Thriving in the Space Between

In this episode, Maria sits down with Amy, a TIS member who shares what shifted when she realized she wasn’t doing anything wrong—she just hadn’t learned how to be present in her whole self yet.

Amy opens up about:

• Feeling stuck in her head and constantly “on”
• Learning how to pause, breathe, and let Jesus meet her in the present moment
• How somatic practices helped her connect her mind and heart—without losing her Catholic identity
• Showing up differently in dating, friendships, work, and prayer
• Experiencing community as a place of safety, compassion, and shared language
• Discovering that healing doesn’t have to be scary to be real

“I learned how to put my hand over my heart, take a deep breath, and let Jesus be with me—before stepping into anything.”

This conversation is for the woman who feels tired of carrying everything alone…
who’s doing “all the right things” but still longs for more peace, presence, and trust.

You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
And you’re not meant to do this alone.

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✨ January is coming — and so is TIS ✨

Doors to our 6 month Program: Thriving in the Space Between open January 20 with an Early Bird discount, and close January 31.

Before doors open, you’re invited to join us for two free live events:
• January 13 @ 7pm CT — Program Overview + real stories from TIS members
• January 22 @ 7pm CT — Free live workshop on Dating Without Deadline Panic Workshop 

If you’ve been curious, discerning, or quietly hoping for something different, this is your invitation to stay close.

👉 Stay in the loop + get all the details: [https://theintentionalsingle.myflodesk.com/waitlist2026]

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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.
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What if dreaming isn’t about outcomes—but about staying open? Meghan and Maria share why dreaming still matters after disappointment, how God works in seasons of waiting, and why your desires were never an accident.

✨ You’re invited: The Dreaming Workshop ✨

If this episode stirred something in you, we’d love to hold space for you to go deeper.

The Dreaming Workshop is one of our most loved experiences inside TIS—a spacious, guided, half-day retreat designed to help you reflect on the past year, honor what’s been hard, and gently open your heart to what God may be inviting you into next.

This isn’t about forcing goals or fixing your life.
It’s about slowing down, staying open, and letting God meet you right where you are.

🗓 Saturday, January 10
⏰ 10am–3pm CT
📍 Live via Zoom
💛 Replay included if you can’t join us live.

👉 Save your spot here: [https://www.theintentionalsingle.com/dreamingworkshop2026

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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.
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Most of us were never taught how to be women in relationships. We’ve learned how to hustle, achieve, and stay strong—but not how to soften, receive, trust, or actually let ourselves be loved. 

Today’s guest, Catholic relationship coach Amy Davenport, learned these lessons through years of marital struggle and a powerful, grace-filled transformation that changed everything.

In this conversation, Amy shares the six intimacy skills that helped restore her marriage and reconnect her to her feminine heart—skills she wishes every Catholic woman knew before she ever said yes to a man. 

Whether you’re single, dating, or preparing for marriage someday, this episode will give you a hopeful, refreshing vision for love: one rooted in trust, emotional safety, and becoming the woman God created you to be.

You can reach Amy at www.belovedrelationshipcoaching.com

Or the book: The Empowered Wife

And The Surrendered Single

You can check out her story:
https://lauradoyle.org/podcast/289-the-only-thing-that-works-with-a-narcissist/

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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.
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Let’s be honest: Catholic dating can feel… a lot.
The starts and stops, the ghosting, the wondering if you’re the only one still waiting—it’s real.
But there’s still so much hope here.

In this episode, we sit down with Emily Wilson Hussem, beloved author, speaker, and creator of the app Sacred Spark, for a conversation about how God is restoring beauty, healing, and holiness in the dating space.

You’ll hear real stories of transformation, reminders that your story isn’t late, and practical ways to date with more peace, openness, and confidence in God’s timing—because even when it feels slow or uncertain, He’s still writing something good.

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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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We say we want holy marriages and honest love—but sometimes our fear keeps us from living like it.

In this mini episode, Meghan and Maria invite you to look at where fear, people-pleasing, or “I don’t want to rock the boat” might be holding you back. You’ll walk away reminded that real intimacy can’t exist without honesty—and that courage always leads to deeper freedom.

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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.
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What happens when life doesn’t look the way you thought it would—and God meets you there anyway?

In this week’s episode, Laurie shares her story of walking through single motherhood, disappointment, and deep faith. From letting go of the picture she imagined to finding peace in the present moment, she discovered that God was never late—He was just writing something different.

This is a story about trust in the in-between, healing from striving, and saying yes again to love, to life, and to hope.

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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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You’re praying. You’re trying to stay hopeful. But deep down, you’re wondering, “What if it never happens for me?”

This week, we’re joined by our dear friend Dr. Sarah Denny Lorio — a bioethicist, speaker, and truth-teller — for a heartfelt conversation about the ache of waiting — and how to trust God when it feels like everyone else’s story is moving faster than yours.

Sarah opens up about her own long waiting season, what it taught her about surrender, and how she finally began to believe that God’s timing was not a punishment, but protection.

We talk about:

• Healing bitterness and disappointment with God
• The difference between striving and surrender
• The sacred, slow beauty of becoming who you’re meant to be

If you’re in a season that feels slow, this one will help you rest in the truth that God’s not late — He’s right on time.

💌 Want to walk with the brilliant Sarah? Visit https://www.drsarahdennylorio.com/ or follow her on insta @dr.sarahdennylorio and @whatwomenareofficial.

And listen in on Sarah's brilliance over at her new podcast: What Women Are! 

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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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Meghan and Maria get real about a pattern they’ve seen in Catholic circles — conversations that drift toward gossip, negativity, and tearing others down. In this short but powerful episode, they talk about how to shift the tone, speak life, and become women who elevate — in friendship, dating, and beyond.

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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.
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Faith + nervous system support + life-giving resources—delivered every other week.
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Let’s be honest: most of us didn’t grow up with clear, honest, or healthy conversations about intimacy. The result? Shame, confusion, and wounds that often follow us into dating, engagement, and marriage.

That’s why we’re so grateful for our guest, Ellen Holloway. Ellen is a Catholic marriage and intimacy educator who helps women deepen connection in their marriages while staying grounded in Church teaching. She’s the creator of courses like The Orgasm Course for Catholic Women and The Catholic Sex Positions Guide, which provide practical, respectful, and fully Catholic support for growing in love and desire. Through her company, Vines in Full Bloom, Ellen equips Catholic women to embrace God’s design for love, intimacy, and pleasure in marriage. She’s also the host of the Charting Toward Intimacy podcast.

In this conversation, Ellen helps us peel back the myths, look at God’s design for intimacy, and discover how it’s meant to be sacred, healing, and good. You’ll leave with practical tools, a lighter heart, and maybe even a sense of relief: you’re not broken, and you’re not alone.

✨Explore Ellen's Resources 

For the single gals: In His Image - A Catholic Young Woman's Guide to the Body and Sex is a transformative course designed exclusively for young Catholic women seeking a profound understanding of their bodies and relationships in alignment with their faith.

For the soon-to-be-married gals: 

• Free foreplay foundations course
• Catholic Sex Positions Guide
• Healing painful sex
• Orgasm course

Explore Ellen's podcast: Charting Towards Intimacy

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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)
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🌐 Learn more about The Intentional Single
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Ever feel like you’re pouring into relationships and not getting much back? Or like asking for what you actually need feels selfish? We’ve been there too—and that’s exactly what we’re diving into today.

In this episode we talk about how practicing the simple skill of asking—and receiving—can be one of the most healing shifts in moving toward secure connection. From the way wounds are formed in relationships to how they are repaired through vulnerability and reciprocity, you’ll learn a practical skill that opens the door to deeper trust and secure love.

💌 Doors are open through Saturday, Sep 27! Come explore the 6-month journey of TIS — with live coaching, safe community, and tools to help you find freedom, peace, and confidence in dating + life. 🌿

👉 [Explore the journey ➜]

🗓️ Missed our free live event — Beyond the Dating Trap? 

[Snag the replay before October 7!]

🌸 Not sure if it’s the right fit or time? You don’t have to figure that out alone. Reach out to us at [email protected] 

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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]