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In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin shares EXACTLY how you can get Empowered AF. Listen to the replay of the Empowered AF Q&A that we hosted to kick off the cart opening for Empowered AF. We had some great and powerful questions! 

Empowered AF is a combination of Caitlin teaching you proven and tested relational skills, and an experience where YOU get to have healthy relationships in a safe container. 

We aren’t just talking about relationships and relational skills, we’re PUTTING those skills to ACTION. 


JOIN EMPOWERED AF TODAY: https://www.caitlinscouch.com/empowered-af-ultimate-dating-program 


Need advice on dating, relationships, self-worth, boundaries, break-ups, or mental health? Submit your questions anonymously and Caitlin will answer in an upcoming Dear Caitlin column! Submit an entry for Dear Caitlin.

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz here: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

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• How you can get Empowered AF
• Caitlin’s story of why she created Empowered AF
• What is Gestalt therapy? More into Caitlin’s professional background. 
• What does Relational mean and why does it matter? 

• “Learning how to be relational, learning relational skills, is what I needed to be able to get into a healthy, amazing relationship.” 
• “Everything we believe about ourselves comes from society, family, experiences, trauma. Things like that. We’re not born feeling shame.” 
  
  

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In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin shares that dating can be soul crushingly difficult nowadays. None of us were taught how to navigate the online dating world, and without the necessary knowledge, it can suck you in and spit you out with half the self-worth you started with. 

But luckily, you can learn how to navigate the online dating world. You can learn how to make it work FOR you, instead of AGAINST you. 

Let's start with first dates. There's so much education needed around first date mindset, expectations, and emotions. In this video, I break down the most common myths about first dates, and give you the facts you need to step into your power, and take control of your dating journey.

Say goodbye to repetitive disappointments, and hello to confidence and empowerment.

Hungry for  more information on first dates? Then my upcoming workshop is for you!

If you want to get dating right from the first date (and even BEFORE the first date), this workshop is a MUST!  This is a 60 minute free, live workshop that will help you stop making the same mistakes (unknowingly), and start dating in a way that feels empowered and actually works.

Join me Thursday December 9th at 7:30 pm EST for my live training: First Dates: Three common mistakes that are keeping you single.
Click here to sign up: https://caitlinscouch.mykajabi.com/first-dates 

Need advice on dating, relationships, self-worth, boundaries, break-ups, or mental health? Submit your questions anonymously and Caitlin will answer in an upcoming Dear Caitlin column! Submit an entry for Dear Caitlin.

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz here: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

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• All of the myths that you may be holding onto with First Dates
• The truths about first dates that you need to know to break toxic cycles

• “When you get excited about who you think this person is, that’s when you’re going to get hurt when you find out who they actually are.”
• “The point of a first date is to see if you want to go on a second date.”

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Trigger warning: We talk about abusive childhood and relationships in this podcast. 

In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin shares a recent Dear Caitlin submission. Anonymous No. 4 shares the story of her past, including an abusive home and abusive partners. She describes her struggles with dating and relationships, and asks: How can I reverse a lifetime of abuse? 

There’s good news and bad news….much more good than bad. The truth is, you can’t reverse a lifetime of abuse. That’s the bad news.

The good news is, you don’t have to. Tune in to Episode 19 of Lovingly Blunt to hear Caitlin talk about the journey toward healing from a history of trauma. 

Are you ready to meet the right partner and create a healthy, loving relationship? Caitlin is opening 2 spots for her Empowered Dating Program, a 3 month program of 1:1 coaching starting in November. Apply here and say goodbye to disempowered dating, and hello to self-love and a thriving relationship in your future! Apply for 1:1 dating coaching

Need advice on dating, relationships, self-worth, boundaries, break-ups, or mental health? Submit your questions anonymously and Caitlin will answer in an upcoming Dear Caitlin column! Submit an entry for Dear Caitlin.

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz here: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

Daily Harvest is the fastest, easiest, most delicious way to eat well. I’m obsessed! Use my link to get $25 off of your first order!

• Caitlin’s response to a recent Dear Caitlin submission about dating after trauma
• How moving through a journey of self love can lead to happier relationships. 
• There is no one-size-fits-all solution for healing. 
• What to expect along your healing journey and how to keep moving forward

• “There is no past that comes without struggle and suffering and trauma.”
• “There’s a lack of connection and joy because there aren’t relationships.”
• “It’s not a finished journey, and it’s not a journey where she’s comfortable being, but it is a healing journey.”
• “If you didn’t grow up witnessing and experiencing healthy relationships, you don’t see red flags.”

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If you like our podcast, don’t forget to give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Your feedback really helps us to continue bringing you our best content, week after week. 

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In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin talks about a scenario that may sound way too familiar to you…

You’ve been out with him three times now, and things are going really well! You’re ready to take it to the next level, and you’re thinking about all the fun things the two of you will do together in the future. On your fourth date, you have sex, and it’s amazing! You’re high with endorphins and happier than you’ve been in a long time….

Fast forward two weeks. 

He’s not texting you as much and you don’t understand why. You feel devastated. Again.

You promise yourself you won’t get attached so quickly next time, but you do because you don’t yet know how not to.

Getting emotionally attached to someone too quickly, and before the relationship grows into something that matches that strong sense of attachment, happens to the best of us. 

Caitlin shares her personal experience with getting attached in a relationship too quickly, and what she has learned over the years to stop repeating that very painful pattern. 

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If you would like to submit a question for my advice column, please do so here!

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz here: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

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• Getting emotionally attached to a guy too quickly.
• How to stop repeating that very painful pattern.

• “Getting attached so quickly is reflective of not understanding relationships.”
• “There is so much that you don’t know you don’t know.”
• “Part of growth and change is becoming more aware of what red flags are and not expecting yourself to just know.”
• “Wanting to have sex with you has very little to do with wanting a relationship with you.”
• “Going on three to four dates is essentially the same as going on a bus ride with a person.”
• “If you’re emotionally unavailable, you’re unavailable.” 
• “Go and fuck whoever you want, as much as you want!”

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In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin shares her views from a relational perspective, on whether or not to date multiple people at once. In her professional opinion, if all you’re doing is dating & that is your whole life, you’re missing out on life. Plus, you’re showing up from a place of need instead of want. 

In addition, Caitlin talks about the common problem of getting overly attached too soon. You need to learn how to develop a healthy relationship to keep yourself from getting too attached. Once you learn how to have a healthy relationship, you’ll never get overly attached to someone who isn’t as attached to you in return, ever again.

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz here: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

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• Whether you should be dating one person at a time.
• Whether you should be dating many people at once.
• The best way to find the right person the fastest.
• The best way to navigate the online dating world.
• The importance of dating from a place of want, not a place of need.

• “When your life becomes about finding someone, you can come across as desperate.”
• “If all you’re doing is dating, then that is your whole life, & you’re missing out on life. You’re showing up from a place of need instead of want.”
• “I don’t think that dating a lot of men will teach you how to have a healthy relationship.”
• “When dating became something I did in addition to the rest of my life… that's when I started to show up from a place from want instead of need.” 
• “Honor that you are not okay being single.”

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If you like our podcast, don’t forget to give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Your feedback really helps us to continue bringing you our best content, week after week. 

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Welcome to Episode #16 of Caitlin's Couch. In this episode, I am sharing all of the sh*t no one tells you about when you start your online dating journey. The dating sites and apps show you the success stories, wedding photos and fairy tale happy endings, promising you that you can have that too...but they don’t tell you about the years of trial and error, the painful experiences, and the emotional turmoil that people go through before finding their perfect match. 

They don’t tell you you’re signing up for a sh*t show, and that you need to learn how to take control of your dating journey in order to make these sites work for you, rather than against you.

You’ll hear all about my less than dreamy story of how I first navigated online dating and how I eventually met my husband. I worked on myself and figured out how to take control of the online dating world. And now, I’m giving you everything you need to find your forever partner faster and to feel empowered along the way. Listen as I share my tips for how to make online dating less of a total sh*t show!

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlinsCouch. 

Daily Harvest is the fastest, easiest, most delicious way to eat well. I’m obsessed! Use my link to get $25 off of your first order!

• If you don’t know you are walking into a total sh*t show, you are going to get sucked into it, chewed up and spit out!
• No one can form a relationship in a high pressure fast paced system, and that’s what the online dating world is (if you don’t take control of it)
• Don’t leave it up to chance; don’t rely on the dating sites to get you to the right person; act in ways that lead you to be able to trust yourself.

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If you like our podcast, don’t forget to give us a rating and leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Your feedback really helps us to continue bringing you our best content, week after week. 

If you haven’t already, Click here to subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts so you don’t miss out on all the dating and relationship empowerment coming your way!

Welcome back to Caitlin's Couch! We are back and ready to get you feeling EMPOWERED AF on your dating journey! You’ll learn how to date with confidence, how to maintain your sense of self-worth, and how to develop a strong, loving, long-term relationship!

In this episode, Caitlin gives you all the top secrets about first dates! She busts myths you need to know about, including that you shouldn’t expect love at first sight! Stop trying to keep up with the fast pace of the online world, and start making it work for you instead of against you. Learn how to tolerate uncertainty and recognize that you really don’t know much for a while. 

A big misconception about going out on a first date is that if there was chemistry and you liked him, that that means a lot. In actuality, it doesn’t. Get comfy and settle in, because you don’t want to miss a minute of this episode!

Curious if you’re ready for a serious relationship? Take Caitlin’s brand new quiz and find out!

Take the quiz: Are you Ready for a Serious Relationship? 

Don’t forget to tag me on social media with your results! 

Follow me on Instagram @CaitlinsCouch and Tik Tok @CaitlnsCouch. 

Daily Harvest is the fastest, easiest, most delicious way to eat well. I’m obsessed! Use my link to get $25 off of your first order!

• “You don’t go out with someone once and instantly have a relationship.”
• “In this modern dating world of fast-paced swiping, screwing and ghosting, it’s important to take control of your dating life and slow things down.”
• “Relationships take a lot longer than you think to develop.”
• “Online dating is a shitshow” 
• “Let’s stop giving men permission to be jerks…”
• “The sooner you end things with the wrong people, the sooner you open up to meeting the right people”

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If you liked what you heard, please give us a rating and review in your podcast player! It helps a lot and we want to continue bringing you all the empowerment we can, so you live your life from a place of self-worth and make your dreams come true!

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In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, I am sharing another bonus sneak peek into this month's content. We are starting December off strong with letting go of control in your relationship. This topic is so important to create a happy, healthy partnership. We may not realize that we are being controlling in our relationship, so I am shedding light on what it means to be controlling. I am also talking about the potential harms of being controlling, reasons why you may have become controlling - if this is you, don’t be hard on yourself. Covid - 19 has thrown a wrench into everyone’s plans this year and it’s understandable if you have gained some unhealthy habits. 

If you like what you hear and you’d like to learn more, you can join my membership program TODAY join my membership program TODAY and get immediate access to members-only audio content, exclusive video content and helpful downloads and workbooks to communicate more effectively and explore more deeply. When you join, you have access to the entire library of relationship education and support! You’ll also be invited to join me for monthly live calls where I answer your questions and help you move from any stuck areas. The membership is the next best thing to having me as your therapist! 

https://www.caitlinscouch.com/jointhecouch 

Quotes:

• “I am not asking you to lower standards, that’s not what loosening your grip on control is really about.”

• “Being controlling means that you have your own ideas on how things should be, and you project your views onto your partner, and you expect your partner to have the same views and do things that way you think they should be done.“

If you are not ready to join me on the couch, I have multiple different content streams to help you up-level your relationship, communicate more powerfully and feel empowered for the holidays. 

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Guess who’s back 🎵 Back again 🎶

Hi beautiful listeners of Caitlin's Couch. After a much needed podcast-hiatus, I am refreshed, I am ready. I am back! 

Today’s episode is a bonus sneak peek into the members-only content that I release each month. November’s topic is, Your Feelings Matter More Than Your Thoughts. I believe that having a conversation about what you feel, vs one about what you think, are very different conversations. People often lump these together and it results in a big miscommunication, and lots of hurt feelings. 

If you like what you hear, you can join my membership program TODAY and get immediate access to members-only audio content, exclusive video content and helpful downloads and workbooks to communicate more effectively and explore more deeply. You’ll also be invited to join me for monthly live calls where I answer your questions and help you move from any stuck areas. The membership is the next best thing to having me as your therapist!  

Communicate more accurately with Caitlin’s Couch.

https://www.caitlinscouch.com/jointhecouch 

In this solo episode of Caitlin's Couch, I share the myth that most of us believe that feelings aren’t important.

Have you ever found yourself saying phrases like “there’s no point in being angry or sad about xyz”? I’m here to tell you that feelings don’t work like that. There are many important reasons that we need to feel our feelings in order to live a truly fulfilling life.

There is a reason why a baby cries when they’re hungry, or throws a tantrum when they’re unhappy. It’s how a baby shows their feelings and as we grow up, we are generally taught to suppress our feelings. We are not taught how to regulate our emotions. We are not taught that our emotions are our guide. 

This episode comes with some powerful journaling prompts. 

Keep the conversation going on Caitlin's Couch! The membership program opens its doors on September 1st, which means we are just a week away from the beginning! If you haven't purchased your membership yet, head to www.caitlinscouch.com right now to get the best deals. Once the program begins, the lifetime membership will no longer be available. 

• Feeling our feelings
• Why we need to start feeling them
• How we learned to stop feeling them
• The road back to trusting ourselves

• “We weren’t able to feel our feelings in a way that felt safe and doable.”

• “It’s sort of an all or nothing thing. We are either able to feel, or we aren’t. We don’t get to pick and choose which feelings we want to feel.”

• “If we don’t know what we feel, we won’t know what we need.”

• “Your feelings are your guides.” 

• “When I started trusting my feelings, I started trusting myself.”

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