{"id":6,"date":"2010-11-14T18:39:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T23:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/"},"modified":"2011-03-12T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T19:40:14","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7\" title=\"Attached Book Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/attached-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Attached Book Cover\" width=\"271\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/attached-cover.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/attached-cover-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>In <em>Attached<\/em>, <span style=\"color: #c51710;\">psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller reveal how an understanding of adult attachment<\/span>\u2014the most advanced relationship science in existence today\u2014can help us <span style=\"color: #c51710;\">find and sustain love<\/span>. Pioneered by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c51710;\">ANXIOUS<\/span> people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner&#8217;s ability to love them back<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c51710;\">AVOIDANT<\/span> people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c51710;\">SECURE<\/span> people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also central to the science of attachment is the discovery that <span style=\"color: #c51710;\">our need to be in a close relationship is embedded in our genes<\/span>; so, contrary to what many relationship experts today may tell us about the importance of remaining emotionally &#8220;self-sufficient&#8221;, attachment research shows us that our need to be close to our partner is essential. That, in fact, we can&#8217;t live without it.<\/p>\n<p>In this book Levine and Heller guide readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate\u2014or potential mate\u2014follow, offering <span style=\"color: #c51710;\">a road map, starting from the first date, for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Attached, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller reveal how an understanding of adult attachment\u2014the most advanced relationship science in existence today\u2014can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachedthebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}