Welcome to on attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience

dating, love and relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach and attachment expert Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really glad you're here. Hey everybody welcome back to another episode of On Attachment. So in this

episode we're going to be doing another Q&A. If you listen to the last

Q&A episode that was sort of all around answering your dating questions. Today I'm going to be answering some questions around

Avoidant attachment to continue the theme of this week where we've explored

some traits of both the dismissive avoidant and the fearful

avoidant attachment styles. So a lot of the questions that I've

received are coming from the perspective of an anxiously attached person and sort of getting at how best to navigate being in relationship with an avoidant partner.

So just to give you a bit of context for where we're going. in relationship with an avoidant partner.

So just to give you a bit of context for where we're going,

a lot of these questions do explore,

how to navigate those conflicting needs.

As you may be aware, it can be challenging for an anxious and

an avoidant person to be in relationship with one another, notwithstanding that

that is actually pretty common as a pairing.

So I think that this will be useful for a lot of people

in understanding how to navigate those differences

and how to better understand one another.

So. and how to better understand one another. So, with all of that being said, the first question is,

what is the best way to communicate to your avoidant boyfriend

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