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 discuss the strength of trauma bonds in toxic relationships. I emphasize that trauma bonding can feel stronger than love, making it difficult for individuals to leave despite recognizing the relationship' being extremely unhealthy. There are 3 key reasons as to why a trauma bond feels stronger than love:

1) Trauma bonds create addiction and dependency, similar to drug addiction, as individuals chase highs and become hypersensitive to stress. On a physiological level, chronic stress disrupts hormonal balance and impairs problem-solving abilities. You are also addicted and dependent on the relationship on a psychological level where you are constantly searching for a sense of 'safety' within the relationship by 'keeping the peace' and making your partner happy.

2) Trauma bonds also impact one's self-worth, particularly for empaths and anxiously attached individuals seeking validation from narcissistic partners. Your self-worth (as an empath) ends up lying in the narcissist's ability to 'validate you' or not. Sadly they end up with the power, leaving you feeling helpless. You remain in the relationship in the hope that they give you that validation and you can feel worthy again.

3) The power imbalance in these relationships places the empath in a subordinate

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Welcome to Trauma Bonding to Relationship Success with Dr Sarah — the podcast that helps ambitious individuals and couples heal trauma bonding and toxic relationship cycles to build secure attachments and loving healthy relationships.

Hosted by Dr Sarah, psychologist, relationship strategist, and founder of Heal Trauma Bonding and Relationship Success Lab, this show guides you through practical tools and deep insights on:

✅ Healing from trauma bonding, narcissistic abuse, and emotional manipulation
✅ Building emotional resilience and secure attachment styles a
✅ Improving communication, empathy, and emotional intimacy
✅ Reclaiming your identity, boundaries, and self-worth
✅ Creating lasting relationship happiness and passion

Whether you're recovering from betrayal, navigating codependency, or simply ready to break free from the past, this podcast gives you the clarity, strength, and strategy to move forward

We hope you got massive value from this episode for your own healing and relationship progress. However if you do want to discuss your situation further, click here ttps://calendly.com/relationshipsuccesslab-info/discovery-call

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