Articles by Eric Bowers
A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees
Eric Bowers · One of the most important things you can do to live a meaningful and rewarding life filled with vitality is to reclaim your emotions. When you reclaim your emotions you rescue yourself from the numb and deadening state of “fine” and...
Increasing Our Capacity to Feel Is Essential to Living Our Best Life and Connecting with Our Kids. Here's How.
Eric Bowers · Two of the most supportive things parents can do for their children are healing their own attachment trauma (thereby further developing their own neural pathways for emotional regulation and secure attachment) and reclaiming disowned parts.
What Is The Cost For Those of Us Not Born into Community?
Eric Bowers · Imagine you are born into a small community in which everyone knows each other. Your parents are valued in the community and are well supported. As a baby and young child, you are often held, carried, or wrapped against your mother or...
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
Eric Bowers · When most people think of romance, they think of flowers and chocolate, candlelight dinners and sunset walks, dancing, poetry, and diamond rings. These types of romance happen most consistently during the falling-in-love phase of a...
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
Eric Bowers · This is the introduction to Eric Bower's book, Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places. To build successful relationships, it is essential to address the pain and emotional wounds that you carry from past relationships, particularly from your...