This episode features special guest Dan, a former client who shares his key transformations and learnings from 9 months of coaching. 

In this episode Dan shares insights into:
- Expectations and realities of coaching 
- Power of tuning into your emotions in dating
- Benefits of slowing down dating decisions
- Managing the fear of rejecting others

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
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Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

Do you feel a sense of pressure in dating? Feeling disheartened, worried you are 'failing' or 'not getting it right'? Building skills and focusing on what you are doing in dating is highly beneficial, however, it is also important to acknowledge factors outside of your control.

In this episode:
- Learn about benefits and downsides of perfectionism
- Learn about factors within your control in dating
- Learn about factors outside of your control in dating

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

This episode features special guest Amber Grubemann. Amber is a confidence and dating coach for women across the globe, helping people move from casual to exclusive relationships.

In this episode:
- Amber and Nadine share how they know each other, from personal coaching, to business coaching, to friends
- Amber shares her top tools to help people in dating & Nadine shares hers. Including the '5 Elements' to know when to continue or end a connection, self-validation, and assertiveness skills

Find out more about Amber:
- Women's Dating and Confidence Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/womens-dating-and-confidence-podcast/id1416434725
- Website: https://www.ambergrubenmann.com/about-amber

Find out more about Nadine:
- Website: https://www.nadineneukirch.com/

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

Do you have a desire to meet someone in person? Feeling tired of the dating apps? Unsure where to start and how to approach someone?

In this episode:
- Learn about key places and events where you can meet people
- Learn skills in starting conversation & reframing rejection when you ask someone out

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

Have you had a pattern of knowing someone who is nice, consistent, kind....yet you find the connection boring, no spark, just don't feel it? Yet the people you are highly attracted to end up being avoidant, hot/cold, love bomb, and don't work out.

In this episode:
- Consider how to best decide if it would be helpful to keep dating the 'nice' person, or end the connection
- 4 tips how to help you decide

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

Some people can have a default setting of going into self-blame when faced with a difficult dating situation, and others can have a reflex to automatically blaming others. These extreme ways of thinking and interpreting situations can increase difficult feelings and reduce ability for change.

In this episode:
- explore the impacts of self-blame
- explore the impacts of blaming others
- consider ways to increase flexibility in thinking and take and give appropriate responsibility in dating scenarios

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating:
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

Validation is a key skill to strengthen relationships, reduce conflict, and help build a sense of self.

In this episode:
- definition of validation and self-validation
- links between validation and dating
- steps to validate yourself and others

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FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating:
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

A limited sense of self can lead to increased relationship challenges and a feeling of being directionless. A limited sense of self can also lead to increased anxiety in dating, difficulties making decisions, and high reliance on external validation. 

In this episode:
- learn key components of what makes up a sense of self
- learn about impacts of a limited sense of self for dating
- origins of limited sense of self
- steps to build a sense of self

Curious about a topic of question to be covered on this podcast? Write your suggestion in the query form of Nadine's website:

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Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

It is common for the human brain to have a negativity bias, focusing on worries, worst case scenarios, and general negative thoughts. This negativity bias can also be experienced in dating. Gratitude is one practice which may increase appreciation for life and help the mind access alternate thoughts.

In this episode:
- Learn about studies on gratitude practice and the effects
- Guided meditation on gratitude 

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.

It is common for the people we date to have differences, in values, hobbies, routines, interests. How can you know whether this is a dealbreaker or if it can benefit the relationship?

In this episode:
- Learn about challenges with automatically ruling out a relationship if there are differences
- Explore strategies to identify if the differences are workable or a dealbreaker
- Learn strategies to get your own needs met and support your partner with their differences

FREE Guide on Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating: 
https://www.nadineneukirch.com

Thanks for tuning in to The Psychology of Dating Podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, please follow, rate, and share it with someone navigating the dating world.

Want more support? Download my free guide: “Top 3 Mindset Shifts in Dating” – link in the show notes.

For 1:1 sessions or to join my group program Dating with Confidence & Clarity: A Psychological Approach, visit nadineneukirch.com

Connect with me on Instagram @nadine.neukirch for tips, insights, and encouragement.

Remember: love starts with how you show up for yourself.