Podcast
#571 – Journey Of Attachment: Feel Criticized? How To Let It Go and Be Happy Someone makes an off-handed remark and you bristle. Or they criticize you and you go into full-blown defensive mode before you dissolve into a million pieces. Why does this happen? Why are you so sensitive to some things while others…
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#570 – Journey Of Attachment: Breaking the Toxic Anxious-Avoidant Relationship Cycle The same dance happens all the time in unhealthy relationships between an anxious and an avoidant. The anxious struggles with self-value so they perform: see me, pay attention to me! This neediness causes the avoidant to run. But then, when the avoidant is away,…
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#569 – Journey Of Attachment: Did I Say Something Stupid? Examining Your Communication Style You just said something that pissed off your partner. But geez, you were only joking. Then your friend asked for your opinion about what they were wearing, and was hurt by what you said. It seems like you’re always stepping on…
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#568 – The Not So Rare Avoidant/Anxious Attachment Type (REBROADCAST) Insecure attachment issues are very painful. Some may be familiar with John Bowlby’s attachment theory on childhood development. I talked about these in Podcast #63: Your Attachment Style, and encourage you to listen to it for an overview. Here I take the Anxious/Avoidant style a…
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#567 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Jill de Jong From a small village in Holland to the international modeling scene, Jill de Jong led an adventurous but exhausting life. At 17 she moved to Milan, working long days and sleeping on planes. After four years of missed birthdays and weddings,…
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#566 – Journey Of Attachment: The Search for Unicorns Are you a unicorn hunter, chasing some magical fantasy as the answer to your problems? When you find your perfect mate, when you write your best-selling book, when you win the lottery. You think your unicorn is waiting for you “out there” somewhere, but it never…
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#565 – Journey Of Attachment: I Want To Have an Authentic Relationship With Someone In your sphere of relationships—partner, friend, colleague, family, acquaintance, etc.—how do you show up? Are you trying to fit in, be liked or be respected? Do you want to be thought of as nice, smart, strong, reliable and/or helpful? And to…
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#564 – Journey Of Attachment: The Comfort of Dysfunction (REBROADCAST) Attachment issues are big among my podcast listeners; there’s a reason I have an entire series devoted to it! But there is a difference between those who are ATTACHED to their attached relationship, and those who truly want to let go. You need to honestly…
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#563 – Journey Of Attachment: What’s REALLY Going On? The people in your life have heard you complain about the same problem over and over. It’s your relationship or your job or your money issues—whatever it is, you’re a victim. It’s someone else’s fault. You say you want to solve the problem, but you won’t…
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#562 – Journey Of Attachment: I Know What You’re Thinking, So Why Ask? Does this conversation sound familiar to you? “So-and-so is mad at me.” “Oh really, did she say she was mad at you?” “No, I can just tell.” Or what about this one? “So-and-so doesn’t want to hang out anymore.” “Oh really, why…
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