I’ve been trying to make psychological sense of the different ways in which we have all been reacting and responding to the pandemic; I’ve found the BIS one extremely helpful concept to zoom out and reflect on what has been happening. If you’d also like some insight into our behaviour during the time of Covid-19 then read on.

Supportive relationships protect health, but some relationships have a more powerful effect on health than others. These are called our attachment relationships and we experience the first of these in our parents/caregivers, then our close peers, romantic partners, and significant mentors or health professionals.

I had the pleasure of putting together some words for the last Ancestral Health Society newsletter for 2019. Here are some thoughts from me on reviving after another full year - it’s not always what we do for ourselves that helps, sometimes it is what we do for others.

Attachment is the process of human emotional, relational, and brain development through which we learn how to relate to ourselves, others, and the world around us.