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USING THIS BOOK How can this book guide you in looking for love in all the right places and improving your existing relationship ...

about your partner. The quality of his or her response will speak volumes. We also explore the five strategies used by people wi ...

PART ONE Your Relationship Toolkit—Deciphering Attachment Styles ...

3. Step One: What Is My Attachment Style? The first step toward applying attachment theory to your life is to get to know yourse ...

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Add up all your checked boxes in column A: __ Add up all your checked boxes in column B: __ Add up all your checked boxes in col ...

sensitive to small fluctuations in your partner’s moods and actions, and although your senses are often accurate, you take your ...

Your comfort with intimacy and closeness (or the degree to which you try to avoid intimacy). Your anxiety about your partner’s ...

you off (i.e., are high on relationship anxiety)—you’re probably anxious. If you feel uncomfortable when things become too clos ...

to greet her. Once in the safety of her presence, he is quick to be reassured, calm down, and resume play activity. Avoidant: Wh ...

4. Step Two: Cracking the Code—What Is My Partner’s Style? Figuring out other people’s attachment styles is usually trickier tha ...

compromised and you tend to create a rosy picture of him or her. Anything that doesn’t fit into this picture fades into the back ...

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