25| Family + Adult Relationships | Attachment I

It's season two, and we're diving straight in. In this episode we cover the basics of Attachment Theory. How does the understanding of our own attachments (and the attachments of those around us) allow us to navigate our physical and spiritual relationships? Attachment Theory: a set of concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child's behavioral and emotional development into adulthood. "The way we do anything is the way we do everything"  - Martha Beck More reading on Secure vs Insecure attachment: here 'Molecular Man' Conan O'Brien Sketch: here Romanian Orphans Further reading: here  Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs: Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a description of the needs that motivate human behavior. In 1943, Abraham Maslow proposed five different kinds of human needs, beginning with the most basic: survival. Physiological needs, such as food and shelter, are followed by needs related to safety. Next, there are needs of love and belonging. Fourth, humans have needs of esteem, such as the need for being respected. The final need in the hierarchy is the need for self-actualization (fulfilling one's potential). The hierarchy suggests that basic needs must be met prior to less basic needs; for example, a starving person will seek food before self-actualization Further reading on Kegan's Constructive Developmental Theory Further reading on the psychologist; John Bowlby: here Emotionally Healthy Spirituality - Book This Cultural Moment - Podcast  Further reading on Freudian Theory: here The Strange Situation, further reading Daniel Tiger: Grown-Ups Come Back (Daniel Tiger School Of Parenting) How We Love - Book Changes That Heal - Henry Cloud