we originally planned it that way. It was part of our lifeplan for things to go in this direction before we were even conceived. If this is true, we must take full responsibility for everything that occurs. Every event, whether pleasant or unpleasant, can be regarded as an […]
Prenatal Patterning
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Life lessons are apparently determined in advance of birth, so that each lifetime becomes a custom-designed course of study addressing a unique set of karmic patterns. These patterns dictate the circumstances into which we are born. We become intimately aware of these circumstances and the concerns of our parents […]
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