From Insecure to Secure: How to Rewire Your Love Life with the Love Doc Dr. Sarah Hensley

Barely Famous

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Kail sits down with Dr. Sarah Hensley; social psychologist, researcher, and “Love Doc” to break down attachment styles in real life: secure, anxious, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant. They dig into how early childhood shapes adult relationships, the anxious/avoidant dance, and what it actually takes to move toward a secure attachment style . If you’ve ever wondered “why do I pick the same partners?” or “can people actually change?” this one’s for you.

For more of Dr. Sarah Hensley (“The Love Doc”) listen to her Podcast: The Love Doc check out her website thelovedoc.com and follow her on socials @DrSarahHensleyLoveDoc

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.com.
0:05.5	That's audible.com.
0:09.0	com.uk slash wondery.
0:11.5	Welcome to the shit show.
0:14.3	Things are going to get weird.
0:15.9	It's your fave villain, Kail Lowry.
0:17.8	And you're listening to Barely Famous.
0:28.9	Yeah. in Kail Lauer. And you're listening to Barely Famous. Welcome back to Barely Famous podcast.
0:34.8	Today I'm joined by Dr. Sarah Hensley, a clinical psychologist known for breaking down attachment styles, toxic patterns, and what healing actually looks like. I'm excited to break down attachment styles in this episode, so let's get into it. All right, Dr. Sarah Hensley, thank you for joining us on Barely Famous Podcasts. Thank you for having me. Of course. So your background is in psychology. It is. And you have a PhD in psychology. Yes. What inspired you to go into psychology? Well, I just kind of
0:57.0	picked a random major in undergrad. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, but I really loved my
1:02.3	intro to site course. And I was already a sophomore undeclared. And I was just like, okay, we'll do this. I had no
1:07.1	idea what I was doing. So what you don't't have to get a PhD in psychology though, right?
1:12.3	To be a psychologist?
1:14.8	So there's, psychology is actually like a really big discipline and a lot of people don't know
1:20.3	about sort of the other side of psychology.
1:22.1	So we have about a third of the discipline is clinical.
1:24.2	So they diagnose and treat people with severe mental illness.
1:28.7	And then the other two-thirds were researchers. So we have like cognitive psychologists,
1:34.7	developmental psychologists, neuropsychologists, and then I'm a social psychologist. So social
1:39.1	psychology is really the study of human behavior. And within that, romantic relationships is sort of my niche.
1:46.0	Okay.
1:46.2	So I'm not a clinician.
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