Ep.100/ Healing Anxious Attachment and Learning to Be Okay Alone With Joe Reilly
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Do you struggle with being alone or feel like only a relationship can make you feel happy and whole?
If so, you're not alone.
Those of us with insecure attachment styles (especially anxious attachment) often rely on romantic relationships to fulfill our emotional needs for connection, love, support, and care.
However, a common challenge is that, due to a deep void and lack of practice in meeting our own emotional needs, we tend to jump into relationships too quickly, often from a place of scarcity and desperation rather than intention and true compatibility.
As you may know, this can lead to problems down the road…
We may end up feeling drained and resentful, pressuring our partners to change to meet our emotional needs—only to realize that we can't force someone to be different. They need to be open and willing. If not, we end up carrying most (if not all) of the emotional weight in the relationship, which is never fun.
This is why I invited Joe Reilly, an incredible human and former coaching client of mine, onto my podcast to share his experience in navigating this process and how he's been actively working to break his anxious attachment patterns and step into his secure self.
We dive into:
The challenges of anxious attachment
His pattern of dating avoidant partners and where that inclination comes from
Healing through a recent breakup
Learning to be okay with being alone
How he has been cultivating a secure relationship with himself while single, allowing him to approach his next partnership with intention rather than from a place of scarcity or insecurity
If you're looking for a heartfelt conversation about attachment, healing, and self-growth, this episode with Joe Reilly is for you ❤️
Contact Joe Reilly:
Instagram: @joereillymusic
Attachment Coaching with Jessica:
1-1 Attachment Coaching (8-weeks)
My Secure Self E-Course
