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09 May High-Functioning Anxiety: When You Look Fine But Feel Like You’re Barely Holding On

Posted at 11:31 am in Anxiety, anxious attachment, Attachment, Attachment Styles, Psychotherapy by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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You reply to emails fast. You hit your deadlines. From the outside, you probably look like someone who has it together. So why does it feel like you are barely holding on? There is a version of anxiety that nobody talks about enough. It does not stop...

10 Apr Why Therapy Feels Different From Other Relationships

Posted at 10:33 am in Attachment, Attachment relationships, Attachment Styles, Secure attachment by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Psychotherapy is one of the only places in adult life where you receive real-time feedback about how you are experienced by another person. This is one of the more subtle, yet powerful, aspects of psychotherapy. This is not something most of us encounter in our day-to-day relationships. Not...

07 Apr When Therapy Ends Without a Goodbye: Why the Ending Matters

Posted at 10:24 am in Attachment, Attachment relationships, Attachment Styles, avoidant attachment, Endings by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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It’s not uncommon for therapy to end abruptly. A client who has been attending regularly suddenly cancels.Messages go unanswered.There’s no indication that the work is coming to a close - just a quiet disappearance. From the outside, it might look simple. Life got busy. Something changed. They...

03 Jan When One Heart Refused to Close

Posted at 11:07 am in Anxiety, anxious attachment, Attachment, attachment and food, Attachment relationships, Attachment Styles, avoidant attachment, disorganised attachment, Secure attachment, trauma healing by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Attachment, Moral Courage, and Little Poland in India Some moments in history are shaped not by policy or power, but by a single human heart that refuses to close. Little Poland in India tells one of those stories. During the Second World War, between 600 and 1,000 Polish...

10 Aug Secure Boundaries in Relationships: Protecting Connection and Self

Posted at 11:29 am in Attachment relationships, Attachment Styles, Secure attachment by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re the invisible lines that keep love healthy, trust strong, and you feeling safe in your own skin. Secure boundaries in relationships protect your emotional well-being without shutting people out. They make space for both closeness and individuality. Why Boundaries Matter Without secure boundaries, relationships...

10 Aug We Are All Victims of Victims: Why Loving Someone Deeply Wounded Can Hurt So Much

Posted at 11:27 am in Attachment Styles, CPTSD, Empath, Trauma by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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“We are all victims of victims.” – Louise Hay It’s a truth that can soften judgment. Most of us learned love from people who were themselves hurt, neglected, or abandoned. They could only teach what they had been taught. That is how many became the victims...

11 Jul Ozempic, Mounjaro and Your Relationship with Food: What No One Tells You About the Emotional Impact

Posted at 2:19 pm in appetite suppressants, Attachment, attachment and food, eating and emotions, eating disorders, Food, Ozempic, relationship with food, weigh loss, weight loss therapy by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Appetite suppressants like Mounjaro and Ozempic have become widely popular of late. Surprisingly, there is a hidden emotional impact of a changed relationship with food, amongst and amidst the largely welcome ones. If you're taking medication like Mounjaro (tirzepatide) to support weight loss, you might have...

15 May Disorganised Attachment: When You Fear the People You Need Most

Posted at 6:08 pm in Attachment, disorganised attachment, Relationship Patterns by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Disorganised Attachment: When You Fear the People You Need Most Do you crave connection, but fear it at the same time? Do you push people away, then feel abandoned when they leave? If so, you may have a disorganised attachment style. This is the fourth and final...

15 May Avoidant Attachment: Why Closeness Feels Unsafe and How to Change It

Posted at 5:59 pm in Attachment, avoidant attachment, Relationship Patterns, Relationship Patterns by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Why You Pull Away and How to Reconnect Do you feel overwhelmed by emotional closeness? Do you often need more space than your partner—or struggle to ask for help? If you’ve ever thought, “I’d rather deal with it alone,” you may have an avoidant attachment style. This...

15 May Anxious Attachment in Adults: Why You Feel Clingy — and What to Do About It

Posted at 1:40 pm in Anxiety, anxious attachment, Attachment by Jacqueline 0 Comments

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Do you often feel anxious in relationships? Maybe you worry your partner will leave you. Or you feel uneasy if they don’t reply right away. You might find yourself needing constant reassurance. If this sounds familiar, you may have an anxious attachment style. In this second post...