We all want great relationships – ones that are fulfilling, loving, stable, and fun. This is the first of two episodes focused on becoming a ‘great relater.’ Today Forrest and I focus on understanding our individual attachment style, and how we can work through our personal material.
The Strong Heart Relationship Program:
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Key Topics:
- 0:25: Staying content while striving for achievement.
- 4:00: Information on the relationship workshop.
- 6:20: Who helps you feel enlarged?
- 7:55: Rick makes fun of Forrest… and managing different levels of standard.
- 9:00: Building a good relator.
- 10:15: Attachment theory
- 17:00: Getting less attached to our attachment style.
- 19:15: Insecure attachment styles.
- 23:00: What issues does anxious attachment create?
- 26:00: A relationship between anxious and avoidant.
- 29:00: Skills for relating with an anxious person.
- 32:00: Finding optimal distance.
- 35:30: Working through a dreaded experience.
- 39:30: Exposure and blame.
