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Saying NO from the heart 🙏

Do you struggle with discerning your YES from your NO? Do you want the ability to say NO from a loving & authentic space? Do you want to stop people-pleasing and have honest boundaries with yourself and others?

Saying NO—to unwanted dates, sexual acts, relationships, etc.— is an essential skill in finding and growing loving relationships. Our ability to voice a clear and loving NO sets us and others free from untruth. In other words, it’s the KIND thing to do!

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Opening our hearts to love is not a selective process!

A lack of unconditional love for the world is one of the biggest blocks to attracting intimate love partners—or deepening existing relationships.

Saying YES to this imperfect world is the first step in saying YES to ourselves, and YES to our lovers, partners, friends, family members, colleagues, and beyond.

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Is your ego in charge of your dating life?

Nowhere does our ego become more activated than in dating & relationships. Dating from the heart (rather than from your ego) is a practice that can impact every part of our lives!

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Why I am obsessed with relationships

Throughout my bohemian years, I thought I had found freedom by rejecting the slavery of conformity. But this was just half the puzzle. I knew the road of freedom wasn’t over.

My heart was blocked. My ability to love was impaired because I wanted to keep myself safe from getting hurt in relationships. I realized that it was time to focus on the one thing I had been avoiding. I had to open the gates of my heart consciously to become truly free.

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Rejection as a catalyst to find love

After coaching people of all ages, sexual orientations, and walks of life, I have found that FEAR OF REJECTION is the #1 hurdle to finding and creating fulfilling relationships. However, I have also found that working WITH rejection can deepen our ability to love in a profound, radically authentic way.

In this blog, I distill the lessons I’ve learned from my own experiences and those of my coaching clients into a formula for using rejection as a catalyst for self-actualization—a process that opens the door to true love and intimacy.

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Do you think you're lovable? Shifting shame into freedom as path to love

Almost all dating & relationship issues can be traced to one core belief: “I am not wholly lovable”. Thankfully, dating & relationships can be an incredibly powerful avenue for personal growth and transformation. 💖

In this blog, you will learn:

⭐️ The ways and mechanisms through which shame and insecurity cripple our love lives;

⭐️ My own journey of overcoming fear of rejection;

⭐️ 7 powerful tools to heal shame, build indestructible self-love, and become receptive to unlimited love & thriving relationship!

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Never have a boring date again: Ask powerful questions!

Genuine curiosity is as SEXY as it is RARE. It also is the key to successful and meaningful dates. Thankfully, you can turn small talk into deep interactions by harnessing your genuine curiosity and learning new tangible communication skills.

This blog will teach you how to:

(1) Use your intention to create a space of openness, trust, and connection right off the bat;

(2) Ask powerful, open-ended questions (including a cheat sheet full of examples); and

(3) Practice deep listening.

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Netflix and don't chill (yet): Dating in the time of coronavirus and social distancing

Love and pandemics don’t mix well… Or do they?

Some folks are madly swiping to get their end-of-the-world hookup, while others are hitting the pause button on dating altogether. Truth be told, the responsible and caring approach to the current coronavirus spread is to physically distance ourselves from one another as much as possible. This does NOT have to mean blowing apart your dating life!

In this blog, I suggest a safe, creative, and sexy strategy for dating in pandemic times: Virtual old-fashioned courting.

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