Attachment Styles Part 2

Radio Headspace

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We don't have to let our childhood bonds keep us from having great relationships as adults. Sam shares ways we can still re-parent ourselves today. Click here to learn more about Amir Levine and Rachel Heller's book, “Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love.” Listen to Sam's past episode on personal narratives here. Sam has taught mindfulness and social emotional learning to teens, families and adults all over the world for more than 12 years. She obtained her master’s degrees in clinical and educational psychology from Columbia University, and an M.S. in emotion science from Mid-Sweden University. You can reach out to Sam on Instagram here. Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's space, studio.
0:14.0	Hi everyone, it's Sam here.
0:16.5	Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday.
0:21.4	Yesterday we dove deep into the importance of feeling seen, understood, and tended to
0:27.2	by our primary caregivers.
0:29.8	According to recent research, many of us, around 40%, were not graced with a secure
0:36.3	attachment, meaning we didn't have the best bonding experience with our caregivers
0:41.3	in that first year of life.
0:43.3	Luckily, we have the power to repair some aspects of this through mindfulness so that we
0:48.8	can enjoy and bond with our loved ones more easily as adults.
0:53.9	And according to Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, authors of Attached, certain attachment
0:59.2	styles clash and are difficult but not impossible to make work in romantic relationships.
1:06.0	So here are some tips to begin investigating and repairing some problematic patterns.
1:12.1	First, mindfulness meditation offers a means of building a trusting and secure relationship
1:19.2	within yourself.
1:21.0	In essence, you're reparenting yourself by greeting your thoughts and feelings with acceptance,
1:27.2	compassion, patience, and ultimately love.
1:32.7	As you continue to show up for yourself consistently in meditation, you begin to build trust
1:38.3	and feel seen and understood as you allow yourself to be just as you are.
1:44.6	Meditation can also be helpful in forming a coherent narrative about your life, meaning
1:49.2	a story that feels complete and makes sense instead of one that is filled with confusion
1:54.6	and misunderstanding of why things happen.
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