Relationships play a vital role in our happiness and wellbeing. Through various examples and discussions, Anya and Mark highlight the need for connection, support, and mutual appreciation.

In this episode they explore attachment styles and their impact on relationships, and discuss the effects of loneliness and social isolation on mental and physical health.

Three prompts

1. What’s your relationship to relationships?
2. Are you spending enough time with those you love?
3. How can you strengthen your existing relationships?

Resources

• “Other people matter”
• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
• [Impacts of loneliness](https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/facts-and-statistics/#:~:text=It can affect our health,by 26%25 [15].) – Campaign to End Loneliness
• WHO declares loneliness a “global public health concern”
• Attachment Styles & Their Role in Relationships
• The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness
• Are you spending enough time with those you love?
• The Magic Relationship Ratio, According to Science
• What is Active Constructive Responding?
• Examining the correlates of psychological flexibility in romantic relationship and family dynamics: A meta-analysis
• The Relationship Handbook by George Pransky
• Articles on the applied positive psychology of relationships and communication based on the latest scientific insights from PositivePsychology.com
• Anya Pearse, Intuitive advisor and her An Hour of Kindness
• Mark Steadman