Posts tagged Cultivating Secure Attachment
Can you hold two things at once?
Can you hold two things at once?

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Elizabeth Gilletteanxious attachment, anxious avoidant trap, anxious-avoidant, anxious, anxious-ambivalent, anxious avoidant dynamic, attachment styles, avoidant partner, avoidant attachment style, avoidant, anxious-avoidant relationship pattern, avoidant attachment, attachment style, attachment theory, attachment, anxious attachment style, secure attachment style, secure attachment, secure attachment relationship, Cultivating Secure AttachmentComment
What I Wish I Knew About Attachment 20 Years Ago
What I Wish I Knew About Attachment 20 Years Ago

I recently returned from a short trip back to where I grew up—southeastern Michigan, the suburbs of Detroit. I don’t know about you, but when I visit the place where I spent my childhood, I have an intense emotional experience. As I walked around my undergraduate college campus, I was flooded with feelings of grief. I wish I had known and understood certain aspects of my identity when I was younger. I wish I had been more self-confident. I wish I hadn’t stayed in those terrible relationships (if you could even call them that) with people who didn’t respect or appreciate me. I wish I didn’t try to control people. I wish I didn’t try to convince people to love me. I wish I loved myself more. I wish I understood my worth and potential and was able to relax and enjoy my life instead of chasing people who didn’t recognize it either.

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Elizabeth Gilletteattachment styles, attachment style, attachment theory, anxious-avoidant, anxious avoidant dynamic, secure attachment style, secure attachment relationship, avoidant attachment, avoidant partner, anxious partner, anxious avoidant trap, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment style, anxious-avoidant relationship pattern, secure attachment, Cultivating Secure AttachmentComment
Why Consistency Matters
Why Consistency Matters

If you’ve been around Heirloom for a while, you already know this but I think it’s important to share again: connected relationships require the presence of intentional behaviors just as much as the absence of unhealthy patterns.

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Elizabeth Gilletteanxious attachment, attachment styles, attachment theory, anxious-avoidant, anxious avoidant dynamic, avoidant attachment style, secure attachment style, secure attachment, Cultivating Secure AttachmentComment