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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!

Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Why Do Avoidant Attached Partners Do That?

Understanding why avoidant partners engage in behaviors like appeasing, shutting down, or defending themselves is key to breaking negative cycles. Learn how to transform these behaviors and build a more secure relationship.

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Why Do Those with Anxious Attachment Do That?

Anxious attachment behaviors often stem from deep fears of abandonment. Learn why these behaviors feel safe and how to shift toward healthier relationship patterns.

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Things to Know About Your Relationship And Sex

Sexual intimacy offers numerous physical and psychological benefits, but a healthy emotional connection is the foundation of a fulfilling sex life. Learn how to nurture intimacy and address challenges in your relationship.

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Insecure Attachment Styles and How They Keep You Stuck

Anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles often keep partners stuck in negative cycles. Learn how to break free by improving communication, self-awareness, and emotional regulation.

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Relationship Trigger Toolbox: Handle Emotional Reactions

Learn how to handle relationship triggers with self-reflection, regulation, empathy, and effective communication. Use the Relationship Trigger Tool-Box to break negative cycles and foster emotional safety in your relationship.

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How Both Avoidant AND Anxious Partners Block Emotional Intimacy

Both avoidant and anxious partners block emotional intimacy in unique but equally intense ways. By understanding these dynamics, couples can begin to break the negative cycle and build a more secure, emotionally connected relationship.

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Healthy Assertion vs. Reactive Anger

Reactive anger can trigger negative cycles in relationships. Learn how healthy assertion can shift communication, promote emotional safety, and create space for understanding and compromise.

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Your “Window of Tolerance”

Your window of tolerance is your internal safe space for emotional balance. Learn how to find and stay in this space to improve your well-being, regulate emotions, and build healthier relationships.

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Spiraling Higher Podcast

If you have ever been in a relationship, or supported someone in one, then you KNOW how distressing it is to deal with feeling like your partner doesn't care about your feelings OR as if their feelings are TOO MUCH.

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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.

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How Do Attachment Wounds Get in the Way of Closeness?

Attachment wounds, caused by breaches of trust and ongoing harmful behaviors, can block vulnerability and connection. Discover how to recognize and heal these wounds to strengthen your relationship.

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Learn to Love Podcast

What does attachment theory say about how parents should raise their children? What are our adult attachment needs? How can couples break out of negative communication cycles? 

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Tips for Healing an Insecure Attachment

Learn how to heal an insecure attachment by improving communication, regulating emotions, and building a healthier sense of self.

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