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Relationships: The Four Attachment Styles

Relationships: The Four Attachment Styles

Hello friends,

Attachment is an important concept in psychology that influences a lot of how we interact with others, from romantic partners to total strangers and everyone in between. We’re going to take an initial dive into this topic by exploring the four main attachment styles.

These attachment “styles” are often discussed in the context of intimate partner relationships, but you’ll see clearly in this overview how they shape all sorts of relationships in our lives. This is different from personality traits, which is something we’ll probably touch on as well.

Our warm-up question for this week:

What was your favorite or most memorable school field trip?

Stronger Together: Screen Time

Hello friends,

I think we’d all agree that excessive screen time is a real challenge facing our youth. But what about you and me? Do you know how much time you actually spend looking at a screen between work, time on your phone, and even watching a “traditional” TV (yes, those are screens, too!).

In this week’s Stronger Together conversation we’re going to talk about screen time: the good, the bad, and the backlit. We’ll listen to a brief episode of the Verywell Mind Podcast on how to improve mental strength by better managing screen time, and since it’s audio only we can even look away from our screens while we listen along!

Our warm-up question for this week:

What’s your favorite app on your phone or tablet, and why?

Alex Trouteaud

Stronger Together – Happy New Year!

Hi friends,
Welcome to 2023! Our theme for this week is “living a good life in 2023,” which, while related to mental health, is mostly about our broader well-being. To prepare for the conversation, please take a few minutes to read this letter from author Hunter S. Thompson, written in 1958 when he was only 22 years old.
Our warm-up question for this week:
What’s the worst–or funniest–New Year’s resolution you or someone you know ever made?
Here’s the login info for this Thursday at 7 p.m.:
Meeting ID: 939 9668 7354
Passcode: 11815
– Alex Trouteaud