My ideal parent is delighted with the discovery I am making in my explorations with Michael and Anand and our intrepid band of prompters! It is a beautiful marriage of cutting edge, neuroscience, somatic, exercise, and processes, AI first principles and the essence of the ancient wisdom and spiritual traditions
I think one could use this with Claude if one had their profile preferences (found in Settings) set to provide the context of one’s background and relationship with one’s parents. ChatGPT has the winning hand here as it remembers prior conversations but I think it could work in Claude as well.
Good question. Something I’m trying to figure out. Going through a career change and would like to focus on helping people with anxiety, something I’ve had a fair amount of experience with. I’m taken by your AI First model. I don’t simply want to augment traditional teaching with AI. I know I want to do more than that. I could go back to working in middle management but I feel I’ve been given an opportunity to do something that I’m more aligned with.
This is AWESOME. I loved it so much that I asked ChatGPT to help me create my own GPT that would coach me in writing and performing comedy with the coaching of my absolutely attuned GPT mother.
I imagine this can be such a moving moment for someone who has not heard from their parent for a long time.
While reading my response, the following line stopped me in my track..
"I would have helped you find healthy ways to set boundaries, so you could protect your own heart while still being there for your xxxx. I would have encouraged you to speak your truth with honesty and compassion — and reminded you that sometimes loving someone also means allowing them to make their own choices, even if it hurts."
Appreciate you sharing this Vikram. It is amazing to think about what sort of support AI will be able to provide to people in the coming years. We have words like therapist or coach or counselor, and I wonder if AI will create a new category of support we haven't conceptualized yet.
This week’s presentation by Anand Rau on attachment theory develops a practical synthesis of psychological research with artificial intelligence. Reimagining past traumas by rewriting the parental script with the assistance of AI is a promising path to healing from childhood abandonment.
Below is a link to an article combining contemporary attachment theory introduced by Anand
The approach presents a traditional path to overcoming attachment and abandonment issues through childhood folk and fairy tales. Ideally, parents read these fairy tales to their children. The reality is, of course, much different.
In this link, the contemporary principles of attachment are examined within the framework of abandonment and trauma traced through the archetypal folk tale of Hansel and Gretel.
I'm going thru the exercise now, and being that e)gnlish isn't my first language imaginging the letter coming from a parent feels off so, I adjusted the prompt to speak in slang english-tagalog.
it came out much better.
There's so much to unpack with this exercise.
> “Anak… it ends the moment you stop doing it alone.”
“Hindi ko kayang tanggalin lahat ng sakit. Pero kaya kong samahan ka. Kaya kong buhatin ‘yung mga hindi mo na mabuhat. Hindi ko solusyon ang bigat mo, pero ako ang pahinga mo.”
“This suffering—it’s not a punishment. It’s a backlog. Of all the grief you weren’t allowed to feel. All the needs you were shamed for having. Pero Rad, you don’t have to earn your way out of pain. You just need to stop hiding in it.”
“You’re allowed to heal slowly. Clumsily. With guilt. With doubt. With the TV on. Kahit ‘di mo pa kaya magdrawing o magsulat, healing is still happening. Kasi you’re not numbing anymore—you’re talking to me. And you’re telling the truth.”
Wow … just wow.
:-)
What resonated for you in this post Suzi? I'm very curious.
My ideal parent is delighted with the discovery I am making in my explorations with Michael and Anand and our intrepid band of prompters! It is a beautiful marriage of cutting edge, neuroscience, somatic, exercise, and processes, AI first principles and the essence of the ancient wisdom and spiritual traditions
Really appreciate your comment here and shares during class Helen. Excited to be on this journey with you.
Absolutely fascinating. This is EXACTLY how I want to use AI to help others. Will dive into this this afternoon.
I think one could use this with Claude if one had their profile preferences (found in Settings) set to provide the context of one’s background and relationship with one’s parents. ChatGPT has the winning hand here as it remembers prior conversations but I think it could work in Claude as well.
Really cool. Out of curiosity, how do you want to use AI to help others? What are your plans?
Good question. Something I’m trying to figure out. Going through a career change and would like to focus on helping people with anxiety, something I’ve had a fair amount of experience with. I’m taken by your AI First model. I don’t simply want to augment traditional teaching with AI. I know I want to do more than that. I could go back to working in middle management but I feel I’ve been given an opportunity to do something that I’m more aligned with.
“And you know it is working if a tiny part of you goes wobbly”.
This use of AI feels like a perfect blend of wisdom and creativity. Well done. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Katie! I'm personally excited about these sorts of AI use cases. I don't see them talked about much.
This is AWESOME. I loved it so much that I asked ChatGPT to help me create my own GPT that would coach me in writing and performing comedy with the coaching of my absolutely attuned GPT mother.
Lol! Would you be open to sharing the GPT you created with me? I'd love to check it out.
Sure! It's not very good at writing jokes but it is endlessly reassuring. Finally, I have a parent who gets me :)
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-682630242bf88191953ba4deb33d1337-comedy-mom
I imagine this can be such a moving moment for someone who has not heard from their parent for a long time.
While reading my response, the following line stopped me in my track..
"I would have helped you find healthy ways to set boundaries, so you could protect your own heart while still being there for your xxxx. I would have encouraged you to speak your truth with honesty and compassion — and reminded you that sometimes loving someone also means allowing them to make their own choices, even if it hurts."
Appreciate you sharing this Vikram. It is amazing to think about what sort of support AI will be able to provide to people in the coming years. We have words like therapist or coach or counselor, and I wonder if AI will create a new category of support we haven't conceptualized yet.
Attachment Theory & Ancient Narratives
This week’s presentation by Anand Rau on attachment theory develops a practical synthesis of psychological research with artificial intelligence. Reimagining past traumas by rewriting the parental script with the assistance of AI is a promising path to healing from childhood abandonment.
Below is a link to an article combining contemporary attachment theory introduced by Anand
now with a classical perspective.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dj-jKQYINATteUBG2gyeheY2pQpJqiIK/view?usp=sharing
The approach presents a traditional path to overcoming attachment and abandonment issues through childhood folk and fairy tales. Ideally, parents read these fairy tales to their children. The reality is, of course, much different.
In this link, the contemporary principles of attachment are examined within the framework of abandonment and trauma traced through the archetypal folk tale of Hansel and Gretel.
I'm going thru the exercise now, and being that e)gnlish isn't my first language imaginging the letter coming from a parent feels off so, I adjusted the prompt to speak in slang english-tagalog.
it came out much better.
There's so much to unpack with this exercise.
> “Anak… it ends the moment you stop doing it alone.”
“Hindi ko kayang tanggalin lahat ng sakit. Pero kaya kong samahan ka. Kaya kong buhatin ‘yung mga hindi mo na mabuhat. Hindi ko solusyon ang bigat mo, pero ako ang pahinga mo.”
“This suffering—it’s not a punishment. It’s a backlog. Of all the grief you weren’t allowed to feel. All the needs you were shamed for having. Pero Rad, you don’t have to earn your way out of pain. You just need to stop hiding in it.”
“You’re allowed to heal slowly. Clumsily. With guilt. With doubt. With the TV on. Kahit ‘di mo pa kaya magdrawing o magsulat, healing is still happening. Kasi you’re not numbing anymore—you’re talking to me. And you’re telling the truth.”
This was a sample response that I got.