Home Podcasts Decoding Attachment Styles
Decoding Attachment Styles

Decoding Attachment Styles

Annalisa Bahadur 99 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

Host Annalisa Bahadur explores attachment styles—anxious, dismissive-avoidant, fearful-avoidant, and secure—and how they shape relationships. Drawing on personal experience, research, and observations, she explains the push-and-pull dynamics and anxious spirals many people face. Episodes offer insights into recognizing different attachment patterns and healing an anxious attachment style.

Episodes

How to Get Over a Breakup?
How to Get Over a Breakup? Aug 20, 2026 3456 In this episode, I’m joined by attachment coaches Marta and Duncan for an open conversation about breakups, attachment, and why knowing you should move on doesn’t necessarily make it easier to do.We talk about what keeps us emotionally attached, why some breakups are harder to recover from than others, and what may actually be happening underneath the urge to hold on, reach out, or hope they’ll co
Why Your Partner Can't Be the Adult You Need
Why Your Partner Can't Be the Adult You Need Aug 12, 2026 2700 We spend a lot of time asking why our partners behave the way they do.But how often do we ask ourselves what our own childhood taught us about being an adult?In this episode, we explore how the lessons we learned growing up shape our relationships today - from anxious and avoidant patterns to what secure attachment actually looks like in everyday life.We'll talk about responsibility, boundari
What To Do When Partner Can't Give You What You Need
What To Do When Partner Can't Give You What You Need Aug 3, 2026 1212 It is frustrating when a partner can't give you what you need especially after they promised or implied they could. We try to change them - or their mind. We hope they can change and become the person we thought they were when we first met. We struggle with the fear of the relationship ending, lashing out with hurtful words, doing things that causes more damage - and then regretting them all
Why Avoidants  Tell You What You Want to Hear
Why Avoidants Tell You What You Want to Hear Jul 28, 2026 1010 Are the manipulating you by telling you what you want to hear? It's a lot deeper than this and this episode breaks it down. I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Support the show
How to tell the Difference Between Anxiety and Anxious Attachment
How to tell the Difference Between Anxiety and Anxious Attachment Jun 29, 2026 1820 Today I'm answering three questions I get asked constantly. And I picked these three on purpose, because they build on each other. The first one is the controversial one: can a fearful-avoidant actually have a successful relationship WITHOUT going to therapy? People want me to say no. I'm not going to say no. But I'm also not going to give you the comfortable answer.The second quest
What to Expect When Anxious and Fearful Avoidant Start to Heal
What to Expect When Anxious and Fearful Avoidant Start to Heal Jun 25, 2026 4543 If you ever thought healing your attachment was impossible - here are two other people who were able to do it. Today I did something I never did before - I had a discussion with who I have witnessed working on healing their attachment styles. This episode gives you three certified coaches walking you through what healing looks like, our experiences in our past and current relationships, how attach
What to Do When Avoidant Pull Away
What to Do When Avoidant Pull Away Jun 4, 2026 1757 It’s crushing when your avoidant partner disappears. But why are they doing it...and what can you do. On of the most disruptive things happening in avoidant- anxious relationships is when the avoidant partner suddenly disappears without an explanation. We want to understand their motives, explain how this hurts us, try harder but perhaps if we understand why they tend to do this we can rest at eas
What To Look For When Dating An Anxious Attached
What To Look For When Dating An Anxious Attached May 12, 2026 1904 You may have been dating and anxious attached and they seem put together. They are not the needy and clingy ones you heard about. They don't remind you of your ex who was needy and clingy. You might even think you're being tricked. Are they manipulating you? Chances are you have bummed into a not so rare gem. There are emotionally mature anxious attached gems that can behave in very secu
What To Do When Male Partner Has Many Female Followers
What To Do When Male Partner Has Many Female Followers May 6, 2026 3899 This is an episode recorded for my instagram Wednesday live. These are the questions I answered for my followers there👇👇👇My avoidant treats me like he’s a bf even we are not longer together for months. We have been on and off but he always treats me like his bf when we are together Does avoidant experiences physical symptoms when their relationships feel too much?What do you think of the opinion t
Client Shares Healing His Anxious Attachment
Client Shares Healing His Anxious Attachment Apr 27, 2026 3668 Healing an anxious attachment isn't easy but it is possible. My client agreed to sit down and share his journey - what he went through as an anxious attached person, what he has learned and how he continues to grow and feel empowered in his relationships. I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Support the show
What It's Like to be A Fearful Avoidant
What It's Like to be A Fearful Avoidant Mar 30, 2026 4736 My client decided to share what it's like for her to be a fearful avoidant attached person. We often think that only men are avoidant attached but what happens when it's a woman. Client S shares how she thinks and feels when she gets overwhelmed and what it looks like to heal. She talks about what she is going through as she manages her emotions during a breakup and what she would do dif
How Secure Attached Breakup with Avoidant
How Secure Attached Breakup with Avoidant Mar 15, 2026 1569 Secure attached people don't beg or chase when an avoidant wants to breakup. They also know when to call it quits...and in this episode - that is what we are discussing. We will discuss...- a secure attached timeline to a deciding a breakup, - how they communicate breaking up- what they heal during breakup- how they respond when avoidant circles back 🚶🏻‍♂️‍➡️Follow me on instagram for more in

Recommended