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Being Well Podcast: How to Have Great Relationships – Attachment and the Self
August 3, 2020

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. 

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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. 

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