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#62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Why Do We Have Affairs?

attachment theory says sex is not the most important motivation in human beings, and neither is aggression. People do not have affairs because of sexuality or sexual frustration. They have affairs because they are emotionally disconnected and alone. Can relationships heal from affairs? Yes, always. Or is no, not nothing is always in relationships. And so people turn to other people because they can't get their attachment es with their partner.

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