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May 2022
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Jessica Morey - Healing Attachment

MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE
About this episode

In this episode, Wendy speaks with meditation teacher and co-founder of Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme), Jessica Morey. Jessica has been working with the contemplative path through the lens of attachment theory, and shares how she blends these approaches for healing. This conversation covers many topics, including:

  • her long roots in the contemplative path;
  • meditation retreats for teens through iBme;
  • the basics of attachment theory;
  • contemplative approaches to healing attachment wounds;
  • subtle body and trauma;
  • developing embodied safety;
  • grounding practices with the earth;
  • why it helps to examine your own lineage;
  • benefactor practices and imagining perfect parents;
  • links between Buddhism and attachment theory;
  • and the joys and opportunities of working with teens.

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