
129. Why Summer Is Secretly Triggering Your Anxious Attachment (Vacation Panic, Golf Trips, and the Fix)
About this episode
Have you ever picked a fight the night before a wedding, spiraled halfway through a vacation you were excited for, or checked his location three times during his golf weekend and hated yourself for it?
In this episode of the Speak Honest Podcast, Jenn Noble unpacks why summer is quietly one of the most activating seasons for anyone with attachment wounds. Between vacations that remove every ounce of personal space, boys' trips that stretch the connection thin, and schedules that toss your routines out the window, summer creates the exact conditions that send an anxious, avoidant, or disorganized nervous system into overdrive. Jenn breaks down the two situations behind almost every summer trigger, forced closeness and unwanted distance, and explains what your body is actually doing when the irritability spikes or the phone checking starts. Then she walks you through her five-step R.A.I.S.E. method, straight from her book Dance of Attachment, so you have something real to use the next time the wave hits at a hotel breakfast or a backyard BBQ.
You might want to listen if:
- You feel irritable, trapped, or panicky on vacations with your partner
- You spiral, overthink, or constantly check your phone when he's away
- You have anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, or disorganized attachment
- You keep picking fights in your relationship and don't know why
- You want nervous system regulation tools you can use in the moment
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