Posts by Whitney
Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Allana Pratt
#631 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Allana Pratt Allana grew up with a co-dependent mom and drunk dad, leading her to become a people-pleasing “yes” person who was completely disconnected from herself. Always spinning, never still, Allana jumped into her first marriage with a Wall Street guy who encouraged her…
Read More#630 – Freedom from Attachment: Avoidants: Don’t Hurt Me
#630 – Freedom from Attachment: Avoidants: Don’t Hurt Me I get a lot of questions about avoidants. People want to know if avoidant and anxious attachment styles can be happy together, and if there is any hope for their avoidant partner. Well, it depends on the amount of emotional work an avoidant is willing to…
Read More#629 – Freedom from Attachment: The Choice To Have (Or Not Have) Love Is Yours
#629 – Freedom from Attachment: The Choice To Have (Or Not Have) Love Is Yours Do you choose love, or are you waiting to be chosen? Maybe you believe love has forgotten about you, or it’s reserved for other, more “deserving” people. Instead of opening yourself up to it, you ruminate on what you don’t…
Read MoreMoving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Gina DeVee
#628 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Gina DeVee Gina DeVee is a published author, speaker, podcast host, business coach and self-made multimillionaire who built the women’s empowerment and lifestyle brand, Divine Living. But she started out as a broke, struggling, co-dependent psychotherapist who made $2,000 month working 75 hours/week and…
Read More#627 – Freedom from Attachment: Was Your Mom a Narcissist? How This Affects Your Relationships (REBROADCAST)
#627 – Freedom from Attachment: Was Your Mom a Narcissist? How This Affects Your Relationships (REBROADCAST) Did you grow up with a narcissistic mom? Her behavior may have been unpredictable, and you never knew what was going to set her off. She might have been manipulative, always looking for your validation and sympathy. Whether she…
Read More#626 – Freedom from Attachment: Fear Of Intimacy (REBROADCAST)
#626 – Freedom from Attachment: Fear Of Intimacy (REBROADCAST) While we may be aware of our distrust of love, we often identify our fears as negative (i.e. rejection or abandonment). But often it’s fear of positive emotions—more specifically intimacy—that keeps love elusive. Those of us who fear intimacy actually want it quite badly, but feel…
Read More#625 – Freedom from Attachment: Being An Anxious Pursuer In Relationships (REBROADCAST)
#625 – Freedom from Attachment: Being An Anxious Pursuer In Relationships (REBROADCAST) “I attract avoidants” has almost become a mantra for anxious pursuers who are convinced they are only attracted to people who shun them. They believe relationships require a lot of effort, thus feeling a deeper connection to partners who reject them. If it…
Read More#624 – Freedom from Attachment: What Do You Mean I Look Happy? I’m Addicted to Feeling Bad! (REBROADCAST)
#624 – Freedom from Attachment: What Do You Mean I Look Happy? I’m Addicted to Feeling Bad! (REBROADCAST) Complainers are addicted to feeling bad. Those who constantly compare themselves to others, believing everyone else is better off, are addicted to feeling bad. People who host weekly pity parties about everything that sucks in their lives…
Read More#623 – Freedom from Attachment: You Are the Prize! Winning on Being a Confident You
#623 – Freedom from Attachment: You Are the Prize! Winning on Being a Confident You Do you say to yourself (or others) that you are the prize, and your partner is lucky to have you? And do you actually believe it, or is it just false bravado? Maybe you overcompensate for your true feelings that…
Read MoreMoving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Sarah Merrill
#622 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Sarah Merrill Sarah Merrill is the woman behind “Big Kid Problems,” a wildly popular Twitter, Instagram, blog and podcast about the daily struggles growing up and navigating the adult world. But, like many of us, this was not where Sarah expected to end up.…
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