Category: Attachment

Understanding Anxious Attachment Style in Relationships

Would it surprise you to learn that you have an anxious attachment style in romantic relationships? Or that attachment styles have their origins so early in life that you may not even be aware of them?  Understanding your attachment style...

What Is Avoidance / Ambivalence Attachment?

For some individuals, thinking about being in a relationship can activate feelings of wanting to run away. Why? Because they feel that the needs of a partner, family member, or employer are overwhelming. Unfortunately, many individuals find themselves attracted to...

Attachment Style Quiz

Have you ever wondered why you fall head over heels for a new partner, go all-in on new friendships, or are a bit more guarded in how you approach these relationships? It’s all about your relationship attachment style! Take our...

Types of Attachment Styles in Relationships

What is your attachment style? The answer could be the key to your relationship patterns and habits. At PIVOT, we know people attach differently depending on who or what they attach to!  Most people have a common style. So, as...

Healing From Anxious Attachment

Embarking on a journey to overcome the effects of your most common attachment style is akin to navigating the intricacies of your own emotions, a pilgrimage towards self-discovery and emotional liberation. It’s a tender voyage through the recesses of the...

Anxious Attachment Style Explained

We all want to be loved, to feel valued, secure, and appreciated. We seek help, approval, and emotional response from our partners, family, and friends. We also fear losing someone’s love. Now, what if we experience these fears and needs...

Relational Freedom Can Feel Like A Secure Attachment

Attachment theory (Bowlby and Ainsworth) seeks to understand and trace the root origins and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. These attachment traits take place across various domains, encompassing friendships, parent-child bonds, and romantic connections. Through the interplay of personality traits,...

Anxious Attachment Can Feel Like Love Addiction

Love is probably the most discussed emotion in the realm of human feelings. We know it when we feel it - we feel the void when it is absent. We may not be able to easily define it, but we...

What Is Attachment: How Human Behavior Forms

“Attachment” is a term meant to describe the way that we connect with each other in the context of emotional safety and trust. When Attachment Theory was developed (Bowlby and Ainsworth), the concept was given that early in life, the...

What Is Love Addiction?

Why am I like this? At a pivotal moment in my life, I received the diagnosis that I was a “love addict.” The weight of that term impacted me deeply. What did it mean? How abnormal IS love addiction? Would...