Emotional
Why Your Relationship Problems Aren't About Communication
Most relationship advice focuses on communication techniques and compromise. But Levine discovered something more fundamental: your attachment system - an ancient survival mechanism - is running the show behind the scenes, creating patterns you mistake for personality flaws.
In essence, we have three main attachment styles that guide us in close relationships: Secure, Anxious, and Avoidant.— Amir Levine
The full breakdown — the context, the shift, and a question to sit with — opens in the Insights app.
The thinker
Attachment Theory Researcher
Amir Levine is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies adult attachment patterns and their impact on romantic relationships.
Based on Attached the Book, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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