49: Why is my Avoidant Partner SO DEFENSIVE? 🛡 Gottman Warns: this can END Relationships
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49: Why is my Avoidant Partner SO DEFENSIVE? 🛡 Gottman Warns: this can END Relationships

E 2025-05-22
Defensiveness KILLS relationships, not overnight but slowly. Painfully. Like emotional water damage, you don’t notice until the floor caves in.    In this episode, relationship coach Jula (hi! that’s me) breaks down: ✶ Why your avoidant partner gets defensive-especially when all you want is closeness✶ How anxious attachment can unknowingly trigger the "Four Horsemen"✶ Gottman’s game-changing research on communication patterns that predict a breakup✶ What defensiveness sounds like in everyday con...
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