Breadcrumbing in Relationships - The Signs and What to Do About It
Breadcrumbing is a manipulative relational pattern where one person gives small, inconsistent, or vague signs of interest—just enough to keep the other person emotionally engaged, but never enough to create safety, clarity, or forward movement. It’s emotional baiting. It often masquerades as flirtation, mystery, or “being busy,” but its root is emotional unavailability or control.
In this episode we discuss the signs of breadcrumbing in relationships, why it is abusive, how to deal with it, and how to heal from it.
I’m Allison.
Writer, teacher, guide, podcast host, and founder of Create Love Freedom, an online space for women to reclaim their feminine, heal, transform, and come home to their feminine energy, feminine power, and feminine radiance.
If you are a woman wanting to heal your past wounds and trauma, deepen into your feminine being, slow down, authentically know yourself, let go of societal conditioning, create the relationships and connections you desire, and to become the woman you want to be, you are in the right place.