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.

I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really glad you're here.

Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.

In today's episode, we're talking all about the impact of stress on our relationships. I think this is an incredibly

pervasive and very important issue and topic to address because as much as we can try and figure out

what's going on in our relationships, what dynamics are there. Oftentimes we neglect to look at the role of

environmental factors, other stuff that's going on in life, all of the real world stuff that

oftentimes we can't control, but that has a very, very real and oftentimes negative impact on

our relationships and our ability to feel safe and connected and really at

peace and to access joy in our relationships, which for most of us is what we're looking for.

So in today's episode, I'm going to talk a little bit about how stress might impact your

relationship and some of the factors that are at play there, not only why stress might impact your relationship. And some of the factors that are at play there, not only why stress might exacerbate

existing dynamics around attachment and attachment styles, but also looking at the role

of the nervous system and how that interfaces with all of this stuff that we're going to

talk about, because as we'll get to

understanding your nervous system and how it plays such a huge role in managing stress and

mobilizing you in response to stress and influencing the way you perceive the world when you're

under stress. I think it's really important that you have

that knowledge and understanding as you try and not only manage your stress, but just to cultivate

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