087: Taking on attachment styles, hard drop-offs, & being kind over likable

The M Take · Oct 14, 2026 · 59m

It's time to take on attachment styles — the patterns underneath how we love, parent, connect, and ask for help.

After a September full of hard drop-offs (for our kids and, honestly, for us), we got a little nerdy. Michelle walks us through attachment theory and the four adult attachment styles — secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful-avoidant — and we look at what each one can sound like in real life as married moms of little ones: at school drop-off, in the middle of a disagreement with our partners, and in that very familiar "I got it, I got it" moment.

We're sharing our takes on:

What our…