Are we living in anxious times? What is compassionate self-awareness? How can an understanding of our “model of self” help us build a more secure attachment style? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author, speaker, and psychologist Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD on Overcoming Anxious Attachment For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-137-overcoming-anxious-attachment-with-leslie-becker-phelps-phd/ Learn more about your guest below: Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD is an internationally published author, speaker, and psychologist. She is the author of The Insecure in Love Workbook, Insecure in Love, and Bouncing Back from Rejection. Becker-Phelps has a private practice in Basking Ridge, NJ; and is on the medical staff of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. She came on to the show to talk about her newest book, The Insecure in Love Workbook (New Harbinger Publications, April 2024) which provides step-by-step exercises rooted in self-compassion to move past feelings of anxiety and worry, so readers can feel more secure in themselves and in their relationships. Readers will learn how to: Recognize physical sensations, negative thoughts, distressing emotions, and unhealthy behavior patterns that underlie their insecurity Respond to triggers without beating themselves up Overcome self-doubt, neediness and possessiveness Break the cycle of insecurity and self-sabotage and cultivate self-acceptance Learn more at https://drbecker-phelps.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DrLeslieBP https://twitter.com/DrLeslieBP/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC99-YM7u9FCQ2U1UOxXmOiA Insecure in Love Workbook: https://amzn.to/4dGxai5 Insecure in Love: https://amzn.to/3yhXsqN Bouncing Back from Rejection: https://amzn.to/4dBCjbf Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/