Childhood, Adulthood, and Your Orientation Towards Life - Taken From Honestly Better Mental Fitness Session 4

What role do your family relationships play when it comes to how you see and interact with the world as an adult? And how should you approach them to better understand yourself and grow as a person?

In this episode, coach Travis Ramsey talks about the impact that family relationships have on how you go through life – from understanding the impact of your childhood and the different brain states, all the way to communication patterns, and what happens when your core needs aren’t met.

Listen to learn why you should leave space for yourself and how navigating your past will improve your present and future.

• According to Travis, by default, children tend to have an "It's my fault" attitude toward life.
• As adults, Travis says, we often see ourselves as fundamentally shy, bad-tempered, anxious, and low-energy but, actually, we're that way because of the environment we grew up in.
• Learning a new language is an example that illustrates the different approach between children – who are sponges who absorb everything – and adults, who tend to overthink and overanalyze everything (having a harder time learning a language).
• For Travis, some people often have the following orientation towards life: they go through it looking at the things that they don't have...
• When something goes wrong, like when someone yells at us, we tend to start asking ourselves "What did I do?" instead of considering "What has happened with that person that has led them to raise their voice?"

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