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Therapist Uncensored Podcast

TU95: Oxytocin & Dogs (& Pets in General) as Attachment Figures

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Education, Self-improvement, Relationships

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Want a totally free, no-hangover naturally produced cuddle-drug?  Oxytocin provides a boost of the best bonding drug possible and is the natural love drug our bodies make at key relational moments such as child-birth, nursing, orgasm and falling in love.  In this episode we discuss how to create this moral molecule without even needing complicated human relationships by connecting mutually to our companion pets.  What's not to love about that?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody.

0:03.6

Hey everybody. Hey everybody.

0:04.4

Welcome to Therapist Unsensert.

0:06.2

This is a podcast that breaks down interpersonal science

0:09.1

into practical and understandable tidbits.

0:11.8

And as you listen, I can just imagine little light bulbs of insight appearing

0:16.9

above your head. You're going to be surprised and touched at what you learn

0:20.7

about yourself as you get more accurate and in-depth view of your mind and your heart,

0:25.0

and as you figure out those close to you. Therapist Unsensored brings you decades of experience with interpersonal psychotherapy,

0:38.2

relational neuroscience, modern attachment, and anything else they think will be helpful

0:42.0

in healing humans.

0:43.4

Now hear your co-host, Dr. Ann Kelly, and Sue Marriott.

0:47.0

Hey everybody, this is a very special episode to Sue and I. We want to grow, build, develop

0:57.9

security in your bodies and our bodies. And we do that through bonding, we do that through connection.

1:04.4

You hear that if you're a long-time listener, you know that that's our mojo.

1:08.8

And today we're going to be talking about ways we can do that in a very active way and you can

1:17.4

create a bonding experience and the neuropeptides that it induces in your body in your very own home, right too?

1:26.6

That's right.

1:27.6

It makes me think of that book that you want to write called How to Be Your

1:30.4

own Drug Dealer.

1:31.4

Basically, it's consciously manipulating

1:33.7

oxytocin which is our favorite neuropeptide through the use of beloved pets.

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