Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson How to Have Great Relationships: Attachment and the Self
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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