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Healing For Love
Healing for Love
A podcast for anyone who wants to heal their schemas, shift their patterns and grow into their most grounded, authentic self in love & life. Hosted by Dr Gemma Gladstone - dating & relationship coach, former clinical psychologist (25+ years), and Advanced Schema Therapists, Trainer/Supervisor. This podcast offers thoughtful, insight-rich episodes to help you understand your patterns, heal from past emotional wounds and start rewriting your Love Template.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in familiar dynamics like seeking approval, fearing abandonment, dating narcissists or losing yourself in relationships, you’re not alone. Healing for Love is a space for self-reflection, emotional insight and practical encouragement. Here, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your worth, trust your inner voice and build relationships that support who you truly are.
This is for the woman who’s ready to feel more secure, more whole and more herself - in love and in life.
Healing For Love
115 – Healing for Love: Why Reparenting Your Abandoned Inner Child is the First Step to Secure Relationships
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In this episode, Gemma explores one of the most foundational concepts when it comes to healing relationship patterns, the abandonment schema.
Whether you're currently dating or in a long-term relationship, understanding your own abandonment schema and how it influences your emotions, choices, and reactions is essential for cultivating emotional safety and secure connection.
Gemma explains:
- What the abandonment schema is and how it develops
- How it shows up in dating and relationships (from clingy overcompensation to total avoidance)
- The 3 common coping styles triggered by this schema and how they quietly sabotage your love life
- Why working with your vulnerable child mode is key to healing the abandonment wound
- 3 powerful reparenting practices to begin calming your inner alarm system and making more grounded, self-honoring choices in love
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