Why Attachment Theory Doesn’t Always Explain Your Relationship Struggles

A mother and child, symbolizing transformation, healing, and breaking free from cycles of toxic love.

You’ve probably heard of attachment theory—the idea that your relationship struggles stem from how you bonded with your caregivers in childhood.

Anxious, avoidant, secure. It’s a clean, simple framework.

And for a while, it probably felt like the missing piece.

Oh, that’s why I chase unavailable people.
That’s why I shut down when someone gets too close.
That’s why I feel like I can never fully trust love.

But here’s what nobody tells you: attachment theory is just the surface.

It doesn’t explain why you keep attracting the same type of partner, no matter how much “inner work” you do.

It doesn’t explain why your mind wants something different, but your body still reacts with fear, shutdown, or panic.

It doesn’t explain the deep, unshakable feeling that something else is at play.

Because it’s not just about your childhood.

It’s about the subconscious energetic imprints you carry.

The Patterns You Struggle With in Love Aren’t Just Yours

The relationship challenges you face aren’t always rooted in your personal experiences.

They’ve likely been passed down through generations—ancestral wounds and inherited emotional energies shaping the way you attach before you were even born.

Or they might go even deeper.

You may be carrying unresolved imprints from other lifetimes—lifetimes where love meant loss, betrayal, or abandonment.

These soul-level experiences create powerful energetic contracts, keeping you stuck in cycles of heartbreak you don’t even remember signing up for.

This is why energy work changes the game.

When we release stored emotional energies, clear subconscious patterns, and rewire your nervous system’s response to love, everything shifts.

Not through analyzing your past, but through changing your energy in the present.

Energy Healing Is for You If:

⚡ You intellectually know what a healthy relationship looks like, but you can’t seem to choose one.

⚡ You feel stuck in an anxious-avoidant loop, but no amount of therapy has helped you fully shift it.

⚡ You keep attracting partners who trigger the exact same wounds, no matter how much you try to choose differently.

⚡ You feel an energetic pull toward toxic love and want to clear it from your system for good.

⚡ You sense that your struggles in love go beyond this lifetime—and you’re ready to break the cycle at its root.

Are You Ready to Release the Hidden Blocks Keeping You in Painful Relationship Cycles?

In my 1:1 energy healing sessions, we work on a deep subconscious and energetic level to clear the patterns keeping you stuck—so you can finally experience the love you’re meant for.

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