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4 Attachment Styles Every Mom MUST Know (For Yourself & Your Kids)


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If you’ve ever been frustrated by or struggled to connect with someone you love, you’ve GOT to understand the four attachment styles that dictate all your relationships—especially marriage & motherhood. Today we’re diving into attachment theory: how it forms, how it presents as adults, & how dramatically it affects your parenting.

Your (and others’) attachment style isn’t a personality flaw. It’s the nervous system’s relational survival strategy. It affects how safe you feel with people, how you approach social connection, how you handle conflict, how you interpret silence or feedback, & what happens inside you when stress hits. EVERY mom needs to know this so you can cultivate the secure attachment your kids need to thrive—especially if it wasn’t modeled to you as a child.

 

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:

  • The four attachment styles that determine whether and how you connect with EVERYONE around you: anxious, avoidant, disorganized, & secure 
  • The four biggest factors that shape a child’s attachment style (& how they’re forming in your kids right now) 
  • Why a child’s nervous system will always prioritize attachment over authenticity
  • The many ways insecure attachment manifests: people-pleasing, hypervigilance, emotional shutdown or reactivity, fear of vulnerability, unreliability, & more
  • How neuroplasticity and nervous system healing make it possible to move toward secure attachment & repair relationships (especially with your kids) at ANY age—even if you didn’t grow up with it

 

FOR SO MUCH MORE:

Check out these books on attachment theory:

  • Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld & Dr. Gabor Mate
  • The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr. William and Martha Sears
  • Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli Harwood
  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

 

Book a free consult to learn more about healing your nervous system so stress no longer sabotages you—or your relationships: https://tidycal.com/solutionsforsimplicity/free-consult)

 

Get on the waitlist for the next round of my 6-week program, Moms Made NewTM to learn the six most powerful life coaching tools EVERY mom needs so that you and your family can flourish: https://solutionsforsimplicity.myflodesk.com/mmn-waitlist

 

HOMEWORK:

Reflect on which of the four attachment styles best describes you and/or other people you know. If it's anything other than secure attachment, what do you think caused you to be that way? What fears do you have about moving towards more secure attachment in the future? Email me or DM me on Instagram @solutionsfo


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More Time for MomBy Dr. Amber Curtis