Healing Anxious Attachment

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Stop Hurting Your Attachment Style: Quality Over Quantity in Love

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Are you obsessing over whether he texted you good morning? Counting how many times he calls per week? Spiraling because his communication style doesn't match your expectations? Girl, you're focusing on quantity over quality—and it's sabotaging your secure love! 💕

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The Text Obsession That's Destroying Your Peace

Helloooo gorgeous! 👋🏽 If you're an anxious girly who's constantly analyzing every text, call, and interaction with your person, this episode is FOR YOU. Today I'm diving deep into the communication pattern that's actually hurting your attachment style—and spoiler alert: it's not what you think!

I see this ALL the time with my clients (and honey, I've been there too). You meet someone amazing, things are going well, but then you start obsessing over the "quantity" of their communication. Does he text enough? Call enough? Send good morning and good night texts?

But here's the truth bomb that's going to change everything: focusing on quantity over quality is keeping you anxious and insecure. 💣

My Personal Wake-Up Call: The Craig Chronicles

Let me tell you about my husband Craig (we're celebrating our 5-year anniversary this year—can you believe it?! 🤩). When we first met at that random baseball game, I was about to learn the most important lesson of my dating life.

Craig went to California and straight up told me: "I won't be able to text, I won't be able to talk." And gorgeous, my anxious brain went into OVERDRIVE. I'm thinking, "What part of California? Baja California?!" I literally couldn't compute why someone would be unavailable to text.

Here's the kicker—I was also dating multiple people at the time (thank you Lord for that wisdom!), and I had this toxic belief that guys who texted a lot were "good" guys. Wrong! Those frequent texters often treated me like absolute trash. 🙈

But Craig? He was a man of few words via text, but when we were together, I could feel his heart. I could feel who he was. And that's when it hit me—I was putting SO much weight into texting when that wasn't really important at all.

The Junk Food vs. Filet Mignon Analogy That Changes Everything

Think about this, boo: You can spend $30 at McDonald's and get tons of food—fries, sodas, burgers, nuggets—that's a LOT of quantity, right? But is it quality? Is it nourishing? Will it make you feel satisfied long-term? Probably not! 🍟

Now take that same $30 and buy a grass-fed filet from Whole Foods. You get one piece, but it's powerful, potent, nutrient-dense, and absolutely delicious. The impact of that filet is going to be SO much more beneficial than all that McDonald's junk.

This is EXACTLY what's happening with communication in your relationship! You're getting seduced by the idea that it's about how many times somebody does XYZ, when what really matters is the QUALITY of who they're being on a consistent basis.

What Quality Actually Looks Like (Spoiler: It's Not Texting)

Stop making it mean so much if they text you five times a day or didn't send you that good night text! If they are consistent in these areas, why would quantity matter? 👑

Quality looks like:

Respectful behavior consistently
Kind actions and words
Compassionate responses to your needs
Consistent character (not perfect, but reliable)

When I think about Craig now, I literally can't help but smile. He's such a freaking quality person that things like infidelity or cheating have never even been on my radar. Not once! Because the quality of who he is makes those fears laughable.

That's what I want for you, gorgeous—someone so high quality that you never have to question their character or intentions. ✨

The Anxious Girly's Communication Trap

Here's what happens when you focus on quantity over quality: you get confused and seduced by all the wrong things. You start believing that love is about HOW MANY times someone does something instead of WHO they're being.

I used to think that guys who texted all day were emotionally invested. Spoiler alert: they weren't! They were often the least available, least genuine, and frankly, the most likely to waste my time.

Meanwhile, the quality guys—the ones showing up with consistency, respect, and genuine care—might not be blowing up your phone, but they're showing up in ways that actually matter. 💕

Your Anxious Attachment is Craving Safety, Not Texts

Here's what's really happening when you obsess over communication quantity: your anxious attachment is looking for safety in all the wrong places. You think that if someone texts you enough, calls you enough, or communicates the "right" way, then you'll feel secure.

But gorgeous, that security has to come from WITHIN first. When you're constantly monitoring and measuring their communication, you're actually telling your nervous system that you're not safe—which keeps you in that anxious cycle! 🌀

The real work is learning to feel safe regardless of how often they text. It's about trusting YOURSELF and the process, not needing external validation to feel okay.

Making the Shift: From Quantity to Quality

So how do you start focusing on quality over quantity? First, get really honest about what you're making communication frequency mean. Are you telling yourself stories like:

"If he doesn't text good morning, he doesn't care"
"If she doesn't call enough, she's losing interest"
"If they take too long to respond, something's wrong"

Challenge these beliefs, babe! Start asking yourself: What is the QUALITY of this person? How do they treat you? How do they show up consistently? What's their character like?

When you shift your focus to quality, you'll naturally start attracting and recognizing higher-quality people. And trust me, one quality person is worth a hundred quantity-focused connections. 👑

Next Steps For The Anxious Girly

If you resonated with this episode (and I know you did, boo!), here are your next steps:

Notice when you're focusing on quantity over quality and gently redirect your attention to their character and consistent actions
Practice self-soothing when communication anxiety hits instead of seeking external reassurance through more texts or calls
Get clear on what quality actually looks like by writing down the character traits that matter most to you in a partner
Join the Healing Girl Gang for support from other girlies who are learning to focus on what really matters in love

Remember, healing isn't linear. No effort is wasted! You're exactly where you need to be on your journey to becoming secure. And trust me when I say that the peace on the other side is SO worth it.

Key Moments in This Episode

[0:05] Introduction to communication patterns hurting your attachment style
[2:04] The story of feeling like someone's not texting or calling enough
[4:05] Claire's personal story about Craig and early dating challenges
[6:02] Realizing the difference between texting frequency and relationship quality
[8:33] The focus shift from quantity to quality in relationships
[10:15] The junk food vs. quality food analogy for communication
[12:00] What quality really looks like in a person and relationship

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