You’ve felt it before you had a name for it. The way you over-function when a project’s on the line. The way you’ve quietly stopped expecting anything good from a workplace that’s disappointed you one too many times. The way some women seem to ask for what they want without apologizing three times first.
In this episode, Dr. Nicole Bryan applies real clinical attachment theory — anxious, avoidant, and secure — to the relationship you have with your career. This is the same framework developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, applied with clinical precision to the specific experience of a Black introverted Director or VP navigating corporate.
In this episode:
- The three career attachment styles — anxious, avoidant, secure — and how to identify yours
- Why the anxious over-functioner keeps “earning” a seat she already has
- How avoidant attachment connects directly to the protective detachment named in Episode 148
- Why your attachment style was shaped by real experience, not irrationality
- Practical first steps toward secure attachment for both styles
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