Episode Highlights With Adam
- His own story of attachment issues as a child and how he got into this work as an adult
- What is attachment theory and how attachment styles impact relationships
- How attachment styles can shift throughout life and in different phases of life
- Why having kids can change the attachment styles of the parents
- Anxious attachment can sometimes stem from not getting enough oxytocin in childhood and how this can lead to seeking partners who are avoidant in relationships
- Steps to shifting from anxious or avoidant attachment patterns to healthier patterns
- How parents can help create strong attachment styles in their children
- The importance of context in understanding attachment styles
- Curiosity not judgment in relationships
- How to build a self-correcting family system to benefit your kids
- Ways to help your kids communicate with you with non-judgment and curiosity
- Men adapt to problems and change for circumstances, not for relationships
- Women constantly adapt and iterate within relationships
- Why men are more stressed and depressed in today’s world and some factors that can help
- Men only change for circumstances and why this is important to understand in relationships
- Three pieces of life advice: 65% of adults have an attachment issue, attachment issues bring the most relationship issues, you can absolutely change it and you just have to understand the steps
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