As a trauma survivor, I spent years pursuing and getting entangled with unavailable men. My history of abuse had impaired my ability to seek a healthy relationship. Meanwhile, at the same time I was writing a popular and internationall-read dating advice column.
Crazy, I know.
After ten years of coaching and supporting single men and women across the globe, I started to face the very harsh truth about myself: I'd never fully examined how my trauma had affected my ability to form healthy attachments.
It was that realization that led me to spend almost a year training to become a certified Trauma Recovery Coach. Over the course of those months, not only did I finally figure out how and why I was getting in my own way, but I entered into my first healthy adult relationship. (And as of this writing, he's still in my life.)
This workshop is for you if you're strong, fierce and resilient but tired of bullshit. You're over the last minute cancellations. You're done with the mixed messages and push/pull antics of man-children and men with no conscience. I've designed a workshop where we will identify the emotional landmines that might be contributing to all this chaos and - together - find away around them.
In this workshop we will:
• Identify experiences from your past that may have shaped your belief-system and gotten in the way of you emotional development or wellness. (ie childhood neglect or abuse, divorce, partner betrayal, loss of a partner, etc.)
• Discuss how trauma affects our thinking and emotional self-regulation.
• Talk about repetition compulsion and why we might date the same person over and over.
• Discuss attachment theory and the four attachment styles.
• Learn how our attachment style often dictates the type of partner we are drawn to and why it's usually someone bad for us.
• Talk about ways we can change our attachment style.
You don't need books, pens or paper. Just bring your bad ass self to this online workshop, accessible via a Zoom link I will provide to you after you've booked your spot.
IMPORTANT:
- You have a choice of a one-on-one workshop or participation in a group workshop consisting of no more than 5 other attendees.
- Nothing will be recorded.
- Everything discussed will be confidential and not used for promotional purposes.
- This workshop is for all women-identifying adults ages 21 and over. Cis/Straight/LGBQT women welcome.