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Secure

The Revolutionary Guide to Creating a Secure Life

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By: Amir Levine
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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Amir Levine, MD, coauthor of the groundbreaking, multimillion-copy bestseller Attached, presents a bold new promise—that anyone can learn to create a secure life—and offers cutting-edge tools to make it a reality.

Years after first introducing attachment styles to the general public and forever revolutionizing our understanding of human connection, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine returns with a brilliant, paradigm-shifting work on the science and practice of secure attachment. As Dr. Levine explains in Secure, people with a secure attachment style are the most comfortable not just in their relationships, but also in their own skins. And remarkably, the latest research shows that anyone, regardless of how insecure they may feel, can learn to create a secure life.

The benefits of living in “secure mode” are extraordinary: people tend to be healthier and have a better relationship with their health care providers. When they do have a difficult illness, they have fewer symptoms and handle it better emotionally. If they’re looking for a job, they’re more effective in their search and their self-esteem doesn’t suffer as much. They are less susceptible to consumerism. They even navigate social media better and experience fewer of its negative impacts.

In Secure, Dr. Levine presents his pioneering approach, Secure Therapy and Coaching, offering practical, neuroscience-backed tools to help readers cultivate security so that they can thrive. Secure is the definitive guide for anyone looking to improve their emotional health, deepen their connections, and build more fulfilling lives.


* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF featuring charts, visuals, and assessments from the book.

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"Amir Levine brings a psychiatrist's empathy and a researcher's precision to the question of what makes us feel safe in the world. Secure offers a profound new model for creating real, lasting security in our patients and in ourselves, along with the practical tools to make that happen."—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

"Beautifully written, scientifically rigorous, and quite revolutionary, Secure will challenge what you think you know about attachment, security, and how we grow. Amir Levine blends rich research with vivid stories and practical tools to show how small, everyday interactions can reshape our relationships at home, at work, and in our communities. The result is a rare kind of guide: humane, hopeful, and immediately useful for anyone who wants to show up better for the people who matter most."—Amy Edmondson, author of Right Kind of Wrong

“In Secure, Amir Levine offers a groundbreaking roadmap to emotional resilience, rooted in brain science and his decades of research. Through personal stories, scientific insight, and actionable tools, Secure reveals how cultivating secure attachment can transform every aspect of life—from relationships and work to health and self-worth. Whether you’re anxious, avoidant, or somewhere in between, this book helps you to shift into 'secure mode' and thrive.”—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better

“With science and compassion, Dr. Levine reveals the emotional grounding we need to live, work, and lead with resilience. Secure offers a vital roadmap to the inner strength that makes sustainable success possible."—Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global”—Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

"Psychiatrist Amir Levine gives us a set of tools to help us feel more secure in all our relationships, not just romantic ones, but with colleagues, friends, family, and even with ourselves.”—Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

"In a world where so many people feel disconnected, this book explains why that hurts so much and, more importantly, what we can actually do about it.”—Rangan Chatterjee, author of Make Change That Lasts
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Good for anyone looking to move beyond the basic attachment theory to say "OK, so now how do I get to secure?" Highly recommend the listen.

A very useful book

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I love that we went from Attached to Secure, and I love how we’re talking about how to become secure. One thing that made it a little hard for me to read was that toward the end, we shifted to speaking from a place of lack rather than using affirmations. For me, it’s a bit confusing when the framing is about what’s missing rather than what we should be doing instead

Good overall read I’d change one thing

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You need it read this book!! If you want solutions to problems you are always worrying about. Always feeling like you’re the problem. This book gives real and meaningful scenarios to solve the emotional over-analyzing that I do everyday. I no longer need to blame my childhood or my genes. I will find my super power! Thank you Dr. Amir Levine.

Life Changing

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Secure builds on the guidance in Dr. Levine’s first book, Attached, for finding secure collection. Secure is broader in scope and more nuanced, focusing on all relationships in a person‘s life, not just romantic ones and stressing the importance of building a “secure village“ of trusting connections, rather than relying on just a few relationships to do all the emotional caretaking. One of the most hopeful ideas in the book is that attachment styles aren’t fixed. Levine gives a roadmap towards finding a more secure life through so many accessible and actionable changes that we can make in our social lives. I enjoyed Robert Petkoff narration of Levine’s book and appreciated that he also narrated Attached, giving both books a consistent unifying voice. I first read Secure, but felt that the material was so rich that I wanted to have a second pass at absorbing the concepts, so I just completed a listen. Highly recommend!

Robert Petkoff makes Levine’s book feel like a transformative conversation.

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I got some good tips from the book and it has a good point of view on transforming dysfunctional interpersonal behavior into healthy practices. I found the book a little too jargony, however. But I’m glad I read it.

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