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, I'm going to be answering the community question of,

is it ever a good idea to take a break

in a relationship and talking about a lot of associated questions like when is it a good idea

to take a break how should we go about taking a break in a relationship what is best practice

there what are some things to ask yourself and consider,

maybe talk about with your partner before you take that step of taking a break in a relationship,

short of actually breaking up. And that will be one of the things as a bit of a spoiler alert

that you should absolutely be clear on with your partner,

what the boundaries of that arrangement are going to be.

Before we dive into that, just wanted to share the featured review for today,

which is my husband and I are loving the episodes that we've listened to so far.

They're very insightful and the topics feel super relatable.

Also, the bite-size length is an added bonus.

Thank you so much for that beautiful review. If that was yours, please send an email to podcast at Stephanierigue.com, and my team

will set you up with free access to one of my masterclass. And given that you and your husband are listening

together, I would recommend my how to navigate Anxious Avoidant Relationships Masterclass.

Of course, I don't know whether you and your husband fall into that category, but it is a really

great masterclass for couples, and I've had a lot of people watch the masterclass as a couple

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