Understanding Attachment Styles In Relationships
In this episode, I chat with Mara Palermo, a relationship coach who’s all about helping people understand attachment styles and how they affect our relationships. Mara shares how we connected with our caregivers when we were little shapes how we act in adult relationships. She shares her own story, from working as a stylist and listening to clients’ relationship woes to becoming a relationship coach after realizing that the relationship patterns she and others experienced weren’t all that different.
Mara breaks down the four main attachment styles: anxious, avoidant, fearful, and secure. She explains how people with an anxious attachment style might constantly seek reassurance in relationships, while those with an avoidant attachment value their independence above all. The fearful type combines both, pushing and pulling in relationships, which can make trusting others tricky. On the other hand, a secure attachment means being more balanced and open in relationships.
What’s important about her story is that Mara has lived through these patterns herself, and now she helps others move towards healthier and more secure attachments. She talks about how important it is to build a solid relationship with yourself first and offers some tips on self-soothing and understanding the stories we tell ourselves in relationships.
Mara offers a fun quiz to help you learn your attachment style if you're curious about where you stand. Her approachable and insightful advice is a reminder that everyone can work towards better relationships and personal growth at any point in life.
About the Guest:
Mara Palermo is a relationship coach specializing in helping high-achievers break free from anxious and avoidant attachment patterns to create secure, healthy, and fulfilling relationships. With a signature framework focused on identity, balance, communication, boundaries, and intimacy, Mara guides clients toward deep self-awareness and emotional freedom. Known for her down-to-earth approach, she empowers individuals to stop chasing love and start letting it in. Her transformative coaching helps clients cultivate self-worth and build authentic connections. For a free attachment style quiz and more insights, you can connect with Mara on social media or her website.
To take Mara’s attachment style quiz: HTTPS://WWW.MARAPALERMO.COM/ATTACHMENT-STYLE-QUIZ-SIGN-UP
To connect Mara:
Website: www.marapalermo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachmarapalermo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marapalermo
About the Host:
Mardi Winder-Adams is an ICF and BCC Executive and Leadership Coach, Certified Divorce Transition Coach, Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS®) and a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in Texas. She has worked with women in executive, entrepreneur, and leadership roles, navigating personal, life, and professional transitions. She is the founder of Positive Communication Systems, LLC, and host of Real Divorce Talks, a quarterly series designed to provide education and inspiration to women at all stages of divorce.
Are you interested in learning more about your divorce priorities? Take the quiz "The Divorce Stress Test".
Connect with Mardi on Social Media:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Divorcecoach4women
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mardiwinderadams/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divorcecoach4women/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@divorcecoach4women
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