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Navigating Trauma, Relationships, and Attachment
The Generational Shift in Dating: How Abandonment Wounds and Ghosting Shape Modern Relationships
Explore how abandonment wounds, ghosting, and attachment styles are shaping modern dating. Discover the generational shifts, societal influences, and trauma cycles contributing to these patterns, along with actionable steps to create and maintain healthier relationships.
When Fear Drives Love Away: Coping with the Pain of Someone Who Runs
What do we do when someone’s fears drives them away from being able to experience love? And how do we cope with the pain of someone who runs? Learn how to use writing as a tool for helping you move forward.
Emotional Availability: What it is and How it Impacts Your Relationships
Discover the origins of emotional availability, its dimensions, and how it manifests in adult relationships. Learn how attachment styles influence emotional availability and get practical tips for improving your emotional connections.
Understanding Attachment: The Key Differences Between Avoidant and Fearful-Avoidant Styles
Explore the differences between Avoidant and Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Styles and learn how each style impacts relationships and discover practical steps for creating healthier, more secure connections.
Understanding the Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Style: Childhood Roots and Adult Relationships
Fearful-Avoidant attachment, a complex and often misunderstood style, shapes how individuals connect with others from childhood through adulthood. This article dives into how this attachment style develops due to specific parenting practices and examines its impact on adult relationships.
Self-Sabotage in Relationships: An Insight into Romantic Dynamics
Dive into the complexities of love and the patterns of self-sabotage in romantic relationships. Explore the foundations of love, the destructive behaviours that impede its growth, and the root causes behind these actions.
Twin Flames or Attachment Games? Understanding The Avoidant Partner and the Twin Flame Myth
Twin Flames or Attachment Games? Understanding The Avoidant Partner and the Twin Flame Myth." - Explore the dynamics of avoidant partners, unravel the twin flame myth, and gain insights into navigating the intricate balance between spiritual connections and psychological perspectives.
How to Create an Emotionally Safe Space in Your Relationships
Creating an emotionally safe space is vital for any healthy and fulfilling relationship. In an emotional safe space, both partners can express their thoughts, feelings, and vulnerabilities without fear of judgment or criticism. This environment of trust, openness, and understanding is essential for fostering intimacy, building emotional connections, and promoting long-term relationship satisfaction.
Understanding the Abandonment Wound
In this blog post, we dive into the abandonment wound, examining its complexities, why it's particularly difficult to cope with, its effects on behaviour, and strategies for overcoming the fear of abandonment.
Hyperactivating Strategies of the Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment: A Complete List
Discover different hyperactivating strategies employed by the Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment
Navigating a Breakup with the Avoidant Attachment
Explore this comprehensive blog post on 'Navigating a Breakup with the Avoidant Attachment' - Offering insightful strategies, personalized advice and professional expertise to help you understand, heal and grow from the complexities of ending a relationship with an avoidant attachment partner. Begin your journey towards healthier relationships today.
Debunking Myths on the Avoidant Attachment Style
Discover insights into the world of the avoidant attachment styles in relationships. Understand the true essence of self-improvement and 'no contact' post-breakup, debunk common myths about avoidant attachments, and learn how to establish healthy boundaries and open communication. This blog post guides you through personal growth and paves the path for healthier relationships with avoidant individuals.
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