Summary of Jonice Webb's Running on Empty No More

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#1 You may have experienced Emotional Neglect as a child if you checked any of the following boxes: you feel like you don’t belong when with your family or friends, you pride yourself on not relying on others, you have trouble asking for help, you have friends or family who complain that you are aloof or distant, or you feel you haven’t met your potential in life.

#2 The term good enough mother was coined by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott to describe a mother who meets her child’s needs in this way. parenting that is good enough takes many forms, but all of them recognize the child’s emotional or physical need in any given moment.

#3 Emotionally neglectful parents are those who fail their child in a critical way in a moment of crisis, causing the child a wound that may never be repaired. They are also chronically tone-deaf to some aspect of a child’s need throughout his or her childhood development.

#4 The importance of emotion in healthy parenting is best understood through attachment theory. Attachment theory describes how our emotional needs for safety and connection are met by our parents from infancy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669394457

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

You may have experienced Emotional Neglect as a child if you checked any of the following boxes: you feel like you don’t belong when with your family or friends, you pride yourself on not relying on others, you have trouble asking for help, you have friends or family who complain that you are aloof or distant, or you feel you haven’t met your potential in life.

#2

The term good enough mother was coined by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott to describe a mother who meets her child’s needs in this way. parenting that is good enough takes many forms, but all of them recognize the child’s emotional or physical need in any given moment.

#3

Emotionally neglectful parents are those who fail their child in a critical way in a moment of crisis, causing the child a wound that may never be repaired. They are also chronically tone-deaf to some aspect of a child’s need throughout his or her childhood development.

#4

The importance of emotion in healthy parenting is best understood through attachment theory. Attachment theory describes how our emotional needs for safety and connection are met by our parents from infancy.

#5

Zeke’s mother needed to feel a connection with her son, pay attention to him, and respond competently to his needs in order to help him with his problem.

#6

The mother in the above conversation with her son, Zeke, was emotionally attuned to him by asking him to tell her what happened before she reacted. She listened