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Attachment Based Relationship Tips
Looking to strengthen your relationship? Our blog offers expert relationship tips rooted in attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Learn how to identify your attachment style, communicate more effectively, and foster emotional safety with your partner. From overcoming conflict to building deeper trust, our practical advice and tools, created by couples therapist Julie Menanno, are designed to help you move toward a secure and fulfilling connection. Dive in and start transforming your relationships today!
How to Navigate Hard Conversations with Your Partner
Hard conversations in relationships can be challenging, but with emotional regulation, empathy, and clear communication, you can create a foundation of safety and teamwork for problem-solving.
How Anger Shows Up in Anxious Attachment, and What Is the Work?
Anger can feel overwhelming and frequent if you have anxious attachment. Learn how this response is rooted in vulnerability, fear, and past wounds, and discover strategies for healing and assertiveness.
The Anatomy of a Trigger (and How to Do Something New)
Explore the anatomy of a trigger and how vulnerability can transform conflict into emotional safety and connection.
Attachment Needs in Action
Explore how attachment needs show up in relationships and why meeting them fosters emotional safety, connection, and trust between partners and friends.
Taking Breaks from Arguments
Learn how taking breaks during arguments can improve communication and create emotional safety for both anxious and avoidant partners.
The Fight: What’s Really Happening and How to Do It Differently
Learn how to transform relationship fights by addressing unmet attachment needs, creating emotional safety, and fostering connection instead of conflict.
How to Help Soothe Your Distressed Partner
Discover how to support your distressed partner effectively with self-regulation, validation, and timing, creating a safer emotional environment for both of you.
The Importance of Timing in Your Relationship: What It Means and Why It Matters
Timing in relationships affects both when and how you address hard topics. Learn to improve timing for better communication.
How to Heal Attachment Wounds: Expert Advice and Strategies
Attachment wounds can deeply impact trust, but with openness, positive experiences, and healing communication, relationships can recover and thrive."
Why Do Partners Tell White Lies (and what you can do)?
Explore why partners tell white lies, the emotional roots of dishonesty, and actionable steps to foster honesty, rebuild trust, and create deeper connections.
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Julie walks through a framework she uses with couples, illustrating how unresolved emotions, personal wounds, and attachment insecurities impact communication and relationship dynamics. She emphasizes the necessity of emotional awareness, healthy assertion, and processing difficult feelings rather than avoiding or acting out on them.
For those interested in learning how to navigate emotional wounds, assert boundaries, and cultivate healthier relationship dynamics, this session provides valuable insights and practical tools.