I always ask clients detailed questions about their youngest years. We can inherit stress, poor self esteem, trauma and so much more in that duration. Children and babies are sponges: Between the ages of 0 – 6 are our programming years. It is when our brains are in their Delta and Theta brainwave frequency. These are the same states adults are in when meditating, daydreaming or under hypnosis.
At this age range children download massive amounts of information about the world and how it works and are incredibly open to suggestibility. These perceptions become the fundamental subconscious programs that shape the character of a person's life.
Children will begin to have made decisions at a sub-conscious level, about how they ‘should’ and ‘shouldn't ’ be or do in order to be seen as OK, and to feel secure within family, life and themselves.
As an adult these 'shoulds' later transform into our scripts and beliefs of how our lives 'should' and 'shouldn't' be: who we should pick as a partner or friends, what our goals and accomplishments may be etc. The role parents and adults play in these poignant years of children is crucial and many are unaware of what an impact they can have. So, be mindful around little ones, as they are picking up more than we realise.