EP 170: Avoidant Attachment Strategies: Devaluing, Compartmentalizing, Oh My!

EP 170: Avoidant Attachment Strategies: Deval...

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EP 696: Situationship Hell: Why Is Dating So Hard Right Now Pt. 3

Sometimes the hardest relationship to get over is the one that was never actually a relationship.You weren’t officially together, you never had the DTR, but you talked with this person constantly. You were getting just enough closeness to keep you hopeful, but never enough reassu ...  Show more

EP 695: Why Everyone Feels Emotionally Unavailable Right Now

You can text someone all day and know their entire childhood story, and still never feel close to them.We have more information about attachment than ever before, and somehow we’ve never been harder to reach. In this episode, I’m getting real about the emotional unavailability cr ...  Show more

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