Learn how to set healthy boundaries in relationships, including dating and long-term communication patterns, emotional boundaries, and people-pleasing.

Summer is the perfect time to reflect on your dating patterns and set intentions for healthier relationships. Understanding why you’re drawn to certain types of people, recognizing repeating cycles, and learning your attachment style can help you make conscious choices and create more fulfilling connections. Take a moment to notice your patterns this season and start building relationships that truly align with your needs.

Attachment styles shape how we relate to others and are formed early in life based on the strength of our bond with a caregiver, which can create either a secure or insecure sense of safety. Secure attachment is associated with trust, connection, and relationship success, while insecure attachment often leads to fear, communication difficulties, and challenges in forming and maintaining relationships.

Self-Trust can only happen if you have a relationship with yourself. A positive relationship. The opposite is true -you can easily erode your trust in self if you are in a cycle of self-sabotage. Basically means that you are making choices that go directly against your personal goals and values.

I want to invite you to think of these few words and notice what emotions come up for you: rent, groceries, gas, inflation, bills. What did you notice? Did you feel your heart quicken, or that sensation of wanting to distance yourself from what these words represent for you? 

Families can evoke deep gratitude or frustration, shaping our beliefs and attachments from an early age. Life is a lesson, and here are practical tips for navigating your “group project” called family.