#72: 5 Tips for Loving Someone Well

In this Ask Steph episode, I respond to a listener question that will feel very familiar to anyone with anxious attachment: How can I be certain that my new partner will be better for me than my last one?On the surface, this question makes sense. After being hurt, blindsided, or ...  Show more

A secure relationship isn’t one where nothing ever goes wrong — it’s one where the foundation is strong enough to hold the hard stuff. For many people (especially those with anxious attachment), insecurity doesn’t come from being “too sensitive,” but from being in dynamics that l ...  Show more

This is something a little different for you today. I wanted to share a beautiful conversation I had with my good friend Humble The Poet, where we talk about how to love yourself, set bo ...

I truly loved this conversation my friend @lindseystirling . So often in life we’re told how important it is to love ourselves without any explanation of what that actu ...

"It's not that we don't have a gut feeling, but it's that we've learned to ignore the gut feelings or we have normalized feeling bad."

Do you ever have doubts whether someone is love bombing you or is actually being nice? ...

Love is a big idea to try to understand. What is love? How does everything around us affect how we view and experience love? What we think is love may not actually be love, but a misconstrued idea of it based on a huge number of factors. All this is to say that love can be compli ...  Show more