You’ve been blindsided, hurt, and duped on past dates and by former partners. You’re determined to not repeat the same mistakes and attract the same kind of relationship, looking for red flags with eyes wide open. Instead of letting yourself get swept away in the romance of it all, you feel desperate for a sense of security in your relationship.

For this series on how to navigate dating someone new without the stress, anxiety, or fear, my intention has been to inspire you to think differently about how you approach dating because I really think it can make a huge difference in your life.

In this third and final episode of the series I’m going to talk about my new workshop Embodied Dating which I’ve designed to help you find the balance between protecting yourself while being available for your potential significant other.

4:47 - Does this scenario sound familiar?

6:37 - Summing up the first episode of the series

8:58 - Nothing slows you down more in your love life than this

9:56 - Some specifics of what I’ll cover in the Embodied Dating workshop

14:16 - Why answering questions about my “success rate” is difficult

16:30 - What if you also need help around your love blocks or core wounds

18:01 - What if you can’t make it to the workshop live

19:23 - Answering some questions you might have about the workshop

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to The Early Stages of Dating Series, Part 3: Introducing Embodied Dating: How to Spot Red Flags and Love Bombing While Being Available for the Relationship You Want, here are your next steps:

• Enroll in my 3-day Embodied Dating workshop (limited spots available)! Starts June 26th.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.
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How do you navigate the early stages of dating without the stress, fear, and anxiety that often comes with it? I ended the last episode with a teaser of what I call “embodied dating.” In part two of this series, I dive a little deeper into it by discussing how it can help you during those early stages and giving an overview of the overall, three-step process.

1:31​ - Recapping the first episode of the series

3:50 - How I define fear, anxiety, and stress

7:12 - Two options for dealing with fear, anxiety, and stress in the moment

8:23 - What embodied dating is and the ways it can help you in the early dating stages

12:31 - An example of how embodied dating can help you find your relationship “sweet spot”

16:10 - The general three-part process of embodied dating and my upcoming workshop

 

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to The Early Stages of Dating Series, Part 2: Three Steps to Navigating a New Relationship for More Calm, Ease, and Fun, here are your next steps:

• Get on the waitlist for my brand new Embodied Dating workshop (limited spots available)!
• Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

 

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Meeting a new dating partner can be quite the roller coaster ride of emotions! You get the thrill of the first connection, the anticipation of the first date, and (if all goes well) the excitement of the “Wow, I’m actually in a relationship” stage.

But you also might worry about whether or not you and your partner are on the same page or if the relationship is truly going anywhere. So how do you stay grounded and calm throughout this process? Today, I’m kicking off a three-part series to hopefully help you remain free from fear and anxiety as much as humanly possible when it comes to dating someone new.

2:34​ - The #1 mistake I see clients make during the early stages of dating

4:15 - Getting a better understanding of the concepts of rejection and fear

9:13 - How fear influences what you do (or don’t) in your love life

14:49 - Fear-based actions vs. intuitive-based actions

19:21 - What intuitive-based decisions allow you to do about rejection

22:43 - A preview of part two of this series and my upcoming workshop

 

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to The Early Stages of Dating Series, Part 1: The #1 Mistake Women Make When Dating Someone New, here are your next steps:

• Get on the waitlist for my brand new Embodied Dating workshop (limited spots available)!
• If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for my wait list ​here​.

Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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Beating yourself up for reaching out to the ex you just can’t seem to quit? I can’t count how often I’ve had these kinds of conversations with clients! Today, I talk with my former client M who’s frustrated with herself because she recently reengaged with an ex of hers. And it isn’t the first time she’s done it either, but she knows it’s not good for her and wants to move on completely.

The truth is that there’s a real emotional need underneath actions like this. And addressing that provides the best way for M to reach her ultimate goal: releasing this person from her life. So what is going on underneath, and what can she do? Tune in to find out and if you can relate to her (whether you’ve sought out a former partner for the first or the millionth time), I hope this episode gives you permission to be kind to yourself.

1:56 - The connection between food and reaching out to your ex

7:15 - M reveals the crux of her situation

13:03 - Going back to see where M’s feeling of invalidation comes from

18:51 - What keeps M stuck in this cycle

23:14 - Why trying to use willpower ultimately doesn’t work and what I recommend M do instead

28:48 - The one thing M might still want to explore

30:36 - Suggestions for cutting cords keeping you plugged in emotionally to things you want to release

34:32 - The key to not letting your action have power over you

39:25 - Re-emphasizing the main points of this coaching call with M

42:54 - Something I didn’t talk about with M that’s worth mentioning

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to How to Resist the Urge to Reach Out to Your Ex (Again) with M, here are your next steps:

• If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for my wait list ​here​.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.
• Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

 

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Choosing dating partners based on compatible zodiac signs is a thing. You’ve probably tried it yourself or seen others with dating profiles specifically requesting partners of certain signs. But contrary to what’s often depicted in the media, astrology isn’t about controlling your fate. It’s not about saying, for example, that you as a Gemini need to date an Aries.

In today’s show, I’ve invited my friend and astrology expert Veronica Perretti back to the show to talk about astrology! This time we discuss the real truth behind astrology, how the main three signs form the basis of who we are, and how best to use it to figure out romantic compatibility.

9:48 - Using astrology, for this reason, keeps some people trapped in cycles

14:14 - How checking your astrology resembles keeping tabs on the weather

21:04 - Why astrology actually can be a little predictive sometimes

26:35 - How the big three signs in astrology (sun, moon, and rising) help form your personality

37:17 - How to know if you’re romantically compatible with another person

46:31 - Simplifying astrological compatibility to the most basic level

53:49 - What you need to know about the coming Mars retrograde if you’re a Gemini

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Listen to episode 309 with Sierra.
• Visit Veronica’s website to get a reading, join her online yoga club or moon membership, and listen to her podcast. You can also follow her on Instagram and download her Astro Cheat Sheet.
• Get the TimePassages app on mobile to follow your astrology.
• Join me for the on-demand workshop, The 5-Step Strategy to Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life. If you have it all but love, you can attract a fulfilling partnership and live a life of purpose. Sign up here.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.

Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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Are you in a situation where you can’t seem to let go of someone, whether they’re an ex or a potential partner? Or do you treat your love life like the thing that excites you (at all) and a respite from the blah you feel is the rest of your life? Then listen up!

In today’s episode, I speak with one of my clients, Amy, who’s in what you might call a “situationship.” But as you listen to this conversation, you’ll see how her situation isn’t actually the problem. It’s just a manifestation of the real problem.  

1:50​ - Something you might notice coming up as you listen to my conversation with Amy

5:31 - Getting the facts about Amy’s situationship with Drew on the table

9:00 - Amy describes the part of her that wants to hold on to the situation (and why her attachment to Drew isn’t about him)

17:32 - My recommendation for Michelle the next time she feels the need to talk to Drew

20:03 - Something I learned in my health coaching days that can help your inner child

22:02 - Incorporating excitement in other ways outside of dating and relationships

32:39 - Reiterating the two real issues I see coming up for Amy regarding her situationship

 

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to How to Let Go of Someone Who Isn't Right for You (Even Though It Feels Impossible), here are your next steps:

• Check out the Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.
• If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for the waitlist here.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.

If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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Are you a bit of a control freak? By that, I mean do you try to control everything in your love life (and beyond)? I’m incredibly passionate about letting go of the need to control everything. I consider it a vital part of healing and being on this love journey.

In this episode, I define what it means to truly surrender, the benefits you derive from it, why people try to control things, what controlling behavior can look like in your love life, and how to overcome it. Along the way, you’ll hear about what I’ve noticed in my own life as well as those of my clients.

5:00 - What it really means to let go of control

9:15 - Why the path of letting go is more important than the outcome

11:42 - Examples of how you might try to inadvertently control things in the dating space

18:17 - Something to reassure you if you see yourself as overly controlling in your life

20:51 - Examples illustrating where the need to control things comes from

24:15 - How to figure out where your need to control comes from

25:29 - Ways you can overcome control issues and learn to let go

32:23 - A caveat for the common reaction of “it’s happening for a reason” and other mantras

38:45 - Why letting go of control is really about getting out of your own way

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to How to Let Go of Control and Trust More In Your Love Life, here are your next steps:

• Listen to a few previous episodes on inner child work: 197, 234, and 239.
• Join me for the on-demand workshop, The 5-Step Strategy to Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life. If you have it all but love, you can attract a fulfilling partnership and live a life of purpose. Sign up here.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.
• Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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An old client of mine recently got into tarot. We’d worked together a couple of years ago, and she reached out to me for feedback after drawing some cards to help her answer a question about her love life.

While I’m not a tarot expert, those of you who’ve listened to me for a while (or even just last week’s episode) know I love me some woo-woo, too! So I saw this as the perfect opportunity for a podcast episode.

In today’s show, Sierra and I discuss her question and what the cards revealed, along with tips and caveats for how to use tarot (or any other spiritual modality you choose) more intuitively and responsibly.

3:03​ - Beware of this when using spiritual tools

5:32 - Four questions to keep in mind as you listen

8:04 - Sierra’s question about the tarot and how she felt about the cards that came up in response

15:18 - Very helpful tip when interpreting meanings behind cards that come up for you

18:07 - The response Sierra gets back when she asks her question of her higher self instead

23:05 - Taking spiritual information and turning it into tangible solutions

31:08 - The process of how I might use a spiritual tool

34:55 - How my work with clients resembles working with spiritual modalities

 

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to How to Use Tarot, Oracle Cards and Astrology Responsibly to Help You Find Love, here are your next steps:

• If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for the waitlist here.
• Are you done with where you are right now? With my impactful introductory coaching session, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what’s blocking you in love. Learn more about working with me 1 on 1 and schedule your session here.

If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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I love oracle cards! I love the many themes, the inspirational meanings, or the self-reflective questions behind them. And today features an interview of someone who’s created her own oracle card deck of which I’m a big fan.

I don’t even quite remember how I came across Rachael McKee and her Kickstarter campaign, but in this episode, we discuss her deck, the inspiration behind it, and how it emphasizes women supporting women. As a bonus, she also gets into some of the things that made her long-term relationship blossom during a pretty trying time.

6:15 - A quick story to illustrate the beauty of (and history) behind Rachel’s deck

12:02 - A preview of next week’s podcast that ties into this episode

15:16 - Rachael talks about her work, describes her deck, and reveals what inspired the idea

19:46 - Rachael’s personal experience relating to women and how her deck can help women heal

23:22 - One unconventional woman’s story you’ve never heard of and her huge impact on social services

26:22 - How Rachael made her relationship thrive and grow during the pandemic

30:09 - One of the most important things I’ve learned about maintaining long-term relationships

31:39 - A connection between business and relationships (and why you might actually be avoiding one for the other)

33:25 - How Rachael learned to balance her work and her relationship

 

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

After you listen to Women Supporting Women and Making Long-Term Relationships, here are your next steps:

• Final call to join Love Incubator in 2022! If you want in, email me so we can get on the phone ASAP and see if it’s the right fit.
• Purchase Rachael’s deck from her Messages From Her website and follow on Instagram @her_messages.
• Join me for the on-demand workshop, The 5-Step Strategy to Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life. If you have it all but love, you can attract a fulfilling partnership and live a life of purpose. Sign up here.
• If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for my wait list ​here​.

Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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This episode starts off with a common fear I hear from many women in the community: I finally met someone great, how do I not mess it up?  I discuss this very issue today with my caller, Abby. But like usual on the show, there’s a hindrance to her feeling more secure in the relationship. In this case with Abby, it’s rooted in her relationship with her mom.  It’s not that she needs to heal her relationship with her mom, but she needs to set boundaries because it’s bringing out her core wounds.  This is the equivalent of picking off scabs when you’re trying to heal a physical wound.

Setting boundaries will give Abby the space she needs to have an even better relationship with her mom.  It will also help Abby do the inner child work she needs to do to feel less anxious in her romantic relationship.

1:19 - An example of something I have been experiencing lately where I need to set a boundary

5:09 - An introduction to my caller today who’s in a healthy relationship, and is scared she’s sabotaging it

6:16 - Abby presents her fear

9:35 - Abby describes her childhood with her mother

16:30 - My advice to Abby on how to heal her core wound by setting some boundaries

21:05 - The one place Abby wants to set a boundary with her mother

26:18 - A tool Abby uses to help ease her anxiety 

27:23 - My suggestion to help Abby curb her anxiety

33:10 - A recap of my call with Abby

 

After you listen to this episode, here are your next steps:

• Check out my free workshop The 5-Step Strategy To Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life
• Ready to explore what working with me is like?  Learn more here.
• If you are interested in my two-week course, Crappy to Happy to help you quickly discover your love blocks so that you can clear them and find love, without having to spend years in therapy sign up here
• If you would like more information on my free zoom calls, follow me on Instagram or sign up to my email list on my website
• Interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection? Learn more here.
• Are we connected on Instagram? Come tell me WHO you are here!
• If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

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