Summary: Amir Levine's Attached

According to Levine and Heller, the best way to guarantee a happy and healthy relationship is effective communication.

Effective communication starts with the direct expression of one's feelings, concerns, and needs. This expression should be free from dramatizing or blaming the other person. With effective communication, the person who communicated would feel much better while his partner would be relieved to know what’s going on and would not need to guess what’s wrong anymore.

The second distinct way of behavior is Avoidant. The avoidant people associate intimacy to the loss of personal freedom and independence. The avoidant people are constantly trying to minimize close relationships with the people around them.