The relationship you have with your parent is going to directly impact how you're going to attach yourselves. As a child, I would get ignored for like hours to days on end and that got me into the conditioning that if somebody is ignoring me, it's because I'm a bad person or doing a bad thing. So growing up into an adult now people will go quiet when they are dating either because they're probably busy or don't have anything to say. Other times I might approach them in a more offensive manner because I feel quite insecure about them. It takes so many times to leave an abusive situation. They hijack our brains. And something that isn't often acknowledged is how much that
This week I am joined by Chidera Eggerue, otherwise known as the Slumflower, host of the Slumflower Hour and author of the Number 1 Sunday Times Bestsellers What a Time to be Alone (2018) and How to Get Over a Boy (2020) to discuss attachment styles, how to set boundaries and non-negotiables when dating men. We discuss the own hard lessons we’ve learnt through our intimate relationships, how to reclaim your power, the psychology behind why we accept the bare minimum and so much more. Listen now!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.