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Relationships

Why He Pulls Away When You Get Attached

Calm anxious attachment, soothe the fear of abandonment and love without losing yourself.

  • 21-day program
  • 85 pages
  • PDF, English
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Who it’s for

Anyone whose inner alarm runs wild when a partner pulls away, and who wants to love without losing themselves.

What you will do

  • Understand attachment styles, your alarm system and protest behaviors, without labels
  • Soothe the alarm with 7 protocols and an everyday toolbox
  • Ask for what you need clearly, choose secure relationships and decide when to stay or leave

Also included

  • 28 word-for-word scripts
  • A self-observation exercise inspired by the ECR scale
  • A 21-day program

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Table of contents

Introduction — The scene everyone recognizes p. 4
  • What this book will teach you to do differentlyp. 5
  • How to use this workbook — the 21-day programp. 6
Part 1 — Understanding your attachment p. 7
  • Where attachment comes from: Bowlby, Ainsworth and adultsp. 8
  • The styles, simplyp. 9
  • The anxious profile, in detail and without caricaturep. 10
  • Avoidant, disorganized — and why these are strategies, not labelsp. 11
  • Self-observation inspired by the ECR scale (1/2)p. 12
  • Self-observation (2/2) — reading your results without judging yourselfp. 13
  • Your alarm system: hyperactivationp. 14
  • Protest behaviorsp. 15
  • The anxious-avoidant dance: pursuit and withdrawalp. 16
  • Getting out of the dance without playing a rolep. 17
  • Six myths to dismantle (1/2)p. 18
  • Six myths to dismantle (2/2) + the essentials of part 1p. 19
Part 2 — Soothing your alarm system p. 20
  • The window of tolerance: your state of functioningp. 21
  • Mapping your personal triggers (1/2)p. 22
  • Mapping your triggers (2/2) — your alarm journalp. 23
  • Protocols 1 to 7p. 24
  • Your everyday soothing toolboxp. 31
Part 3 — Communicating without losing yourself p. 32
  • Expressing a need without begging or accusingp. 33
  • Secure request or protest? The before / after tablep. 34
  • The clear request in 4 sentencesp. 35
  • 28 word-for-word scriptsp. 36
  • When the answer hurts: staying wholep. 43
Part 4 — Choosing and building secure p. 44
  • Spotting emotional availabilityp. 45
  • Neither green light nor red light: reading the gray areasp. 46
  • The questions of the first weeksp. 47
  • A healthy relationship rhythm — for your systemp. 48
  • When he can't give you what you needp. 49
  • Deciding: staying with full knowledge, or leavingp. 50
  • Leaving cleanly, when you mustp. 51
  • Your full life: the foundationp. 52
  • Building your security, one day at a timep. 53
21-day workbook p. 54
  • Day 1 — Photograph your alarmp. 55
  • Day 2 — Your personal mapp. 56
  • Day 3 — The letter of understandingp. 57
  • Day 4 — Locate your windowp. 58
  • Day 5 — The complete alarm journalp. 59
  • Day 6 — Your personal mythsp. 60
  • Day 7 — Week 1 reviewp. 61
  • Day 8 — The text protocol, in real conditionsp. 62
  • Day 9 — Your hands-on body sequencep. 63
  • Day 10 — The evening-without-news planp. 64
  • Day 11 — Jealousy and social media: the investigation detoxp. 65
  • Day 12 — The slow repairp. 66
  • Day 13 — The unsent letterp. 67
  • Day 14 — Week 2 reviewp. 68
  • Day 15 — Your clear request, in draftp. 69
  • Day 16 — Personalize three scriptsp. 70
  • Day 17 — Saying "I need more"p. 71
  • Day 18 — Answering coolly, for realp. 72
  • Day 19 — The rhythm you proposep. 73
  • Day 20 — Your full-life planp. 74
  • Day 21 — Review of the 21 days — and letter to your future selfp. 75
  • What has changed — and what will still changep. 76
Printable sheetsp. 77
30-day maintenance plan p. 80
  • Relapses — and when to ask for helpp. 81
One last word, for youp. 84
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