EP 308: The Truth about Fear of Abandonment (...

For years I bought into a script I didn't even write, play hard to get, shrink yourself, don't be "too much," wait for love to just happen to you. I lived by these rules and they kept me stuck on repeat, dating the wrong people and wondering why nothing changed. In this episode, ...  Show more

Continuing the birthday series, I'm getting real unfiltered about the seven relationship non-negotiables I didn't even know to ask for at 30 and now, five+ years into my relationship, I will not budge on. Some of these took me years of healing (and a lot of self-abandoning relati ...  Show more

Today Matt and the team answer a listener who asks what she can do about fear of abandonment. When you're scared of someone else leaving, it can make you bail at the first sign of an argument or problem. You make assumptions and think the worst any time you have a negative mom ...

Many of us battle with a deep-rooted fear and anxiety that those we love will leave us. Maybe we have been hurt in a past relationship, or witnessed a messy divorce or the passing of ones we love and we have unconsciously learned to associated vulnerability, intimacy and love ...

In today's episode, we're diving deep on the abandonment wound - a fear that lies at the heart of many insecure attachment patterns and relational dynamics. A fear of abandonment can show up in so many ways, and can keep us from experiencing relationships in a way th ...

Abandonment fear runs deep in the human psyche—it’s a primal instinct, woven into the fabric of how we connect with others. For some, this fear is manageable, an underlying hum that shapes relationships in subtle ways. But for those who struggle with emotion d ...