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Attached
- Are You Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the Science of Adult Attachment Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers listeners a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.
Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking audiobook, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relationship science in existence today – can help us find and sustain love.
Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:
Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.
Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.
Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.
With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognize the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Want to build stronger relationships and connections or find a more compatible partner? Attached examines the science behind love, resulting in a title that is equal parts fascinating, insightful, and life-changing.
Together, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of science — specifically, attachment theory — can help us find and sustain love. The theory focuses on the importance of the early child-parent bond to a person’s social and emotional development. In Attached, you’ll learn how to apply this theory to improve your romantic relationships.
Attached offers psychological insights, quizzes and case studies to guide listeners in understanding their own attachment style and the attachment styles of significant others. This audiobook will leave you equipped to build stronger and more fulfilling connections.
Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Attached enables listeners to become fully immersed and emotionally invested in the material. With more than 100 audiobooks to his credit, Petkoff speaks in a clear and well-paced manner that’s also personable and reassuring.
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"A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship." (John Gray, PhD., best-selling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus)
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- Nims
- 29-03-21
Mind blown!
Anyone who wants a relationship (be it romantic or platonic) should read this. It would have saved me a lot of grief but better late than never. Definitely worth every penny and more!
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- Miss EG Howlett
- 19-08-20
Excellent, clear and informative
Fantastic book. Gave me a great insight into the different attachment styles and good examples too. Recommend it.
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- Julie Dalsgaard Jespersen
- 16-11-21
Everybody should know the info in this book
I loved the book and recommend it to all my friends! a true must-read! It puts together crucial scientific information about the psychology of attachment while giving interesting and relevant examples and providing easy tests and exercises to integrate the knowledge.
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- Vero
- 10-10-21
Valuable and a real eye opener
This book should be read/ listened to by every adult. It gives an insight in how humans react during conflict and how to avoid misunderstanding each other. Most often there is a reason why we do the things we do...but it does not always benefit our relationship.
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- Mooshy
- 16-02-23
Useful introduction
Found this useful as an introduction to the attachment styles. It is a helpful tool for recognising your own relationship patterns and to start exploring where they come from. However the book lacks depth and nuance which makes the labelling of ourselves and others a bit dangerous as there is so much more to attachment than what is outlined in the book. That said it's a great introduction for those interested in the topic.
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- Ollie Wanjohi
- 11-01-23
Important Book
Attached was a good book. It taught me about the 3 attachment styles in detail, including where they come from, why they came about, what they are affected by, how they effect your relationships, how to identify yours and your partner’s attachment style, and how to move from insecure to secure.
Like everything, the first step is awareness of your tendencies. One thing I didn’t like was the lack of ways to change from an avoidant attachment style (which I am), this section seemed a bit rushed in comparison to the anxious style, and I was hoping for more practical advice on moving from avoidant to secure.
Overall, it helped me understand the science of romantic relationships, and view relationships through an attachment style lens, gaining a greater understanding of why people behave the way they do in relationships.
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- Alexandra Andrei
- 17-01-23
Good insides
Enjoyed the book, very important baseline for people with bad attachment styles and a good start into healing these!
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- Myles
- 09-12-22
Amazing for testing assumptions
Brilliant book which helps you to challenge your own assumptions on your own personal actions as well as those around you
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- Kaye Radcliffe
- 07-01-23
Fantastic audio!!
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was recommended.
Everything makes sense now. I particularly like the effective communication tips near the end.
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- Mr Sassan Darvish
- 17-08-23
Good knowledge in here
A good distillation of attachment theory add it relates to adult relationships. Full of useful insight.
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