The Girl Who Just Wanted to Be Loved: An Anxious Attachment Healing Story

Anxious Attachment Solution: Taking Back Her Brain with Love... by Amber Self | Certified Life Coach

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This episode is about connection, trust, and sharing the heart behind The Anxious Attachment Solution. When you listen, share, or join coaching, you are trusting me with your deepest fears, heartbreaks, and hopes. So today, I share my story.

Growing up, I never felt like I fit in. In high school I was the “good girl,” the old soul, the teacher’s pet, the one hiding in classrooms and libraries. I wasn’t popular, but I desperately wanted to be liked, chosen, and loved. I dreamed of romance, marriage, and a soulmate, yet I kept chasing people who were emotionally unavailable.

In college and adulthood, my anxious attachment showed up as:

  • Wanting to be chosen at any cost
  • Settling for scraps of attention
  • Confusing being needed with being loved
  • Putting others’ needs before my own
  • Believing  ... 
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