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.

Today's episode is a really special one because it is the first guest interview that I have done

in a really long time, well over a year since before I had my baby.

And I'm so excited to introduce my guest for today's episode, Lail Stone.

For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, Lail is an educator, speaker and author,

and her work focuses on helping parents and families build relationships

led by curiosity, compassion, connection, and deep emotional awareness. In our conversation today,

we explore the themes of Lale's new book, Own Your Story, and specifically look at how our early

imprints, especially those shaped by our family systems,

influence the way that we move through the world. We talk about the unconscious stories that we

carry about ourselves, other people and relationships, and how by bringing more awareness to

those stories, we can begin to ask, are these stories really mine? Are they really serving me?

And if not, how might I write a new story?

One that's more aligned with what I truly desire for myself, for my life and my relationships.

I absolutely love this conversation with Layle and I have no doubt that you're going to love it too.

And I'm so excited to share it with you. So let's dive in.

Layle, thank you so much for joining me. It is so, so wonderful to have you

here. I'm so happy to be here. So, you know, funny story, when I first discovered you, which was a

couple of years ago, was on another podcast and we were listening to it in the car on a long drive

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