591 - Shift Anxious Attachment with Your Body, Not Your Brain (with Orit Krug)

Relationship anxiety and anxious attachment frequently reside in the nervous system rather than the intellectual mind, rendering cognitive understanding insufficient for lasting change. While excessive reassurance seeking—a threat-focused behavior—offers temporary relief, it often fails to build genuine security and can inadvertently diminish relationship trust. True healing requires shifting from intellectual analysis to somatic awareness, allowing individuals to process buried emotions like grief and anger. By practicing the ability to remain connected to oneself during moments of uncertainty, people can move beyond the need for external validation. Orit Krug, a board-certified dance and movement therapist, emphasizes that becoming secure is not about achieving certainty, but about developing the capacity to tolerate ambiguity. Through embodied practices like parts work, individuals can directly address childhood wounds and cultivate a deeper, internal sense of worthiness.