#54: Can Anxious and Avoidant Relationships Really (Honestly) Work?

The Inner Child Podcast

Gloria Zhang, MA

Ptsd, Attachment Styles, Commitment, Self-improvement, Childhood Trauma, Health & Fitness, Therapist, Inner Child Healing, Education, C-ptsd, Codependency, Alternative Health, Self Love, Dating, Asian Canadian, Relationships, Codependent Relationships, Mental Health

4.8 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Can Anxiously-Attached and Avoidantly-Attached people really (1000% honestly) work in a relationship together? I've avoided talking about this for a long time, because I realized that a lot of people aren't going to like my answer. But in today's episode, I'm ripping the band-aid off and giving you my full, honest, unfiltered opinion on the reality of this pairing based on my experience as a professional, as well as what you can do if you find yourself in an anxious-av...

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Inner Child Podcast. Can anxiously attach people successfully be in a relationship with avoidantly attached people? Yes or no? That's the million dollar question and I am finally going to answer this question and hopefully put this argument to rest for good. I'm going to be very honest about my slightly controversial answer to this question.
0:22.8	Plus, the reason why anxiously attached people and avoidantly attached people seem to be
0:28.6	drawn to each other like moths to a flame. Make sure to listen to the end of the episode where
0:33.9	I'm sharing with you a free workshop where you can start attracting and building
0:38.7	your first secure relationship, no matter what kind of attachment style you're operating
0:44.3	from. Right after this intro. Hi, I'm Gloria Zhang and after 10 years of struggling in toxic
0:53.0	relationships, I attracted the love of my life
0:56.0	by healing my inner child. This podcast is your weekly dose of my expertise as a therapist
1:02.1	and dating relationship coach for high achievers. Learn tips to overcome low self-worth, emotional
1:09.2	baggage, and childhood trauma so that you too can step
1:12.7	into your power and attract the love you desire. Welcome to the Inner Child podcast. Welcome back to
1:21.2	the Inner Child Podcast. This is Gloria here, your host, and resident relationship coach.
1:28.6	So the topic for today is something I think I've been avoiding talking about,
1:33.3	mostly because my answer might ruffle some feathers because it's not really the generic answer.
1:40.9	But as you all know, I'm here to be honest and I'm here to be helpful and sometimes
1:46.5	that means truthful. Whether you're the anxious one or the avoidantly attached one in a relationship
1:53.2	and you just want to know is it actually possible for anxious and avoidance to ever work and
2:00.5	actually succeed in a relationship.
2:03.4	Also, I wanted to mention, I apologize for not having episodes the past couple of weeks.
2:07.8	Folks have been asking, Gloria, where's the podcast?
2:10.5	I actually got sick a couple of weeks ago, and I just needed a little bit of time to get back
2:15.5	on track with myself.
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