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In my endeavors for the last 15 years of being both a teacher and a Buddhist pastor

counselor. One of the most predominant themes that people want to address with me, probably the most

relationship issues and then also issues with addiction and then issues

with family and then issues with work and while they might seem to be entirely different

different arenas in fact with any experience in working with people, the same underlying issues inevitably

are, lie at the root of all of those concerns.

And not surprisingly, given my background is in attachment theory,

my academic studies were in psychology.

Attachment theory is, provides a perspective along with Buddhism, early Buddhist tools, on how we can address work-related

anxiety and patterns that lead to the experience of livelihood very challenging, very difficult.

So, um... very difficult. So I could summarize it up front.

Individuals who have early secure attachment experiences tend to do not only in adult life they have an

easier path I should say, in finding a secure romantic relationship and

they have easier relationship with family systems, but also studies show countless studies stemming from the work of Mary

Maine and Philip Shaver.

Mary L.

McCulinser and numerous others that there's a direct correlation

you've seen how secure attachment structures were early on in life and how we engage with work,

whether we find fulfillment, whether we can set boundaries at work, whether we have a healthy emotional motivation,

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