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Do you want to learn more about your attachment style? Are you excited to improve your life skills or relationships? Our blogs provide authentic, proven, and scientific advice to inspire you to learn, love, and thrive in life.

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31 AUG 2023

8 Ways to Heal a Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style

Healing your fearful avoidant attachment style is possible with 8 simple steps, including communicating your needs and releasing unrealistic expectations.

27 OCT 2023

Best Strategies for Intimacy & Sex with Dismissive Avoidants

Learn about dismissive avoidants, sex and how you can bring your relationship closer together in this extensive guide.

13 JUN 2024

Signs Your Avoidant Partner Loves You

Are you dating an avoidant but don’t if they love you? Here are the clear-cut signs that an avoidant loves you.

12 JUN 2025

Attachment Wounds: 6 Types, Their Effects & How to Heal

Struggling with trust or fear of abandonment? Learn the 6 types of attachment wounds, how they affect relationships, and steps you can take to heal.

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30 DEC 2025

Navigating Avoidant Attachment in Marriage: How to Feel Close Without Losing Yourself

Married to an avoidant? Learn how avoidant attachment shows up in marriage, why distance happens, and how to rebuild closeness safely and calmly.

27 DEC 2025

Breaking Free from a Toxic Mother: Signs, Attachment Styles, and How to Heal

Learn the signs of a toxic mother and how mother-child emotional trauma shapes attachment wounds, boundaries and relationships, plus steps to heal.

22 DEC 2025

When Your Dad Was There But Felt Far Away: Healing Cold Father Syndrome

Did your father provide but feel emotionally distant? Learn the signs of cold father syndrome, how it impacts attachment and self-worth, and gentle first steps to heal.

18 DEC 2025

15 Signs of Avoidant Parents and How They Shape Childhood Attachment

Learn the key signs of avoidant parents, how emotional unavailability shapes childhood attachment, and practical steps to heal generational patterns.

Thais Gibson

Thais Gibson

Thais Gibson is an author, speaker and leader in the personal development field. She has her MA, BA and is certified in over 13 different modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, NLP, Somatic Processing, and Trauma Work.

Through her academic training and client-based research, Thais has created renowned courses for personal development, growth and relationships. She is also the founder of Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory™, which empowers individuals to heal different attachments in their lives and reprogram any limiting thoughts and behaviours. These teachings have been distilled into the in-depth courses inside of The Personal Development School.

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