EP 540: Understanding Attachment Styles: A Roadmap to Secure Love

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson

Mental Health, Relationships, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode, I break down the four main attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized—and how they show up in our relationships. I walk you through the core wounds and behaviors of each style, and share what it takes to move toward secure attachment. We also talk about the power of emotional regulation, the importance of self-awareness, and how you can rewire your brain to create healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

How to identify your attachment style and the role it plays in your love life
The key shifts required to move from anxious, avoidant, or disorganized to secure
Why emotional regulation and brain rewiring are essential to healing attachment wounds

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, psychologist, relationship coach, attachment theory expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, author of Love Magnet and Athletic Wear Connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise yourself worth, have great relationships, and step confidently into the next level of your life.
0:22.3	Each week, two episodes will air featuring expert advice, live coaching, and tips, showing you
0:28.4	exactly how to improve your life and attract a healthy relationship. You deserve to feel empowered,
0:34.8	secure, and love. Buckle up and let's get vulnerable.
0:41.8	Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast.
0:44.6	I'm your host, Dr. Morgan, and today's episode is a juicy one.
0:49.2	We're going to talk about each attachment style in detail, and I'm going to talk about the growth areas of every
0:57.8	attachment style and give you a pretty detailed outline here on how does each style become
1:05.4	securely attached and I'll give you a little affirmation for every style.
1:17.4	And it's just going to be a really, really helpful guide because I know you guys. I know that you love the episodes that I do where I talk about attachment styles
1:23.1	because it helps you understand what you're doing in dating, in relationships, why you're doing it.
1:31.7	And then obviously for everyone, the goal is how do we all become as securely attached as possible?
1:39.5	Secure is the goal.
1:41.3	Secure feels so, so good.
1:43.9	So no matter if you are single, if you're dating,
1:47.3	if you're in a long-term marriage even, today's episode will help you because you're going to
1:52.6	understand each style and you're going to understand what each style needs to work on to become
1:58.3	more secure. Okay. So I'm really excited about this episode. I am recording here from
2:04.6	the beautiful Majorca, Sanya, and I am just loving it. It's so much fun. I don't know how many of you
2:13.8	know that I actually speak Spanish. I used to be fluent. I do have a degree in
2:19.1	Spanish and I spent a little bit of time in Guatemala, Mexico, Spainia. But I feel like I'm
2:29.2	getting some of my Spanish back being here and staying. It's all coming back to me. So it's been fun. I've been speaking a lot of
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