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If you have a Fearful Avoidant attachment style, you may feel emotionally numb, unsure of your needs, or like you’ve lost touch with who you truly are. This disconnection often develops as a survival response but it can be healed.

In this episode, Thais Gibson walks you through how to recover long-lost self-connection and rebuild a secure relationship with yourself, so you can stop living on autopilot and start making aligned, grounded decisions in your life and relationships.

Episode Summary This episode explores why Fearful Avoidant individuals often struggle with self-connection and how early environments, chronic stress, people-pleasing, and emotional suppression can lead to disconnection from needs, boundaries, and identity.

You’ll learn the three core pillars of self-connection and how each one plays a vital role in healing attachment wounds:

Learning who you truly are Reconnecting with your body and emotional signals Developing a strong identity without rigid attachment These tools help you feel safer within yourself, reduce emotional numbing, and create clarity in relationships, career choices, and personal direction.

Key Takeaways Why living on autopilot and chronic people-pleasing weaken self-connection How emotional numbing and escapism block clarity around needs and boundaries Introspection: learning your needs, values, boundaries, and what lights you up Embodiment: using body awareness to access emotions and regulate the nervous system Identity: building a strong sense of self without becoming rigid or over-attached How reconnecting with yourself supports long-term healing for fearful avoidant attachment

Timestamps 00:00 – Recovering Lost Self Connection 00:54 – What Does Struggling With Self Connection Look Like? 03:28 – 1. Introspection 05:04 – Heal From a Breakup Course Promo 05:41 – 2. Embodiment 07:47 – 3. Identity 09:51 – Conclusion

Meet the Host Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.

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In this deeply personal and vulnerable episode, Thais Gibson shares her long and complex physical health journey from chronic illness in childhood to discovering root causes as an adult through functional and integrative approaches.

This conversation is not about giving medical advice. It’s about sharing lived experience, connecting the dots between nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and physical well-being, and helping others feel less alone if they’ve been struggling with unexplained or chronic symptoms.

Thais opens up about her childhood health challenges, early adulthood, and the physical symptoms that persisted even after deep emotional and psychological healing. She shares what led her to explore functional medicine, advanced testing, and lifestyle changes and how understanding her body transformed her quality of life.

This episode explores: Growing up with chronic illness and allergies How early life experiences shaped resilience and self-awareness The role of functional medicine and root-cause testing Discoveries around mold exposure, inflammation, and nervous system health What ultimately supported her healing journey This is a story about listening to your body, advocating for yourself, and integrating mind–body healing.

Key Takeaways Chronic symptoms can become “normal” when they start early in life Emotional healing and physical healing often need to happen together Functional and root-cause approaches helped uncover missing pieces Regulation, awareness, and self-support play a role in overall well-being You’re not broken, sometimes your body is asking to be understood

Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:55 – Thais’ Physical Health Journey 03:46 – Thais’ Childhood and Youth 09:00 – Thais’ Early Adult Life 17:22 – Getting Into Functional Medicine 21:15 – Heal From a Breakup Course Promo 21:51 – Mycotoxin and Organic Acids Test Results 31:39 – Mast Cell Activation Syndrome 34:41 – What Helped Thais Heal 43:38 – Final Takeaways

Meet the Host Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.

Helpful Resources: 🧠 Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=attachment-quiz&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast

📚 Read the Learning Love Book https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/learning-love?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=learning-love&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast

🎧 Discover Podcast Episodes https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/podcast?page=1

📝 Read the PDS Blog https://blog.personaldevelopmentschool.com/

Let’s Connect on Socials: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thaisgibson 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/

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If you have a Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style, healing doesn’t mean forcing yourself to become someone you’re not — it means learning a new, healthier relationship with vulnerability, emotions, and connection.

In this video, Thais Gibson shares 5 hard but deeply transformative truths that can support dismissive avoidant healing, reduce emotional shutdown, and help you build relationships that feel safe, balanced, and sustainable.

These truths may feel uncomfortable at first, but once integrated, they can fundamentally change how you experience intimacy, self-worth, and connection.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why emotions are not something to avoid, but powerful feedback tools How vulnerability creates safety, not weakness Why receiving support is a key part of healthy interdependence How compromise strengthens connection without self-abandonment Why being imperfect does not mean you are defective

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – These Truths Can Transform Your Life 00:35 – 1. Your Feelings Are Your Friends 02:03 – 2. Vulnerability Is Healthy and Necessary 03:10 – 3. Leaning on Someone and Receiving Support From Them Is Not Weak 04:34 – Ending Codependency Course Promo 04:55 – 4. It Is Important to Make Concessions in the Form of Compromises 05:37 – 5. It Is Normal and Human to Have Flaws

Meet the Host Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.

Helpful Resources: 🧠 Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=attachment-quiz&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast

📚 Read the Learning Love Book https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/learning-love?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=learning-love&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast

🎧 Discover Podcast Episodes https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/podcast?page=1

📝 Read the PDS Blog https://blog.personaldevelopmentschool.com/

Let’s Connect on Socials: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thaisgibson 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/