Franz Renggli presents the current findings of prenatal psychology and psychotherapy in a language that is easy to understand, illustrating how deeply and how early all our experiences, perceptions, and behaviors are shaped. He describes how these earliest experiences from pregnancy, birth, and infancy are stored in our bodies and how these first experiences in the womb influence how we perceive, behave, and make decisions as adults. Through striking case studies from his many years of therapeutic work, Renggli demonstrates that all our intense emotions, fears, and crises, as well as our strong bodily sensations, pains, and illnesses, are determined by our experiences in the very first stages of life. These traumas and injuries are cognitive.