Steady and Connected

About Steady and Connected

Does anxiety show up in your closest relationships? Do you find yourself seeking reassurance, reading into silences, or pulling away just when you want to get closer? You're not difficult. You're not too much. Your nervous system may be responding to patterns laid down long before this relationship began. Steady and Connected is the podcast that explains why — and shows you what you can do about it. Hosted by Dr Narelle Duncan, Clinical Psychologist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Griffith University, drawing on 30 years of helping people understand themselves. Each episode brings you evidence-based tools for understanding anxiety, attachment, and emotional regulation in your closest relationships. Practical. Warm. Clinically grounded. Made specifically for people navigating the real pressures of relationships and mental health today. Find the free Attachment and Anxiety Quiz at steadyandconnected.com.au Steady and Connected provides psychoeducation content for general information purposes only. It is not a substitute for individual psychological assessment or treatment. If you are in crisis, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Publisher

Dr Narelle Duncan

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jun 2026

Latest episode

8 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Nov 2026

   Menopause and Anxious Attachment: Why Reactions Come Faster Now

   Episode 21 — Menopause and Anxious Attachment: Why Reactions Come Faster Now New to Steady and Connected? Episodes 1–20 set up the foundation — start there if you're new. They mention they're going out on Saturday, and you're three sentences into the argument before they've finished telling you. Not out loud, in your head. What you notice while it's happening is the speed of it. The reaction is recognisably the same one you've always had, arriving faster and at about twice the volume — an...

2. 

   1 Nov 2026

   Attachment Styles and a Sceptical Partner: What Helps Instead

   Episode 20 — Attachment Styles and a Sceptical Partner: What Helps Instead New to Steady and Connected? Episodes 1–19 set up the foundation — start there if you're new. You get about eleven words in before it's over. You'd been building up to it for a fortnight, and then they looked up and said isn't that just putting people in boxes. Not unkindly. Almost fondly. And that was the end of it. Not because they were harsh, because you'd found something that explained a great deal of your life...

3. 

   25 Oct 2026

   After the Argument: The Repair Window and How to Use It

   Episode 19 — After the Argument: The Repair Window and How to Use It New to Steady and Connected? Episodes 1–18 set up the foundation — start there if you're new. You're lying very still so you don't wake them. It finished about forty minutes ago. Neither of you said anything unforgivable, and neither of you said the thing that would have ended it either — then it just stopped, the way they do, and at some point their breathing changed and they were asleep. You are not asleep. You're runn...

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