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Self-awareness is an important part of being a healthy, functional adult. The more aware we are of our needs, what motivates us, and how we are perceived, the better we can move through the world. However, according to Dr. Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist who studies how to improve leadership effectiveness, people who are attempting to be self-aware are asking themselves the wrong question. Often, when trying to understand ourselves, we ask why. What Eurich found was that people...

What is Attachment Theory? Psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’s research helped us to understand what we now call attachment styles, which is the way we engage in relationships. There are three major kinds that the most study has been done on; anxious, secure and avoidant. Anxious attachment people crave intimacy over everything. They’re more likely to perceive possible negative connotations from their partners and seek closeness in order to feel more secure. If they don’t get the...