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Adam Lane Smith

πŸ‘€ Speaker
1176 total appearances

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Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

That's awesome.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

Couples can come back from an infidelity, usually.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

To do that, the person who committed the infidelity needs to have an almost religious style conversion, not to an actual religion, mind you, but the way they live their life, the way that they follow their ethics or don't, the way that they live with external accountability and visibility.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

They need to have a full conversion of their life into an almost new person.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

and be living so distinctly that their partner can look at them and say, I don't have to trust that you're different because you are different with every human around you.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

You're different.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

You have such accountability.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

You have such desire for openness and intimacy and trust.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

You share details.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

You share everything with me, and I can finally let go and trust you.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

And then your brain does something magical.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

It's called differentiation.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

It draws a line between who you were and the new person and says, these are different people.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

Let's not worry about old things because that was someone else.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

Wow.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

And then the partner can truly let go.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

It's a whole process.

Digital Social Hour
Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

That takes me about eight sessions with most of my clients.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

How would you, if you were going to pretend I'm with her, we're going to have a prenup conversation.

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Adam Lane Smith: Attachment Styles Are Ruining Modern Relationships | DSH #1751

What's your opening sentence for a prenup?