Welcome to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience

dating, love and relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach and attachment expert, Stephanie Rigg, and I'm really

glad you're here.

Hi, everybody.

Welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.

Today's episode is all about five ways to support an anxiously attached partner.

So this is a follow up to last week's episode, which was five ways to support an

avoidant partner. We received a lot of really beautiful feedback about last week's episode.

And so I'm really looking forward to sharing with you today from the anxious perspective,

some really, you know, straightforward and actionable ways that you can contribute to your

partner's experience of safety if your partner is someone who tends more towards anxious

attachment. So I know that a lot of people in my community are themselves anxiously attached

and there's a good chance that if you're listening to this, that might be

your experience. And so if that is you, I really encourage you to listen nonetheless, as it

will likely give you some insight into, you know, things that you can ask for in your

relationship that might really help with alleviating some of your more anxious

thoughts and behaviours. But it also might be a really nice opportunity to send this to your partner,

to share it with them and really invite them into your experience a little better. I think often when

it's coming from a third party, it's, it's often easier for us to hear.

So it might be a nice way to, you know, share and an offer insight to your partner and,

you know, maybe from there be a springboard into conversation, greater, you know, understanding

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