124. The Attachment Wound Behind Your Relationship Patterns with Thais Gibson

[intro music] Welcome to Rooted in Wellness with me, wellness advocate and holistic nutritionist, Mona Sharma.

Together, we will take a journey to discover natural healing practices from imbalance to balance, guided by ancient wisdom and modern scientific insights.

I was raised living summers on an ashram, so I learned early on that food is medicine, and your kitchen is your greatest source of healthcare and prevention.

After facing two heart surgeries, anxiety, and weight challenges, I discovered that just because your symptoms are common doesn't mean that they are normal.

Together with some incredible guests, we will explore the power of our mind, body, and soul connection, returning to our roots to rediscover our greatest wellbeing.

[intro music] Have you ever noticed yourself repeating the same relationship pattern even when you know you want something different? Maybe you pull away when someone gets too close.

Maybe you shut down during conflict, overexplain, people please, or reach for something that helps you feel soothed for a moment, and then afterwards you wonder, "Why did I do that again?" I think so many of us have been taught to look at these patterns as personality flaws.

We tell ourselves that we're too sensitive, too guarded, too needy, too difficult, or that we just need to be better at communicating.

But what if the pattern is not who you are? What if it's something that your nervous system learned a long time ago about love, safety, connection, and protection? Today, I'm sitting down with Thais Gibson, a bestselling author, PhD, and the founder of Integrated Attachment Theory, a neuroscience-backed framework that helps people understand and rewire attachment patterns, to talk about attachment styles, core wounds, subconscious beliefs, and why the way that we learned to feel safe can shape so much of our adult lives.

And this conversation goes far beyond romantic relationships.

We talk about why attachment patterns can affect the way that we handle stress, conflict, cravings, emotional eating, burnout, self-soothing, and even the way that we feel in our own body.

Because being rooted in your wellness, it's not just about what you eat or how you move or the supplements that you take.

It's also about how safe you feel within yourself.

So if you've ever wondered why the same pattern keeps showing up in love, in stress, in your habits, in your wellness routines, in the way that you relate to yourself, this conversation's gonna help you look at it with so much more compassion.

Let's get rooted.

[intro music] Welcome to Rooted in Wellness with me, wellness advocate and holistic nutritionist, Mona Sharma.

Together, we will take a journey to discover natural healing practices from imbalance to balance, guided by ancient wisdom and modern scientific insights.

I was raised living summers on an ashram, so I learned early on that food is medicine, and your kitchen is your greatest source of healthcare and prevention.

After facing two heart surgeries, anxiety, and weight challenges, I discovered that just because your symptoms are common doesn't mean that they are normal.

Together with some incredible guests, we will explore the power of our mind, body, and soul connection, returning to our roots to rediscover our greatest wellbeing.

[intro music] Have you ever noticed yourself repeating the same relationship pattern even when you know you want something different? Maybe you pull away when someone gets too close.

Maybe you shut down during conflict, overexplain, people please, or reach for something that helps you feel soothed for a moment, and then afterwards you wonder, "Why did I do that again?" I think so many of us have been taught to look at these patterns as personality flaws.

We tell ourselves that we're too sensitive, too guarded, too needy, too difficult, or that we just need to be better at communicating.

But what if the pattern is not who you are? What if it's something that your nervous system learned a long time ago about love, safety, connection, and protection? Today, I'm sitting down with Thais Gibson, a bestselling author, PhD, and the founder of Integrated Attachment Theory, a neuroscience-backed framework that helps people understand and rewire attachment patterns, to talk about attachment styles, core wounds, subconscious beliefs, and why the way that we learned to feel safe can shape so much of our adult lives.

And this conversation goes far beyond romantic relationships.

We talk about why attachment patterns can affect the way that we handle stress, conflict, cravings, emotional eating, burnout, self-soothing, and even the way that we feel in our own body.

Because being rooted in your wellness, it's not just about what you eat or how you move or the supplements that you take.

It's also about how safe you feel within yourself.

So if you've ever wondered why the same pattern keeps showing up in love, in stress, in your habits, in your wellness routines, in the way that you relate to yourself, this conversation's gonna help you look at it with so much more compassion.

Let's get rooted.