Welcome to Dr Sarah: Relationship Success Lab, where high achievers, executives, and entrepreneurs explore relationship fitness, healing from relationship trauma, and creating secure, trusting, and loving partnerships. Designed for those navigating high-stakes careers and relationships, we dive into trauma-informed coaching, relationship wellbeing, and practical strategies to recover from trauma bonding and build meaningful connections. Save your marriage, start building secure relationships and optimizing your relationship wellbeing.

 

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In this podcast episode, I talk about the differences between being in love and being in a trauma-bonded relationship. I highlight five key factors to help you distinguish between the two:

1. Extreme Highs and Lows: In a trauma-bonded relationship, there are massive highs followed by sudden plummeting lows. These extreme fluctuations indicate a trauma bond. Healthy love, on the other hand, involves a narrower range of emotions and a more balanced middle ground.
2. Mature vs. Immature Love: Immature love focuses on needing the other person for validation and completeness, while mature love centers around genuinely wanting the person because of who they are. The former leads to a trauma bond, whereas the latter signifies genuine love.
3. Attachment vs. Connection: Attachment entails integrating the partner into one's own identity, causing constant anxiety and fear of abandonment. Connection involves acknowledging the partner's qualities and choosing to connect without a fear-driven attachment.
4. Acceptance of Flaws: In a trauma-bonded relationship, flaws are hidden or ignored to preserve the relationship's potential. True love acknowledges flaws and acce

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Specialising in relationships, attachment problems and trauma bonding, Dr Sarah is on a mission to help you end negative cycles, create a secure relationship template, improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional intimacy. Stop self-sabotaging behaviours now and begin to self-actualise.

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