EP 53: How Your Attachment Style Impacts Your Relationships: Part I

Single or attached, long-time married or newly dating, you definitely want to know what attachment theory is all about. Our style of attachment affects everything from our partner selection to how well our relationships progress to, sadly, how they end. That is why recognizing our attachment pattern can help us understand our strengths and vulnerabilities in a relationship.  We give you all the deets in not one but two episodes so stay tuned for part two.  

Episode Details: 

• What is an attachment style and why does it matter? 
• The research behind attachment theory:
• • John Bowlby's Theory of Attachment
  • Strange Situation Experiment by Mary Ainsworth
• Overview of attachment styles; anxious, avoidant, secure 
• The anxious style in-depth: activating strategies and how to better help yourself in relationships. 
• Why anxious and avoidant styles are trouble.

Resources:

Books: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love by Amir Levine

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