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Black Girls Heal

#288: The 4 Archetypes of Love Addiction

Black Girls Heal

Shena Lashey

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Which love addict archetype do you identify with and how do you begin to heal from it?


In this week’s episode of Black Girls Heal, I’m breaking down the four main archetypes of love addiction and why each of these patterns comes with its own unique set of challenges AND beautiful qualities. Whether you're constantly chasing “the one,” afraid to be alone, losing yourself in relationships, or living in a fantasy that never quite matches reality, you’ll likely see yourself in one (or more) of these types.


In this episode, we cover…

  • 01:15 Understanding the roots of love addiction
  • 07:08 Archetype #1
  • 15:53 Archetype #2
  • 25:10 Archetype #3
  • 30:51 Archetype #4
  • 34:19 The path to becoming love-balanced
  • 40:15 How to go deeper with resources and next steps


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Transcript

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0:00.0

My job is to somehow make them curious enough or persuade them by hook or crow to get more aware of themselves and where they came from and what they are into and what is already there.

0:20.0

Just to bring it out. This is what

0:22.1

compels me to compel them. And I will do it by whatever means necessary. Welcome to the Black

0:30.2

Girls Hill podcast where we talk about healing our intimacy disorders and resolve trauma

0:35.0

and building a healthy relationship with first ourselves and then others.

0:39.5

Every episode, we will talk about advice you can apply today to break unhealthy patterns and grow

0:45.1

in your self-worth. I'm Sheena Lachay, love addiction coach and trauma specialist. Let's begin.

0:51.7

Hello, hello. Welcome to the latest episode of Black Girls Heal.

0:55.1

I'm so happy to be with you today.

0:57.4

Today I'm kicking it old school.

0:59.4

I am not at home.

1:00.7

I forgot my mic.

1:02.1

So I'm recording on my iPhone.

1:04.7

So shout out to Jill, who will be making this sound presentable to y'all.

1:09.3

But in case the audio's very different,

1:12.8

just wanted to let y'all know that is the case.

1:16.0

So today we are talking about three archetypes of love addiction,

1:23.3

maybe four, but for sure three.

1:25.9

When I say archetypes, here's the thing about love addiction.

1:29.7

Love addiction does not present in the same way to everyone. So we know the general characteristics.

1:35.4

So someone who is in love with the idea of love, someone who when they love hard, when they love someone,

1:41.5

they love hard, it's hard for you to let go of someone, even when there may be

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