Dr. Aliza Pressman: Rewire the Childhood Habits Sabotaging Your Life and Business | Human Behavior | E397

Are your childhood habits sabotaging your leadership and business decisions? Through her work in developmental psychology, Dr. Aliza Pressman found that many adults unknowingly carry childhood attachment styles and emotional habits into their adult lives, shaping how they think, relate, and communicate. In this episode, Dr. Aliza breaks down her Five Rs framework and explains how understanding your childhood attachment style can transform your leadership, relationships, and personal development. In this episode, Hala and Dr. Aliza will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (03:04) How Childhood Shapes Adult Behavior (07:53) The Five Rs of Human Development (11:42) Rupture and Repair in Healthy Relationships (16:00) How Attachment Styles Shape Relationships (24:26) How Attachment Styles Manifest in Leadership (42:45) How Great Leaders Set Limits and Boundaries (47:03) Reflection and Self-Regulation Tools (53:50) Setting Healthy Rules and Routines (58:46) Final Takeaways for Entrepreneurs Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist, co-founder of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, and host of the award-winning podcast Raising Good Humans. She is also the bestselling author of The 5 Principles of Parenting, which translates decades of developmental science into a practical framework for raising emotionally resilient children, building stronger relationships, and helping leaders and entrepreneurs better understand human behavior.