What team IMAGE are reading this autumn
What team IMAGE are reading this autumn

Sarah Gill

What to make this weekend: Slow-roast duck legs
What to make this weekend: Slow-roast duck legs

Meg Walker

Postpartum Psychosis: ‘It hit me completely out of the blue’
Postpartum Psychosis: ‘It hit me completely out of the blue’

Amanda Cassidy

The game of life: how to navigate failed expectations
The game of life: how to navigate failed expectations

Lia Hynes

Breaking Taboos: Shifting perspectives on fertility
Breaking Taboos: Shifting perspectives on fertility

Dominique McMullan

This tasteful seaside home in Co Waterford is on the market for €775,000
This tasteful seaside home in Co Waterford is on the market for €775,000

Sarah Finnan

‘Passages’: A messy (and undeniably sexy) look at modern relationships
‘Passages’: A messy (and undeniably sexy) look at modern relationships

Sarah Finnan

5 things we learned at last night’s Business Club event in Galway
5 things we learned at last night’s Business Club event in Galway

Sarah Gill

What to eat tonight: Sri Lankan devilled prawns, ideally paired with a Friday tipple
What to eat tonight: Sri Lankan devilled prawns, ideally paired with a Friday tipple

Meg Walker

Vintage lover Pearl Lowe shares her tips for finding your own second-hand treasures
Vintage lover Pearl Lowe shares her tips for finding your own second-hand treasures

Megan Burns

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It’s time to learn your attachment style…and how it’s impacting your relationship


by Mairead Heffron
30th Sep 2022

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Attachment styles affect the way we deal with relationship conflicts, our feelings toward sex and our expectations of romantic intimacy. Do you know yours?

Let me tell you a story of how my husband rejects me. Allow me to list his many crimes.  He finishes dinner before me, rises from the dining table and wanders into another room. A sure sign he doesn’t love me or care about spending time with me.  I’m driving home – just me and the kids – after a weekend at my parents. I call him and he doesn’t answer or return the call...

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