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Relationship Wires

A collection of 9 posts

Deepening Love with EBT
Relationship Wires

Deepening Love with EBT

Resolving conflicts is easier if we spiral up. After clearing the cortisol that makes us warlike and confused, we find that sweet spot of loving connection. We deepen the love.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Sexual Desire and BBH
Relationship Wires

Sexual Desire and BBH

What we most need is not sex per se, but to desire and to be desired. Desire is a brain thing, charged by the most important sexual organ of all – the emotional brain.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Intimacy: It's a Skill
Relationship Wires

Intimacy: It's a Skill

The emotional brain state controls our emotional connection, sexual pleasure and loving companionship. Learn the rules of the emotional brain. Brief groups for singles or couples. Email michael@ebt.org

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Emotions: From Gritty to Sweet
Laurel’s Life

Emotions: From Gritty to Sweet

What emotional flow comes with being a grandmother? I'm learning, but it's so multi-layered, so soft and dear, yet so gritty.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
What Toddlers Need Most
Emotional Brain

What Toddlers Need Most

As parents, we think about security for our children. What's the most powerful source of security? It's beautiful circuits that move them through stress to joy.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Poor Tammy - It's Cycle Time!
Laurel’s Life

Poor Tammy - It's Cycle Time!

The couple's tool to break through stress together comes in handy, however, the dog can't cope with emotions. Poor Tammy! Using the Cycle Time technique can bring rapid stress relief to all.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Joy After Trauma
Allostatic wires

Joy After Trauma

What a joyful world it would be if the BBH movement were successful and more people could heal trauma on the spot and turn stress into joy.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
Freedom from Grieving
Relationship Wires

Freedom from Grieving

Behind each moment of grieving is immense joy. Evolutionary biology delivers sadness to motivate us to cycle down and release that pain, clearing the hurt, and ensuring that we become wiser and stronger.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The Joy of Loving Conflict
Relationship Wires

The Joy of Loving Conflict

Loving conflict with another person can heal both people. Understand your relationship in terms of brain states so that you can set effective limits.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
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