Why Prioritizing Motherhood in th...

Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

Mommy Heal Thyself by Dr Michelle Gamble
S2 · E8
Jan 22, 2024
35:30

Episode notes

In this episode, I introduce you to ERICA KOMISAR, LCSW.

Erica is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert who has been in private practice in New York City for over 30 years. A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society,

Ms. Komisar is a psychological consultant bringing parenting workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings. She is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Daily News. She is also a Contributing Editor to The Institute for Family Studies and appears regularly on Fox and Friends and Fox 5 News.

Erica is the author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.

Today she speaks about:

Motherhood and its importance in early childhood. (0:09)

Mothering and child development. (2:42)

The importance of early mother-child bonding and repairing brain development. (11:10)

Parenting and emotional regulation. (16:23)

Attachment disorders and breastfeeding. (23:13)

Motherhood, bonding, and childcare. (32:28)

Join me for this episode of Mommy Heal Thyself to learn the importance of prioritizing motherhood..