EP 546: Why Successful Women Struggle with Anxious Attachment (and What You Can Do About It)

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

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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I’ve coached hundreds of high-achieving women, and I see the same pattern over and over again: career success, and chaos in love.

In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly why anxious attachment shows up for women who seem to have it all together — and what you can do to finally feel secure in your relationships.

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How childhood wounds turn into perfectionism and people-pleasing in dating
The belief that you have to earn love — and how it silently sabotages your relationships
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0:00.0	You're smart, you're successful, but when it comes to love, you find yourself overthinking every
0:05.6	text. You are chasing people who are not choosing you. And deep down, you are tired of pretending
0:12.8	that you're fine. Because the truth is that you're actually not broken, there's nothing wrong with you.
0:19.5	It's just that your brain is wired for anxious
0:23.2	attachment and you are attracting the wrong partners into your life. So this episode today,
0:29.5	we are going to dive into the trap that high achieving women find themselves in of being
0:36.6	high achieving, having all these amazing results in
0:39.7	their lives, but showing up with anxious attachment in their love lives. I think you're going to
0:45.3	love this episode, whether you're single in a relationship. Maybe you're someone who's been on a
0:50.5	dating hiatus. You've sworn off dating and you're taking a break. This episode is going
0:56.7	to really, really help you understand what's really going on and why career success can sometimes
1:03.2	be correlated with struggling in love, okay? Because there are so many amazing, beautiful beautiful highly successful women who have incredible careers
1:15.2	but then when it comes to relationships they find themselves not getting the results that
1:20.1	they deserve so we're going to unpack the myth why is this happening welcome to the let Let's Get Vulnerable podcast.
1:29.3	I'm your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, psychologist, relationship coach, attachment
1:33.9	theory expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, author of Love Magnet and Athletic
1:39.4	Wear Connoisseur.
1:40.5	My mission is to help you raise yourselfworth, have great relationships, and step confidently
1:46.0	into the next level of your life. Each week, two episodes will air featuring expert advice,
1:51.8	live coaching, and tips showing you exactly how to improve your life and attract a healthy
1:57.4	relationship. You deserve to feel empowered, secure, and love. Buckle up and let's get
2:04.1	vulnerable. Okay, so you've got the degrees, you've got the promotions, maybe you even have the
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