Hey y'all, it's Kia. We're busy getting ready for the next season of Invisibility, but

we figured, since it's the new year, maybe you're feeling a bit reflective, thinking about

making a change, maybe with yourself or with your relationships. So, we're bringing you

an episode that I reported with our friends at MPR's LifeKit Podcast. It's about attachment

styles and how they impact you and your relationships. If you haven't listened to LifeKit before, think

of the show as a friend who has all the best advice. They go out, talk to a bunch of experts,

and then come back to tell you the best of what they learned.

This new year's LifeKit has put together a resolution planner to help you get your 2023

goals in order. Check it out at mpr.org slash new years. There, you'll find a fun tool

to help you mix and match resolutions and the tips to help you get there. Again, that's

at mpr.org slash new years. And now, here's the episode.

This is MPR's LifeKit. I'm Kia Miyakanatees. Today, we're talking attachment styles, which

are very popular these days. You've probably seen people online talking about how they

can help you in relationships. And though it might feel new, it's actually an old idea

that first started in the parenting world.

So the founder of attachment theory that with children initially is John Balby, and he

made this idea leap at the time.

This was back in the 1950s when the general belief was that babies just needed food and

shelter and that distancing yourself, that holding them too much, letting them cry,

and generally just leaving them alone was good parenting.

But Balby thought differently. Balby thought that these are different, a separate type of

basic need that humans have to attach to others.

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