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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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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.

31 AUG 2023

8 Ways to Heal Fearful Avoidant Attachment and Become Secure in Relationships

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.

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20 MAR 2026

Physical Touch Love Language: Why You Crave It... or Pull Away From It

Discover why you crave or avoid physical touch in relationships. Learn how your attachment style shapes your nervous system response to touch, and how to heal.

19 MAR 2026

What Is a Love Language? (And Why Your Attachment Style Determines What You Need)

iscover what love languages really mean and why your attachment style—not your personality—determines how you give and receive love.

17 MAR 2026

The Dismissive Avoidant Woman: Why You Protect Your Independence and Still Crave Connection

Learn how Dismissive Avoidant attachment shows up in women, the core wounds behind it, and how to build secure connection without losing your independence.

13 MAR 2026

Childhood Emotional Neglect: The Hidden Cause of Adult Relationship Struggles

Discover how childhood emotional neglect shapes attachment patterns and relationships, plus the 90-day neuroplasticity protocol to heal core wounds.

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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