What do men actually experience in dating, and what do they wish women understood?

In this 4-part series, we interview a panel of four Catholic men to answer questions from women in our private community about dating, relationships, and what it’s really like trying to pursue love in today’s culture.    

In Part 1 of this series, we talk about: 

• Why dating is hard for men, too 
• The misunderstandings that often happen between men and women in dating 
• What men wish women knew about their hearts, intentions, and struggles   

So often, men and women misunderstand each other’s dating experiences, and this honest conversation pulls back the curtain in a refreshing, deeply human way.

If you want to know the verbal cues, body language signals, and actions that men use to show interest or care that could be missed, tune into Part 2 of this series next. 

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💫 Doors to Thriving in the Space Between open June 22! 💫

If you've been listening to the podcast and wondering whether TIS might be your next step, we'd love to invite you to learn more. 🤍

✨ Join the June Waitlist
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✨ Attend Our FREE Live Event on Tuesday, June 23 at 7pm CT:
Why Good Men and Good Women Keep Missing Each Other

We'll be unpacking some of the hidden dynamics that create confusion, frustration, and disconnection in modern dating—and what healthy connection actually requires.

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Book a complimentary Clarity Call with Meghan or Maria. These calls are simply a space to share where you are, ask questions, and prayerfully discern your next step. We've had so many women walk away feeling more peaceful, grounded, and clear—and we'd love that for you, too. 😊

Book your complimentary Clarity Call here → 

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🤍 What is Thriving in the Space Between?

TIS is a 6-month journey for Catholic & Christian women in their 20s–40s who desire to be seen, known, and accompanied in the ache of singleness while building healthier relationships with themselves, God, and men.

Inside TIS, women learn how to:

🤍 move out of survival mode and constant over-carrying

🤍 heal the deeper patterns underneath dating struggles

🤍 understand masculinity, femininity, attachment, emotions, and nervous systems more deeply

🤍 create healthier, more grounded relationships

🤍 build meaningful friendships and sisterhood

🤍 and slowly become more peaceful, hopeful, open, and fully alive again.

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A practical, eye-opening workshop on masculinity, femininity, nervous systems, and the small shifts that change dating and relationships.

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Dating feels vulnerable because it is vulnerable. 

And in today’s world of mixed signals, anxiety, ghosting, fear of rejection, and endless dating “rules,” it’s easy to feel discouraged, confused, or like you’re somehow getting it wrong. 

In part 2 of our “Ask a Male Therapist” conversation, Dr. Mario Sacasa answers even more of your biggest questions about modern dating.   

From navigating texting and conflict to discussing pornography, rejection, dating later in life, and learning how men actually experience relationships… this episode is packed with practical guidance, and the kind of real conversation so many women desperately need to hear. 

This episode is tender, deeply validating, and full of wisdom that will help you navigate dating with confidence and peace.   

💫 Something special is coming this June 👀 

We’re preparing a brand-new FREE live event around understanding the hidden dynamics between good men and women and why they keep missing each other in the dating space. 
If you want to be the first to hear when registration opens, sign up below 🤍 

👉 Join the June workshop list 

In the meantime, if you want a place to begin NOW, don’t miss our free workshop: 

💛 Free Workshop: Understanding the Masculine Way   
A practical, eye-opening workshop on masculinity, femininity, nervous systems, and the small shifts that change dating and relationships.   
👉 Watch here  

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Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
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Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
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Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
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"I Thought I Would Always Be the Single Friend."   

That was the thought weighing Mialana (Mia) down when she first joined our 6-month program, Thriving in the Space Between.

In this vulnerable conversation, Mia shares her journey from feeling stuck in singleness, insecurity, and isolation to discovering a new sense of confidence, hope, and identity in the Lord. 

Through healing work, honest community, and learning to challenge the lies she believed about herself, she began to show up differently in her friendships, dating life, and relationship with God.

If you’ve ever wrestled with feeling “behind,” unseen, or afraid to hope for more, this episode will remind you that healing is possible — and that you are worthy of being deeply known, loved, and invested in. 

We talk about: 

• The hidden stories and vows that were shaping Mia’s dating life 
• Why vulnerability felt so terrifying — and how it became transformative 
• Parts work, inner healing, and learning to process emotions with the Lord 
• Releasing shame and embracing your God-given identity 
• What shifted when Mia stopped making rejection mean something about her worth 
• The power of being a “hope holder” for yourself and others 

This episode is a beautiful reminder that the slow soak of truth, healing, and honest community can change everything.

💫 Something special is coming this June 👀
We’re preparing a brand-new FREE live event around understanding the hidden dynamics between good men and women and why they keep missing each other in the dating space.

If you want to be the first to hear when registration opens, sign up below 🤍

👉 Join the June workshop list 

In the meantime, if you want a place to begin NOW, don’t miss our free workshop:

💛 Free Workshop: Understanding the Masculine Way
A practical, eye-opening workshop on masculinity, femininity, nervous systems, and the small shifts that change dating and relationships.
👉 Watch here 

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

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Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
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What do men really think about attraction, commitment, trust, and relationships?
And how do you navigate dating without losing yourself, shutting down, or spiraling, trying to “get it right”?

In this incredibly honest and often hilarious conversation, we welcome back beloved guest Dr. Mario Sacasa for a special “Ask a Male Therapist” episode — where YOUR biggest dating and relationship questions take center stage.

From body image struggles and attraction fears… to mixed signals, vulnerability, trust, commitment, and how to actually know if a man is serious… this episode is packed with wisdom, compassion, practical insight, and truth-telling that will leave you feeling seen, encouraged, and challenged in the best way.

Dr. Mario also shares a powerful reflection on what it truly means to “fall” in love — and why vulnerability is not a weakness, but part of the process of real connection.

This episode will help you breathe a little deeper, understand men more clearly, and approach dating with greater confidence, self-awareness, hope, and peace.

- Connect with Dr. Mario Sacasa: https://drmariosacasa.com and @drmariosacasa on Instagram
- Listen to his podcast "Always Hope" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube

💫 Something special is coming this June 👀

We’re preparing a brand-new FREE live event around understanding the hidden dynamics between good men and women and why they keep missing each other in the dating space.
If you want to be the first to hear when registration opens, sign up below 🤍

👉 Join the June workshop list

In the meantime, if you want to begin NOW, don’t miss our free workshop:
💛 Free Workshop: Understanding the Masculine Way
A practical, eye-opening workshop on masculinity, femininity, nervous systems, and the small shifts that change dating and relationships.

👉 Watch here

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
📩 [email protected]

Are you making decisions from peace … or from fear?

Fear doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like staying stuck, overthinking every decision, avoiding vulnerability, or settling for a life that feels smaller than the one you truly desire. 
 
In this bonus episode, Meghan shares how fear quietly shapes the lives of so many single women and how God desires freedom, healing, and hope for you instead.  

You will hear:  
• How fear keeps women stuck in careers, dating patterns, and unhealthy cycles 
• The deeper beliefs and stories hiding underneath fear 
• Why avoiding the truth often creates more anxiety and paralysis 
• The danger of bitterness, passivity, and hopelessness taking root over time 
• Practical ways to bring your fears into the light with God 
• How clarity, honesty, and courage open the door to freedom 

This episode is a loving invitation to stop letting fear make your decisions and to start trusting that God truly desires abundant life, freedom, and hope for your future. 

💫 Something special is coming this June 👀

We’re preparing a brand-new FREE live event around understanding the hidden dynamics between good men and women and why they keep missing each other in the dating space.

If you want to be the first to hear when registration opens, sign up below 🤍

👉 [Join the June workshop list]

In the meantime, if you’re wanting a place to begin NOW, don’t miss our free workshop:

💛 Free Workshop: Understanding the Masculine Way
A practical, eye-opening workshop on masculinity, femininity, nervous systems, and the small shifts that change dating and relationships.

👉 [Watch here]

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
📩 [email protected]

What if dating isn’t about performing, overthinking, or getting everything “right”… but about learning how to show up with presence, confidence, and authenticity?

If dating has ever felt stressful, confusing, or discouraging, this conversation will help you breathe again—and show you a simpler, more authentic way forward.   

In part 2 of our conversation, Claire shares practical, grounded wisdom on how to date with confidence—not by trying harder, but by rooting yourself in who you are.

We talk about:
• Why you shouldn’t “box people in” with rigid expectations
• Simple ways to have better, more meaningful conversations on dates
• The power of asking thoughtful questions (and being ready to answer them too)
• How your presence, body language, and openness shape connection
• Why being available matters more than being “perfect”

This conversation will help you move from pressure and performance to peace, confidence, and genuine connection. 

Claire's programs and resources:

• Website - https://findingphilothea.com/
• Connect with Claire on Instagram @findingphilothea

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
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Do you ever feel awkward in social situations… or unsure how to show up with confidence? 

Have you wondered how to stand out in dating without trying to be someone you’re not?

In a world that’s lost the art of presence and connection, this episode will show you a different way.

In part 1 of our conversation with Claire Couche, founder of Finding Philothea, we explore how true etiquette flows from identity, confidence, and a deep understanding of your dignity as a woman.   

We talk about:
• Why etiquette is really about honoring dignity
• How body language and presence shape every interaction
• The connection between identity, confidence, and how you show up
• Practical ways to grow in social ease, connection, and hospitality
• Why in-person connection is your greatest advantage in modern dating

This episode will help you move from self-conscious to others-focused, so you can show up with authenticity, warmth, and quiet confidence. 

Claire's programs and resources:

• Website - https://findingphilothea.com/
• Connect with Claire on Instagram @findingphilothea

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
📩 [email protected]

Do you ever feel like you’re “too late,” “not enough,” or somehow missed your chance at love? 

Have you caught yourself believing that your worth is tied to age, appearance, or being chosen?   

In this heartfelt conversation, we call out the cultural and internal narratives that are keeping women stuck, discouraged, and disconnected from their true identity. 

We dive into: 
• The lie that youth equals beauty, and what men are actually drawn to 
• How fear, disappointment, and comparison can dim your natural light 
• The hidden ways a “victim mindset” shows up in dating and vocation 
• Why your life is not on hold and never has been 
• Practical steps to identify, reject, and replace the lies you’ve been believing 

This episode is both a loving wake-up call and a powerful invitation: you are not behind, you are not disqualified, and your radiance hasn’t gone anywhere ... it’s just waiting to be reclaimed. 

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
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🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
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In a world full of noise, notifications, and endless distractions, it’s easy to drift through life on autopilot. 

In this episode, Marie Hanson shares how a life-changing experience led her to rethink how she spends her time, attention, and energy.

We talk about:
• Why so many of us live on autopilot
• The deeper emotional reasons behind our distractions
• How constant noise makes it harder to hear God’s voice
• Practical “roadblocks” that help break unhealthy habits
• What it really means to live with presence and intention   

As Catholic women, we can break the distraction cycle to live more intentionally and hear God more clearly.

Connect with Marie through The Catholic Woman Podcast and her website catholicwoman.co 

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
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🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
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Waiting for love can feel like one of the most painful and confusing seasons of life, especially when you feel like you’ve “done everything right” but nothing has happened.

In this hope-filled conversation, Brendan McCauley joins us again to talk about dating, vocation, and the deep ache of waiting for marriage—and how to remain open, hopeful, and joyful even when the answers you long for haven’t come yet.

Brendan shares insight into what women often don’t realize about the depth of men’s desire for vocation and family and how suffering and unfulfilled desire can become redemptive when united with Christ.

This conversation is a reminder that God is deeply at work in the space between where you are and where you hope to be.   

Learn More about Humanum Project at humanumproject.org and check out their YouTube channel and Instagram.  

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💛 Stay connected to TIS 👉🏼 Stay in the know on all things TIS!

Want to go deeper? Our 3 most-loved workshops are always available—practical, healing, and Christ-centered.
👉🏼 [Explore the workshops]

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head or in “go mode” in life or in dating, we made something for you 🤍

✨ Turning Back Into a Girl — a free guide to help you slow down, feel more grounded, and show up with more presence.
👉 Get the guide

🌸 Cycle Syncing with Flo Living
Track your cycle + support your body’s rhythms with recipes, workouts, and insights.
Use code TIS for your first month FREE.

🌿 Wednesday Wellness & Wisdom (Free Newsletter)
Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
👉 Subscribe

🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
📩 [email protected]