Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

How to Have Great Relationships: Attachment and the Self

Aug 3, 2020

51:21

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 Dr. Hanson and Forrest 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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