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Overcoming Attachment Problems | Psychology Today

Overcoming Attachment Problems | Psychology Today

AshTproductions/Shutterstock Attachment theory, initially developed by John Bowlby in the 1950s, posits that bonds formed between children and their primary caregivers have profound effects on their emotional development and future relationships. Early interactions shape what is known as an individual’s attachment style, a concept later expanded by researchers Mary Ainsworth and, later, Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver to include adult relationships, particularly romantic ones. Understanding one’s attachment style and that of their partner can offer insightful perspectives on the dynamics of long-term romantic partnerships. The Four Attachment Styles Attachment theory identifies four primary styles based on people’s behaviors and attitudes towards relationships: Secure Attachment: Characterized by a positive view of the self and others, individuals with a secure attachment style are comfortable with intimacy and independence. They tend to have stable and satisfying relationships. Anxious Attachment: Individuals with this style seek high levels of intimacy, approval, and responsiveness from partners, often feeling insecure about their relationships. Avoidant Attachment: People with an avoidant attachment style prioritize self-reliance and often seem indifferent towards getting close to others. …

Marie Kondo on (almost) overcoming imposter syndrome, surviving ‘peak stuff’ and tidying up the world | Ents & Arts News

Marie Kondo on (almost) overcoming imposter syndrome, surviving ‘peak stuff’ and tidying up the world | Ents & Arts News

We all have plenty on our To Do lists, but Japanese tidiness expert Marie Kondo has more ambitious aims than most. “My personal goal is to tidy up the world,” she tells Sky News, “to take these Japanese sensibilities and in a small way, improve the world around us.” Image: Pic: KonMarie Actively tidying from the age of five by putting things in order at home for her mother and in her classroom for fellow pupils, Kondo founded her own organising consulting business at 19 while still a student. Five years working as an attendant maiden at a Shinto shrine helped hone her sorting skills. Going on to write 11 books, her first – The Life Changing Magic Of Tidying Up – has sold more than 14 million copies in more than 40 countries worldwide, and bought her catchphrase, “spark joy”, to the world. TV soon came calling, and two Netflix series followed. So, what, in her own words, is her approach to tidying up? “The KonMari method isn’t about discarding as much as it …

Offset Talks Overcoming His Vices and the Lessons He’s Teaching His Kids Following Cardi B Split

Offset Talks Overcoming His Vices and the Lessons He’s Teaching His Kids Following Cardi B Split

Offset is clearing his mind while prioritizing his health. He’s doing it for himself and to set a better example for his kids. The rapper opened up about overcoming his vices during a Friday appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, adding that in doing so it’s also helped him tap into his creativity in ways he never could have imagined. Offset didn’t shy away that one of his vices included heavily drink lean — a concoction of codeine and soda. “At the beginning of my career, I’m young and I’m first gaining some success, I was drinking lean a lot, right? And so for a minute, my younger brain would tell me, ‘This is what’s giving me the sauce to put on the songs,’” Offset explained. “But I started to see it affect my family. I got five kids. I got to be a grown man. I gotta take care of the house. And I seen that the people that love me the most, like my mama, would tell me, ‘Hey son, you’re stronger than that. You …

Overcoming the barriers to better energy management

Overcoming the barriers to better energy management

Colin Gault, Head of Product at POWWR, discusses challenges faced when implementing effective energy management and how these can be overcome. In the past, energy use in businesses was taken for granted and went largely unmanaged. Despite being such a significant overhead, most organisations still didn’t give much thought to exactly how, when or where they used energy. However, there has been a shift in mindset. As energy costs have continued to rise, the need for better energy management is increasingly being discussed in boardrooms up and down the land. However, internal advocates often struggle to justify the ROI of such projects due to the insufficiency or inaccuracy of the available data. So much so that Gartner suggests that ROI and conflicting priorities are seen as the top two challenges faced by over 40% of cases. Being seen to be green In addition to wanting to reduce costs, one of the major catalysts for better energy management is the desire for businesses to be seen to be green. Due to this, a third of the world’s …

The promising path to overcoming cognitive bias

The promising path to overcoming cognitive bias

Ever since Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky formalised the concept of cognitive bias in 1972, most empirical evidence has given credence to the claim that our brain is incapable of improving our decision-making abilities. Cognitive bias has practical ramifications beyond private life, extending to professional domains including business, military operations, political policy, and medicine. Some of the clearest examples of the effects of bias on consequential decisions have occurred in military operations. Confirmation bias, that is the tendency to conduct a biased search for and interpretation of evidence in support of our hypotheses and beliefs, has contributed to the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 and, more recently, the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. It has also been identified as one of the most deleterious biases on social media, actively contributing to the development of polarisation and echo chambers in exchanges. Can one bend one’s intuition? Despite all the attention in recent years on reducing cognitive bias, most evidence suggests that there’s little we can do to improve our professional and personal …

Haller determined to have no regrets after overcoming cancer

Haller determined to have no regrets after overcoming cancer

ABIDJAN : Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller is determined he will have no regrets after Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final as he continues his recovery from cancer which threatened his career some 18 months ago. Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly after joining Borussia Dortmund from Ajax Amsterdam in July 2022. The 29-year-old striker underwent two surgeries and chemotherapy in the ensuing months, before returning to action just over a year ago. He could cap a successful recovery if the Ivorians beat Nigeria in the final in Abidjan. Haller scored the only goal of the semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo that took the hosts to the final, after they were almost eliminated in the group stage. Overcoming the cancer and the continued spotlight on his comeback has worn on Haller, who also played at West Ham United. “I’m tired of it actually,” he told a press conference on Saturday. “Obviously the last 18 months have been challenging for me and my family. I now take everything step by step and try …

Overcoming challenges with Dynamic Line Rating

Overcoming challenges with Dynamic Line Rating

In an interview with Innovation News Network, Amir Cohen, CEO at EGM, outlines the potential benefits of Dynamic Line Rating for optimising energy distribution and enhancing grid resilience in the face of climate change. The power grids are currently grappling with significant challenges brought about by the integration of clean technologies and the impacts of climate change. Factors such as ageing infrastructure, power reliability issues due to extreme weather events, and the unpredictability of clean energy sources like solar and wind pose substantial hurdles for electricity utilities. In this evolving landscape, the emergence of smart grids and innovative solutions like Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) becomes crucial for efficient network management. These advancements aim to optimise energy distribution, overcome challenges posed by the increasing demand for renewable energy, and enhance the overall resilience and reliability of power grids. This shift towards digital technologies and data-driven approaches reflects a paradigm shift in how we understand, monitor, and manage power grids in the face of evolving energy needs and climate-related uncertainties. To find out more about the potential …

5 Steps for Overcoming the Indecisive Mindset

5 Steps for Overcoming the Indecisive Mindset

Indecisiveness is caused by a fear of uncertainty and a wish to know the unknowable. Because decision outcomes are not guaranteed, an indecisive person will make negative predictions and underestimate their ability to solve unwanted consequences of their choice. They may also believe they must make the absolute “right” decision and anticipate regret if something goes wrong. To push away these feelings, they think through all conceivable scenarios and plan exit strategies for hypothetical problems. But this kind of thinking is like quicksand. The more someone wrestles with uncertainty, the more stuck they feel. In contrast, decisive people accept uncertainty and make decisions based on concrete variables. They also trust in themselves to manage unforeseen problems. They think to themselves: If it doesn’t work out, I will be able to make a change to improve the situation. Finally, they treat their decisions as incremental steps rather than ultimate immutable choices. This permits them the freedom to take action. The key to reversing the indecisive mindset is to remove fortunetelling from your decision-making process. Trying to …

Unhung Heroes: Overcoming Small-Penis Shame

Unhung Heroes: Overcoming Small-Penis Shame

I recently ran across a post on X (formerly Twitter) about a 42-year-old guy down in Leeds, Alabama, who went into the Bass Pro Shop there, stripped naked, and cannonballed into the store’s huge aquarium. Several shoppers posted video of the fellow and, granted, it was a bizarre and memorable act by someone who likely is bipolar, but what struck me the most about it was the many rude comments viewers made about the small size of the man’s penis. Source: Koldunova_Anna Stock/Getty Images It got me thinking about how ubiquitous the idea that the size of a man’s penis indicates the extent of his masculinity, and how false this is. It’s at least as hurtful and mean as when women are body-shamed for being too fat, too skinny, too whatever. It’s man-shaming and just restates and reinforces the whole patriarchal, toxic masculinity problem in our society: Masculinity is seen as strong, dominant, and powerful, and, thus, is entitled. Femininity is seen as weak, submissive, even incompetent, and deserves to be dominated by the masculine. …

Overcoming Your Negativity Bias

Overcoming Your Negativity Bias

Does this sound familiar? You’re feeling a bit uneasy – say, a tightness in your chest or a rumbling in your stomach. You search your mind for the cause, and you think of something unsettling that happened in the office yesterday, a difficult conversation you need to have or a deadline you’re facing on a project. Before you know it, worries are mounting in your mind, one feeding on the next. It’s a phenomenon called “negativity bias.” “Over and over,” Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist, says, “the mind reacts to bad things more quickly, strongly and persistently than to equivalent good things.” Or as Roy Baumeister, a fellow psychologist, puts it, “It’s evolutionarily adaptive for bad to be stronger than good.” True enough, if there’s a lion chasing you. Not so true sitting at your desk trying to work in a clear, focused way, which was precisely my goal on the recent morning that a succession of negative thoughts began to multiply in my mind. Rather than follow their lead, I decided to interrupt my snowballing …