Episode 561: Thais Gibson: The Four-Attachment Styles Explained + Why “Self Sabotage” Is A Myth
6/9/20261 hr 24 min
Your subconscious mind is running 95% of your decisions. Your conscious mind, the part that’s setting goals, making resolutions, and telling itself to do better, is only working with the remaining 5%. That gap is why knowing what you should do is never enough. Thais Gibson has spent over a decade building a framework that actually closes that gap. She is a counselor, founder of the Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory™, and has worked with over 60,000 people through The Personal Development School. In this episode of Habits and Hustle, she breaks down why self-sabotage is not what we all think it is, how your attachment style is quietly running your relationships, and the exact process to rewire patterns you have been carrying since childhood. This is one of those conversations that will make you look at your own behavior completely differently. What's Discussed: (00:05) The real reason your conscious goals keep losing to your subconscious programming. (15:30) What your attachment style is actually telling you about your childhood. (29:00) The attachment combination most likely to end in a vicious cycle. (45:00) Why dating a secure person does not fix an insecure attachment. (58:00) That one belief that’s quietly destroying your ability to connect. (1:05:00) What limerence is and why people mistake it for love. (1:15:00) The five pillars to rewire your attachment style at a subconscious level. (1:20:00) Why affirmations do not work and what to do instead. Thank You to Our Sponsors! AirDoctor: Head to AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code HUSTLE to get up to $300 OFF today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty (an $84 value) FREE! Kion: Visit getkion.com/habits for 20% OFF Momentous: Ready to try supplements that actually do what they claim? Head to livemomentous.com and use code JEN for 35% OFF your first subscription. Therasage: Visit Therasage.com and use code JEN to get 15% OFF your order. Your skin deserves this level of care. Magic Mind: Head over to magicmind.com/jen and use code JEN at checkout. Prolon: Prolon is offering listeners 30% OFF sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use the code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift. Rho Nutrition: Go to RhoNutrition.com and try Rho's Liposomal Glutathione. Use code JEN20 for 20% OFF sitewide. Manna Vitality: Try it now by using the code Jennifer20 at mannavitality.com. Find more from Jen Cohen: Website: jennifercohen.com Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements Find more from Thais Gibson: Instagram: @thepersonaldevelopmentschool YouTube: @thepersonaldevelopmentschool Podcast: The Thais Gibson Podcast Facebook: The Personal Development School TikTok: @thaisgibson Book: The New Attachment Theory Attachment Style Quiz: attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/
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First 90 secondsTais Gibson· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
Jennifer Cohen· Host0:04
Wow, okay, what a morning today. Okay, today you guys, you don't even wanna know my morning, but the good news is we have a very, very cool guest joining us today on the show. Her name is Tais. I said that right, right?
Tais Gibson· Guest0:22
Perfect, you got it.
Jennifer Cohen· Host0:22
Tais Gibson, who is certified in over 13 therapy, oh my God, 13 modalities.
Tais Gibson· Guest0:29
Yeah.
Jennifer Cohen· Host0:30
Wow. And you also are a PhD in pastoral studies?
Tais Gibson· Guest0:34
Pastoral, pastoral counseling. So I'm a- Tell me what that is. [laughs] Okay. So I, my thing for sure has always been where neuroscience overlaps with psychology and different spiritual teachings. So pastoral counseling links back to Christianity and Christian studies, and then I've been a huge fan for years of like studying Zen Buddhism and mindfulness and all these different things and, and they played such a huge role in my own life that I really sought to understand, okay, if I started on that path and that was so big for me, what was happening from like a neuroscience psychology standpoint- Mm ... that they were so impactful. So that's where I went into all these different certifications in cognitive behavioral therapy and neurolinguistic programming and hypnotherapy, and trying to just bridge understanding- Mm ... especially our subconscious mind and how we get wired and how that changes, and how a lot of these different teachings have an impact on our neuroplasticity and impact our brain and the way that we show up and move in our lives.
Jennifer Cohen· Host1:26
No, I know, and a lot of the, a lot of the things that I th- I always kind of