Paul Brunson
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This is one of the reasons why I got involved with football here is that being involved now with a football team in England has allowed me an outlet outside of my family and even outside of my social circle that I was building here. That is entirely different, right? It's a group of people who I had not come across in my walks of life, who I love and adore and learn so much from.
This is one of the reasons why I got involved with football here is that being involved now with a football team in England has allowed me an outlet outside of my family and even outside of my social circle that I was building here. That is entirely different, right? It's a group of people who I had not come across in my walks of life, who I love and adore and learn so much from.
And I have a sense of enjoyment. And because I have a sense of enjoyment there, I begin to have more purpose in my life. I begin to have more joy in my life. And the more joyful I am about my entire life, I can bring that to my relationship and help to boost that relationship.
And I have a sense of enjoyment. And because I have a sense of enjoyment there, I begin to have more purpose in my life. I begin to have more joy in my life. And the more joyful I am about my entire life, I can bring that to my relationship and help to boost that relationship.
And so it's almost like, you know, if you think about if you're an electrical battery, right, and you're charging and you are the battery, how wonderful would it be to be able to get a charge from eight sources opposed to one. Maybe the one is not working today and therefore you don't get charged up.
And so it's almost like, you know, if you think about if you're an electrical battery, right, and you're charging and you are the battery, how wonderful would it be to be able to get a charge from eight sources opposed to one. Maybe the one is not working today and therefore you don't get charged up.
But if you're getting charged eight different sources, it hires the likelihood of you being charged up to live your best life.
But if you're getting charged eight different sources, it hires the likelihood of you being charged up to live your best life.
I think this is where the attachment styles comes into play again, because I think in my relationship, I'm maybe a little bit more on the avoidance side, and she's maybe a little bit more on the anxious side. So I think there's a desire in me to like space, freedom, explore, wonder. She has that too, of course, but I think I just have it a little bit more.
I think this is where the attachment styles comes into play again, because I think in my relationship, I'm maybe a little bit more on the avoidance side, and she's maybe a little bit more on the anxious side. So I think there's a desire in me to like space, freedom, explore, wonder. She has that too, of course, but I think I just have it a little bit more.
So it can sometimes feel like she's pursuing... the quality time and I'm maybe pursuing being on my own. Yes. Which causes this sort of dysfunction or this imbalance. I guess some couples who are both anxious, I don't know if they get on, but... No, I mean, what happens most of the time is anxious...
So it can sometimes feel like she's pursuing... the quality time and I'm maybe pursuing being on my own. Yes. Which causes this sort of dysfunction or this imbalance. I guess some couples who are both anxious, I don't know if they get on, but... No, I mean, what happens most of the time is anxious...
find avoidance.
find avoidance.
Oh, okay.
Oh, okay.
Yeah. So those are the two that end up matching. And it's very important for you both to work on an earned secure. One of the best ways to do that is to surround yourself with couples who are secure.
Yeah. So those are the two that end up matching. And it's very important for you both to work on an earned secure. One of the best ways to do that is to surround yourself with couples who are secure.
Why is it that anxious relationship attachment styles go for avoidance? You'd think they'd go for anxious, right? And we should probably pause to define what these attachment styles mean.
Why is it that anxious relationship attachment styles go for avoidance? You'd think they'd go for anxious, right? And we should probably pause to define what these attachment styles mean.