Advice Goddess Radio, Tonight, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: Dr. Amir Levine On Finding And Keeping Love Through The New Science Of Adult Attachment
Amy Alkon's Advice Goddess Radio: "Nerd Your Way To A Better Life!" with the best brains in science.
My show this week will help you use the new field of adult attachment science, which is actually very simple to understand, to find love -- or to keep and even vastly improve the relationship you have.
My guest is neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine, co-author with psychologist Rachel S.F. Heller, of Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find -- and Keep -- Love.
If you're seeking a partner, by recognizing which of the three attachment styles you fit into, you can help yourself avoid all the usual troubles you get into while dating.
If you're in a relationship, by recognizing which form of attachment you exhibit and which your partner does, you can stop battling each other, behave more lovingly to each other, and better meet each other's needs.
The partner who longs for more closeness can recognize their need and stop always acting so demanding of a partner who needs a little more distance to feel comfortable. At the same time, they can come to understand that their partner loves them, and that it's largely their style of attachment that makes them harangue the other person for closeness, which can help them pull back a little.
In turn, the person who's more distant can recognize their style but come around in small and regular ways that reassure their more intimacy-seeking partner.
Listen to tonight's show live at this link at 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2012/12/24/advice-goddess-radio-amy-alkon
And don't miss last week's show on how to bring what I call "entrepreneurial thinking" ("thinking outside the box") to your life, improving your work life, your relationships, your friendships, and even little everyday interactions you have with other people.
My guest last week was Mark Sanborn, a business consultant and motivational speaker who wrote a fantastic book, The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
I usually have researchers and psychologists on my show, but I occasionally make exceptions for exceptional non-scientist guests, and Mark Sanborn is definitely one of the exceptional thinkers. I promise: This is a not-to-be missed show that you can use to shift your thinking and, with relatively little effort, improve every area of your life.
Listen at this link or download the podcast:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2012/12/17/advice-goddess-radio-amy-alkon
Join me and my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.
Offtopic—
Balko deserves the 2012 Twitterer of the year trophy.
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at December 23, 2012 5:01 PM
Crid! There's a place for off-topic posts -- and it exists because you asked for one!
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2012 5:05 PM
(Wutarya, a dog-&-baby hater? Hey ever'buddy! Looks like we got us a dog-&-baby hater!)
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at December 23, 2012 6:05 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/12/23/advice_goddess_95.html#comment-3528947">comment from Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail]You're so cute when you're all atone-y.
Amy Alkon
at December 23, 2012 8:58 PM
I bought, and am about half way through the Attached book. There is a lot of good info in there.
One of the questions that I have is about the Avoidant personality.
It appears to me that in order to have a pretty good case of avoidant characteristics, you have to be very ill mannered in the way you deal with your friends and loved ones. I wondered at what point avoidant behavior crosses the line into a personality disorder or sociopathic behavior, and if there was any connection between avoidance and mild autism or other anti social behavior. Maybe that will be answered later in the book.
Isab at December 25, 2012 2:27 PM
Leave a comment