Self-Compassion vs. Self-Esteem: The Hidden Key to Healing Attachment Insecurity
Discover why anxious and avoidant attachment styles share the same core wound, and how self-compassion—not self-esteem—is the key to lasting healing.
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The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for Attachment Styles, Part 1
The truth is, though, a lot of attachment content on social media is reductive and surface level (and I have thoughts about why that is here) and avoidants aren’t the only ones to get the treatment. So, we’re going to cover the four attachment styles in a depth that John Bowlby would be proud of, nuance and all, in a series because we’ve got a lot to cover.
The Research Burrow: Safety, Danger, and How We Experience Relational Cues
Have you ever wondered why two people experience the same relationship and yet behave in completely opposite but predictable ways? It can’t just be basic human difference if the behaviors are predictable, and yet why do some people pull away when others lean in? Or why do some victims of assault fight back and others freeze? Many of us were taught that we have two responses to danger—fight or flight—and yet real-life situations produce reactions that fit into neither category.