Academic Defence: The Conceptual Foundations of the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Much of human development has been understood through models that focus either on the individual or on the environment. Some emphasise internal processes — cognition, emotion, and regulation. Others emphasise external conditions — attachment, caregiving, and context. Both perspectives offer important insights. Yet neither […]
Author Archives: Janaina Mahe
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New readers may wish to begin with: Why the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Matters Previous: Series 02 — Innate Entitlement™: The Emergence of Biological Expectancy For deeper conceptual positioning, see: Academic Defence — The Conceptual Foundations of the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Receiving begins the developmental process. Innate Entitlement™ emerges as biological expectancy. And when that […]
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New readers may wish to begin with: Why the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Matters Previous: Series 01 — Receiving: The Beginning of Human Development For deeper conceptual positioning, see: Academic Defence — The Conceptual Foundations of the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Receiving does not stand alone. When life is sufficiently received, something begins to organise. Not […]
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Series 01 — Receiving: The Beginning of Human Development New readers may wish to begin with: Why the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Matters For deeper conceptual positioning, see: Academic Defence — The Conceptual Foundations of the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Human development begins before thought. Before identity. Before any conscious sense of self. It begins in […]
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We often think of life as something we have to learn, manage, or figure out. But what if the most important part of being alive happened before we knew anything at all? What if our relationship with life didn’t begin with effort — but with receiving? You didn’t learn to be alive. You […]
Conceptual Review Series, The Framework (IEF™)
Polyvagal Theory and Emotional Regulation: A Relational View
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Why do we feel calm with some people, and unsettled with others—sometimes without knowing why? Polyvagal Theory helps us understand this. Much of this has been explained through the work of Stephen Porges, who showed how our nervous system is constantly responding to cues of safety and threat in the world around us. But what […]
Conceptual Review Series, The Framework (IEF™)
Attachment Theory and the Innate Entitlement Framework™: Where They Meet and Where They Differ
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Why do we relate the way we do in relationships? Attachment theory tells us that our early relationships shape how we connect, trust, and respond to others. Most people can recognise themselves somewhere in those patterns. But what if those patterns don’t begin where we think they do? What if they begin even earlier—before […]
Conceptual Review Series, The Framework (IEF™)
Are Humans Inherently Good? A Relational Perspective Beyond Carl Rogers
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For decades, psychology has suggested that we are born with a drive toward growth and fulfilment. But what if human development is not based on morality at all, but on our relationship with life itself? A Fundamental Difference in Perspective Much of modern psychology has been shaped by the work of Carl Rogers, […]
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Before we learn how to speak, before we understand who we are, something profound has already happened. We have been given life. Not earned. Not chosen. Not negotiated. Received. And this matters more than we often realise. Because receiving is not passive. The body does not simply take in life and remain unchanged. It responds. […]
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Human beings are often taught to adapt to life, manage it, or survive it—but rarely to understand their relationship with it. The Innate Entitlement Framework™ proposes that psychological wellbeing emerges from the organism’s capacity to remain in regulated participation with life itself, rather than becoming organised around survival. By integrating biology, neuroscience, and relational development, […]