3 Skills to Cultivate for Healthier Relationships This Year
Becoming Relational with Elizabeth Gillette
Release Date: 01/20/2026
How to Build Emotional Capacity (and Why It Matters, Especially Now)
Becoming Relational with Elizabeth Gillette
Building capacity for stress is a skill that supports all of our relationships—and helps us cope more effectively with our daily challenges and our greater emotional landscape. In this episode, I'm sharing practical tools for building capacity in our nervous systems so we can show up more fully in our relationships and communities, especially during challenging times that require us to be active, engaged, and aware. We explore how to recognize when our nervous systems are overwhelmed and develop somatic practices, breathing techniques, and connection strategies that help us stay...
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3 Skills to Cultivate for Healthier Relationships This Year
Becoming Relational with Elizabeth Gillette
Let’s talk about concrete, practical skills that can support you in having healthier, more fulfilling, and reciprocal relationships this year. In a world that seems to be consistently generating new injustices, fears, and concerns about the safety of people we love, I want us to feel a sense of agency in how we show up in our relationships. My hope for this episode is that you will take the time to reflect on how you are navigating your relationships and explore ways in which you can become more connected to yourself, your family, and your community. Through real-life examples...
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What I Wish I Knew About Relationships In the Past–And What I’m Working on Now
Becoming Relational with Elizabeth Gillette
Relationships, attachment styles, boundaries, and the hard-won lessons I've learned over the course of my relational life--that's what we're chatting about in Episode 2! I recently turned 40, and I've been reflecting deeply on how my relationships have shaped who I am. In this episode, I'm sharing the most important lessons I've learned about relationships throughout my twenties and thirties using an attachment theory framework. I talk about trying to be what others wanted me to be, learning to recognize my patterns, how becoming a parent brought up all my attachment work in new ways, and...
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Why I'm Devoted to Becoming Relational and You Should Be Too
Becoming Relational with Elizabeth Gillette
Welcome to the very first episode of Becoming Relational! I’m Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW and I’m so grateful you’re here with me. In this episode, I discuss my passion for relationships, my own path to becoming an attachment specialist, and why I believe compassionate, nuanced connection is so vital in our world today. You’ll hear a bit about my story, my work, and my hopes for this podcast as a space where we can explore the beauty and complexity of relationships with skill, care, reverence, and a sense of curiosity. Whether you’re new to attachment theory or familiar with...
info_outlineLet’s talk about concrete, practical skills that can support you in having healthier, more fulfilling, and reciprocal relationships this year.
In a world that seems to be consistently generating new injustices, fears, and concerns about the safety of people we love, I want us to feel a sense of agency in how we show up in our relationships. My hope for this episode is that you will take the time to reflect on how you are navigating your relationships and explore ways in which you can become more connected to yourself, your family, and your community. Through real-life examples (I’m already laughing at myself for sharing these!), I want to support you in cultivating some skills that can really move the needle in the right direction in your relationships while honoring your personal boundaries and capacities.
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Attachment Theory Workbook for Couples