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Nov 2022
25m 27s

#36: Q&A: Healing Anxious Attachment, Ho...

Stephanie Rigg
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This week is a Q&A-style episode, where I'm answering your questions all about anxious attachment! We'll cover what it actually means to "heal" anxious attachment, how to manage anxiety around texting someone, how to identify and express needs as an anxiously attached person, and how to deal with being on the receiving end of an avoidant partner's boundaries.

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