#344 Adam Lane Smith - The Problem with Modern Relationships
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Adam Lane Smith is an internationally recognised expert in Attachment Theory and a former licensed marriage and family therapist. Today, as an author, speaker, and media personality, Adam helps people learn the power of secure attachment.
Zuby and Adam discuss relationship challenges for high performers, attachment issues among varying demographics, today’s ‘harsh survival conditions’, and how different cultures approach attachment. Adam also explains gender dynamics, nature vs nurture, attachment behaviours, and the challenges of modern relationships.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:42) Challenges for high performers
(05:32) Demographics experiencing attachment issues
(12:35) ‘Harsh survival conditions’
(18:04) Boomer vs Gen Z attachment issues
(20:53) Nation variance
(25:38) Gender differences
(34:32) “Oxytocin being weaponised”
(36:30) Nature vs nurture
(50:16) The societal attachment issue cycle
(57:09) Marriage & birth rate declines
(1:02:25) Governments involvement in marriage
(1:13:07) Solution: 2 forms of marriage
(1:21:31) Words of encouragement
(1:23:46) Outro
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