When you are avoidantly attached, dating can feel like a complete minefield. You might have had people tell you that you are aloof, a closed book, secretive or not open to a relationship, even when you would like a relationship …
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Kelly McDaniel Endorses ‘Heal Your Anxious Attachment’
So much gratitude to all those who took the time and effort to read the manuscript before it was published. Big shout to Kelly McDaniel Therapy for her endorsement. She is someone who is doing great work in the world. …
Your Anxious Attachment Style is Motivated by an Avoidant Relationship with Self.
BOOM @thebehaviourtherapist – ‘Underneath your attachment style sometimes are parts within you that are terrified that you are unlovable or unworthy of the type of relationship you want. We are terrified of befriending these parts of us, instead of leaning closer …
Open-Minded podcast
I had such a wonderful chat with Marla. We covered all things attachment and touched on trauma, EMDR, IFS, meditation and healing. Head over to her podcast and check it out. If you like what you hear, please leave a …
What Is It Like to Be Securely Attached?
Moving towards secure attachment has two parts to it. The first is forming INNER secure attachment. This is addressed in the first half of the book. The second is OUTER secure attachment, addressed in the book’s second half. Heal Your …
The Cycle Breakers’ Circle
This is the cycle we all go through on any healing journey. We need to discover where we are stuck and what we inherited from our parents and childhood. Then we need to attend to and heal those wounded parts, …
The repeating cycle of attachment wounding
We all have repeating patterns or ‘cycles’ in our family of origin. It might be repeating patterns of failed marriages, drug and alcohol problems, or family conflict. You become a cycle breaker when you first see the cycle and …
Family Secrets
Did you have to hold a secret for an adult in your family or keep a secret from the rest of your family? Keeping secrets in families, especially across generations, can harm the family and the secret holder. Take the …