An Invitation to Experience Radical Nourishment 🫶🏼

What we are doing right now matters. Who we connect with, how we show up, the values that we choose to live—it matters so very much. The space we are creating in the Relational Nourishment Project to practice with one another and to get clear about what it is that we want to be different is so special. When we have each other, its more than enough. This project is truly a culmination of all that I’ve learned in my life about relationships, taking care of each other, being responsible to ourselves and our communities, and knowing ourselves deeply.

Elizabeth GilletteAugust 11, 2025relational nourishment project, relational coaching, relationship issues, community, communication, relationship patterns, relationship goals, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, disorganized attachmentComment

What does relational nourishment mean to you?

I’ve learned in my fifteen years as a therapist that many people did not receive adequate relational nourishment. This happens for many reasons—structural and systemic, trauma and neglect. Sometimes we don’t even know that we didn’t receive this type of nourishment because we don’t have any other perspective or experience; it’s just the reality. But what I’ve also learned is that relational nourishment can be cultivated at any point in our lives if we know what to look for and how to do it.

Elizabeth GilletteJuly 29, 2025relational nourishment project, elizabeth gillette, anxious attachment style, avoidant attachment style, disorganized attachment, relational trauma, relationship coaching, relationship issues, relationship patternsComment

Self-Sacrifice Isn’t Honorable When You’re Resentful

Since the start of the year, I have been really leaning into exploring the parts of my personality that I would rather not look at—the parts I’m shameful or embarrassed about, and the ones that I try to hide or keep at bay but always, always show up at some point in my relationships.

Elizabeth GilletteMarch 6, 2025anxious attachment style, anxious avoidant trap, anxious avoidant attachment, anxious attachment, relationship issues, relationship patterns, relationship goals, avoidant attachment, disorganized attachment, elizabeth gilletteComment

How to Be More Resilient in Your Relationships

Elizabeth GilletteFebruary 6, 2025anxious attachment, fearful avoidant attachment, disorganized attachment, avoidant-dismissive, resiliency, relationship coaching, relationship anxiety, relationship counseling, relationship patternsComment

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