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 very special one.

I'm joined by my lovely partner, Joel.

Hello.

He just waged. For anyone who's listening,

he just waved. And we're talking all about how we've navigated the transition to

parenthood, which sort of feels a little belated in some respects, because our baby is at the time

of recording 16 months. But also it feels like maybe we've earned the right to talk about

this 16 months in, because had we

recorded this a month or two in, maybe it would have been a little premature and we're a little more

seasoned now.

I think so.

No doubt.

We'll continue to grow and evolve.

But nevertheless, we're going to talk about how we each felt about becoming parents

beforehand, how that's changed, how our respective attachment patterns

have played into that along the way, and how we approach parenting now so that we can feel

aligned and well supported and in ways that, I suppose, help rather than harm our relationship because obviously parenting can be

really stressful and for a lot of people I know that that can put a lot of strain on the relationship

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