In this episode, we explore the idea of "Owning It." Essentially taking responsibility for your own thoughts, opinions, feelings, experiences, values, actions, and expectations. Why is this important? So we can adapt and grow in our relationships when other people's experiences and actions differ from our own. 

Today we sit down with William Dansby, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, in order to discuss the foundations of Attachment Theory.  Attachment refers to a strong emotional bond (or attachment) to a primary caregiver, often our mother at child birth, and how effectively the primary caregiver met their child's needs.  The theory also explores how that initial attachment can influence how we approach future relationships where an emotional bond is formed such as raising our own children or how we approach romantic relationships. Stay tuned for future episodes with William Dansby as we dive deeper into the theory, but for now enjoy the foundations of Attachment Theory!

For further readings on Attachment Theory, you can explore the initial researchers, John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, and how they developed this theory decades ago and how it as evolved over time since.

In part 1 of my 5 Keys to Effective Communication series, we focus on assertiveness. We briefly explore passive, passive-aggressive, and aggressive forms of communication and aim to develop assertive statements by communicating in a calm, clear, and confident manner in hopes of developing and strengthening our relationships by creating the space to feel heard, understood, and connected.

Sometimes our natural response to anxiety is to avoid it by engaging in various forms of the "flight response." This can come in many ways as we as humans can provide ourselves with distractions to ease the discomfort from experiencing anxiety. In this episode we explore the common avoidance patterns from the "escapers" to the "doers" and how both patterns can relate to our avoidance to our internal discomfort and external stressors. Enjoy!

Are you getting into consistent conflicts or power struggles with friends, coworkers, or family? You may be falling into "The Anxiety Trap." In this episode we explore how our un-managed feelings of anxiety can impact our ability to be effective problem-solvers in our relationships with others; ultimately leading to increased and sustained conflict.  Stay tuned for our next episode when we will have our first guest! Thank you!

All music provided Brett Chance https://soundcloud.com/brettchance

Intro: Someone Up There Likes You

Song 2: Here You Are

Song 3: Holy Ghost

Song 4: Being There

Outro: Best Day Aura

Misunderstandings are easy and effective communication can be incredibly difficult! In this episode we preview some basic and common barriers to relational conflicts and my 5 keys to effective communication to overcome those barriers. This is episode is an appetizer of what is to come as we will take each key and create it's own episode with specific examples and techniques to increase effective communication in our lives.

All music provided by Brett Chance (Thank you!!!)

https://soundcloud.com/brettchance

Intro Song: Someone Up There Likes You

Outro Song: Peace and Plenty

Humans experience thousands and thousands of automatic thoughts per day. Some of those thoughts become unhelpful to our life. In this episode we explore some of the common unhelpful thinking patterns that may increase our feelings of anxiety and depression and ultimately influence the way we live our life. 

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