Dr. Amir Levine is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and bestselling author of Attached - the book that became the internet's go-to guide for understanding relationships. His new book Secure picks up where it left off.

We're told some of us are just "clingy."

Some of us are just "distant."

That's who we are.

So we blame ourselves and keep repeating the same patterns. If a missed text can ruin your day… If you pull away the second someone gets close… If you keep ending up in the same kind of relationship…This episode is for you.

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

00:00 – How Insecure Relationships Age You

06:17 – The Anxious-Avoidant Trap

12:32 – Why Avoidants Get a Bad Rep

21:27 – Where Attachment Styles Really Come From

28:51 – The CARP Method for Dating

34:14 – Wall Tennis With Love

43:10 – Gut Instinct vs. Anxious Spiral

52:57 – One Piece of Advice for Each Attachment Style

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