Break Free From Heartbreak Using Attachment Theory!

Discover why we get attached and how a growth mindset can free you from heartbreak and towards secure attachment!

What you'll learn

Identify your attachment style and start describing your experiences of heartbreak through the lens of attachment theory.

Learn how core wounds affects us, identify your own "stories" and emotional patterns.

Understand why we get so attached to the idea of someone, learn how a growth perspective can help you come out of heartbreak even more securely attached.

Learn how to give to yourself what you are seeking from someone else, set standards for future romantic relationships.

Requirements

No prerequisites required.

Description

When we approach heartbreak from the lens of attachment theory, we can begin to analyze how different attachment styles can result in varying grief responses. Attachment styles are categorized as secure, dismissive avoidant, anxious pre-occupied, and fearful avoidant. The attachment system offers a framework for understanding why some of us need to pull away in our grief, others may become completely overwhelmed, and others experience "complicated grief" and struggle immensely with processing their emotions and accepting reality.In this course, heartbreak is framed as a process of navigating adjustment surrounding the loss of a significant emotional bond with another person, and it is mediated by the attachment system to help us survive. Attachment styles may indicate how we will experience a wide range of emotional responses when grieving, such as sorrow, love, yearning, avoidance, anxiety, fear, confusion, anger, numbness, and despair. Key Lesson Concepts:Attachment styles are developed in early childhood based on interactions and level of attunement we received from our primary caregivers.Understanding attachment styles can help navigate heartbreak by developing an understanding of how core wounds affect our emotional patterns, coping behaviors and the "stories" we tell ourselves.Learning about why we get so attached to the idea of someone, and how to give to yourself what you are seeking from others and set standards and boundaries for future romantic relationships.

Overview

Section 1: How Heartbreak Affects Us - Depending on Your Attachment Style

Lecture 1 How Heartbreak Affects Us - Depending on Your Attachment Style

Section 2: Why Does Heartbreak Hurt So Much?

Lecture 2 Why Does Heartbreak Hurt So Much?

Section 3: Letting Go of The Pain!

Lecture 3 Letting Go of The Pain!

Section 4: Building the Life You Want After Heartbreak

Lecture 4 What Does a Secure Relationship Look Like?

Lecture 5 Moving Towards Self Love: The Importance of Honoring Your Needs and Boundaries

Adult learners seeking to improve the relationships in their life (especially the one to themselves!) by exploring core wounds, emotional patterns and behavior through the lens of attachment theory - with a focus on overcoming heartbreak and re-building the life you want!