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 are talking all about the impact

of stress on our relationships. I think this is an incredibly pervasive and very important issue and topic to address because as much as we can try and

figure out what's going on in our relationships, what dynamics are there.

Oftentimes we neglect to look at the role of environmental factors,

other stuff that's going on in life, all of the real world stuff

that oftentimes we can't control but that has a very very real and

oftentimes negative impact on our relationships and our ability to feel safe and

connected and really at peace and to access joy in our relationships

which for most of us is what we're looking for. So in today's episode I'm going to

talk a little bit about how stress might impact your relationship

and some of the factors that are at play there not only why stress might exacerbate existing dynamics around attachment and attachment styles, but also

looking at the role of the nervous system and how that interfaces with all of this stuff that we're going to talk about because as we'll get to

understanding your nervous system and how it plays such a huge role in managing stress and mobilizing you in response to stress and

influencing the way you perceive the world when you're under stress. I think it's

really important that you have that knowledge and understanding as you try and not

only manage your stress but just to cultivate greater awareness of just how powerful the

impact and influence of stress is on not only a relationship but how you view the world because it really is very, very powerful.

So we're going to be talking about that today and of course I will be giving you some tips as well so that if you are in that situation that you can not only be aware of it and maybe feel a little less hopeless, but equip you with some tools and some

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