#101: Navigating Long-Distance Relationships: Tips & Pitfalls
On Attachment
Stephanie Rigg
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, we’re exploring long-distance relationships. Despite the old adage of “absence makes the heart grow fonder”, many people tend to really struggle with long-distance relationship structures.
We’ll cover:
- Why it’s normal and natural to struggle with long-distance
- How attachment dynamics can exacerbate long-distance challenges
- Tips for maintaining connection while apart
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome insecurity and build healthy, thriving relationships. |
| 0:19.7 | I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg, |
| 0:22.8 | and I'm really glad you're here. Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment. |
| 0:28.6 | In today's episode, we are talking all about navigating long distance relationship. So how we can |
| 0:36.5 | best approach a long distance relationship, whether it's for a |
| 0:41.6 | period of time or whether it's a longer term arrangement and unpacking some of the ways that |
| 0:49.3 | you might alleviate the challenges of that dynamic and also talking about how certain attachment patterns |
| 0:56.2 | might play out in a long distance set up. So this is far from a comprehensive deep dive into |
| 1:04.1 | what is a very big topic with a lot of nuance and obviously the long distance thing. |
| 1:10.2 | You know, there's such a spectrum of ways that |
| 1:13.0 | that could look and different circumstances and, you know, different people with different |
| 1:18.3 | dynamics and different challenges in their own relationship. So I think long distance can |
| 1:22.8 | magnify some of the things that might already be present and may exacerbate some of the challenges that |
| 1:29.1 | a relationship is already experiencing. So take what I'm going to share today as a very general |
| 1:37.0 | overview. I am going to see if I can get a friend of mine who is an expert in this. She's another |
| 1:43.7 | relationship coach and she did long distance herself for a who is an expert in this. She's another relationship coach and she |
| 1:45.0 | did long distance herself for a long time and teachers on this. So I might see if I can get her |
| 1:50.1 | as a guest on the podcast to go into this in a little more depth and detail. But I'm hoping that |
| 1:55.5 | for today we'll be able to cover why long distance can feel challenging and why it makes total sense |
| 2:02.3 | that long distance would feel really challenging. And some of the things that you can think |
| 2:07.5 | about doing, if that's a situation that you're in, to alleviate some of those stresses. |
| 2:12.9 | Before we dive into that, a couple of quick announcements. Next week, I am running a live masterclass on building |
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