Attachment Styles Explained: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant and Fearful-Avoidant
What attachment styles are, how they show up in adult relationships, what the research really says, and why your style isn’t fixed.
Relationships bundle
The Secure Attachment Kit
Understand your attachment pattern, calm the alarm, ask for what you need, and repair when things go wrong.
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- Education and self-reflection, not therapy
Three editions
Choose what fits
You pick your edition on the Gumroad page. Each one includes everything before it.
Essentials
The 34-page Secure Attachment Workbook, the 24-card Differences Deck and a Start Here guide.
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Most chosenComplete
Everything in Essentials, plus the Boundaries & People-Pleasing workbook, the Repair & Requests Script Book and 6 editable Word pages.
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Signature
Everything in Complete, plus the workbook in 3 styles, a 30-Day Journal, 36 Couples Conversation Cards and 6 phone wallpapers.
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About this kit
Why we made it
A late text ruins your evening. Or closeness starts to feel like pressure and you pull away. Knowing your attachment style is a start, but insight alone rarely changes how you react in the moment.
This kit turns attachment research into practice: notice the pattern, soothe your body before you act, ask for what you need in words, and repair after conflict. It works for anxious, avoidant and in-between patterns, whether you’re single or partnered.
This is for you if…
- You overthink texts, tone changes and silence
- You pull away when someone gets close
- You keep choosing the same kind of relationship
- You want to argue less and repair more
Why it works
- Built on adult attachment research, explained in plain English
- Practice, not just insight: every page asks you to notice, try or plan something small
- Gentle, non-shaming language with clear safety notes
What’s inside
Inside the Secure Attachment Kit
The Secure Attachment Workbook34 fillable pages in six sections: understand, notice, soothe, ask, repair and grow. Includes a 16-statement reflection, a triggers map, “pause before you text,” the four-step request and 30 days of secure practice.
The Differences Card Deck24 printable cards that put look-alike patterns side by side, like boundaries vs. emotional walls and love vs. fear of abandonment.
Boundaries & People-Pleasing workbook16 pages for saying no, holding it kindly and handling pushback (Complete and Signature).
Repair & Requests Script BookWords for 8 hard situations, from asking for reassurance to coming back after a shutdown (Complete and Signature).
Signature extrasThe workbook in 3 styles, a 30-Day Secure Attachment Journal, 36 Couples Conversation Cards and 6 phone wallpapers.
Written by Mara Ellison, a writer, not a licensed therapist. Works well alongside therapy. In crisis in the US? Call or text 988, any time.
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All tools Free tools that go with it
ReflectAttachment Style ReflectionA free attachment style quiz with no email or sign-up. See where you fall on attachment anxiety and avoidance, with gentle next steps.Open the tool Build a skillName-a-Need BuilderBuild a clear, kind request in four steps: observation, feeling, need and request.Open the tool Build a skillApology BuilderBuild an honest apology in four parts, with gentle warnings for phrases that undo it.Open the tool
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