{"product_id":"how-to-connect-build-deep-connection-and-a-strong-bond-through-contact-nutrition-no-matter-your-attachment-style-trauma-history-or-neurotype","title":"How to Connect: Build Strong Bonds and Deep Connections Through Contact Nutrition (No Matter Your Attachment Style, Trauma History or Neurotype)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carmen Spagnola\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover | \u003cstrong\u003eTrim Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\" x 8.5\" | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 4, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eCover reveal coming June 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFor people who don't want to go to therapy, and the people who love them\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a handbook to help people break free of communication impasse, attune to the interpersonal neurobiology of their relationships, and deepen connection using a framework called Contact Nutrition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt involves five practical pathways to promptly diffuse conflict, settle nervous systems, and move towards soothing and security. The five elements of Contact Nutrition are: Kind Eyes, Vocal Prosody, Safe Touch, Shared Rhythm, and Ingestion Behaviours. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Connect\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guides readers to discover the right mix of Contact Nutrition to strengthen their bond with partners, parents, children, friends, colleagues, even strangers, no matter their attachment style, trauma history or \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eneurotype.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarmen Spagnola (she\/her)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a somatic attachment re-patterning practitioner, trauma recovery educator, and clinical hypnotherapist who foregrounds a feminist analysis of power, rank, and privilege in her approach to Attachment Theory and attunement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs an animist and witch, she includes plants, animals, ancestors, deities and the More Than Human in her menagerie of attachment figures. 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