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On Attachment

#83: How to Navigate Addiction to Drama with Dr Scott Lyons

On Attachment

Stephanie Rigg

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships

51K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever caught yourself wondering why you keep attracting the same type of person, this episode is for you. Today I’m joined by Dr Scott Lyons, a holistic psychologist, educator and author, to talk about addiction to drama, and why we may subconsciously seek out chaos and intensity in our lives and relationships (even when we think we're trying to avoid it). We'll cover: Understanding the addiction to dramaCommon characteristics of someone addicted to dramaBig emotions don’t equa...

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0:00.0

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.

0:19.7

I'm your host, Relationship Coach Stephanie Rigg, and I'm really glad you're here.

0:25.4

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

0:29.1

In today's episode, I'm in conversation with Dr. Scott Lyons.

0:32.8

Scott is a holistic psychologist, educator, and author of the newly released book,

0:37.2

Addicted to Drama, Healing

0:38.7

Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others. Scott's also the creator of the Embody

0:44.1

Lab, which is the largest online learning platform for body-based trauma therapies. And as someone

0:49.2

who's taken several certifications through the Emboddy Lab, I'm a huge ambassador of Scott and what he has created.

0:55.4

And I'm so excited to share with you the conversation that I had with Scott today all around

1:00.3

addiction to drama and how becoming dependent on chaos, often subconsciously, can really

1:07.9

dictate our lives and relationships and how we can break those cycles to create more

1:13.0

inner and outer peace in our lives. So I'm really looking forward to sharing this conversation

1:17.4

with you and I hope you enjoy. Scott, hi. Thanks so much for joining me. My pleasure. Thank you

1:22.7

for having me. So today we're talking all about drama and addicted to drama, which is the name of your new book.

1:30.6

It is. I love a good drama. Love talking about it. Yeah. Well, you'd hope so by this point. I'm sure

1:36.9

you've done plenty of talking about it. I'm glad that we're having this conversation because I think

1:41.3

it will be relevant and will resonate with so many people.

1:46.2

One of the most frequently asked questions that I receive from clients and from people in my

1:52.7

Instagram community is like, why do I attract unavailable people? Why do I attract X?

1:59.0

And I'm always quick to gently turn that back and ask, why are you

2:03.4

attracted to? What part of me is attracted to whatever person, dynamic situation that I keep

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