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 going to be talking about what happens when we transition

from the honeymoon period of a relationship

into the power struggle stage. So there's been a lot of theorizing books written on this concept

of the stages of a relationship. And while if you Google that, you'll get lots of different

results with, you know, some say five stages, others say seven stages, the names of the stages are different. It all kind of

looks a little bit different depending on who you ask. But I think where there's more or less

consensus is in the dynamics that usually characterize that initial stage, so chemistry and excitement and infatuation,

followed by what can feel like this fall from grace into conflict and power struggle and

competition and what that can feel like, what it can bring up. And, you know, some things to bear

in mind if you have been through

this before which almost everyone listening will have to varying degrees in some capacity

and how you can navigate this better because to put it bluntly the power struggle stage of a

relationship which is what comes after this honeymoon period,

will make or break you. It's the period in which most couples break up because it is a time

where we get really triggered, where we experience a lot of doubts and uncertainty and fear,

and all of those wounds start to get touched. So knowing how best to approach that period in a way that

can allow you to get to know each other better, understand each other better, accept each other

and ultimately grow through that experience into something deeper and more connected and come

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