Here's where I meet most of my clients: They've been in therapy for years, they have a tremendous amount of awareness around their stuff — their mom issues, their dad issues, their attachment style, their insecurities, how they attract the wrong men, etc etc. They know it all like the back of their hand! But their dating and relationship life remains the same. What gives?

January tends to be a month rife with a lot of "I'm going to do this and that and goals goals goals!" And if that feels good to you, then great. But I find most of us stack ourselves with a litany of to dos, only to feel massively let down a few weeks later. Dating tends to be one of those areas. In today's podcast episode I'm breaking down why solely focusing on going on dates won't actually bring you closer to developing rich partnership and why it's so crucial to pair action around dating with our inner work.

How are you all? It's been a minute! I'm slowly coming out of my cocoon of maternity leave. I'm only working part time, if that in January. In today's episode I'm sharing what the last few weeks have been like and how I'm embracing a slow start to the year, which seems to be a theme I'm seeing for other — motherhood or not — too.

We've all had the guy (or....guys ; )) who don't communicate well, who leave us in the dark, who aren't looking for commitment or exclusivity. Maybe they're clear about it, maybe they're not. Either way, they're like a drug we can't quit — quite literally (more on that in the episode). A text flies in, we're in their presence, all sense of clarity and judgement is lost. I very vividly recall these seasons of my life.

Today I'm joined by my dear friend Julia Zwerin, therapist and coach, to dig into this question: What is it about the toxic, avoidant, unable to commit guys who are just sooooo tantalizing? What causes us to get caught up with them — be it for weeks, months, or years? She spells it out so beautifully in this convo.

Today's guest is a beloved return one, Megan Hellerer, because her new amazing book (have read it, can vouch) is out and I couldn't be more excited. And I'm giving away two copies to listeners, give a listen to learn how you can access!

In today's episode we're digging into:

• The power of following our curiosity and why most of us don't

• How when we stop trying to control and predict the future — new opportunities emerge

• How success is about finding what's true for you, versus what's "right"

• How to move towards what's "light and right," what makes you feel warm and like yourself, versus cold and hard.
  

In this week's episode I'm tackling the following question: How do we sit with our desire for something, and attempt to work towards it, but not know if or when or how it's going to come to fruition? How do we do so while we watch it happening for other people around us?

In this episode I'm addressing both how to sit with the unknown and tangible ways to move us closer to relationship. These are the exact practices I've walked my clients through over the past six years.

In this week's episode I'm chatting with NY Times best-selling author and master life coach, Kara Loewentheil. Kara is also the founder of The School of New Feminist Thought. In this episode we discuss how to not get derailed by someone's texting patterns, what it does and doesn't mean to settle in relationships, the emotional labor necessary in all relationships and more.

How do you view yourself? What do you believe is available to you — based on who you are? This is an area I look at closely when clients of mine have been perpetually single, struggle to meet people, or feel like they never connect deeply with anyone.

Today's episode covers how the behaviors eldest daughters/hero children adopt, that initially serve as forms of self preservation and receiving love, are, in many ways, in direct conflict with the behaviors and skills that build healthy partnership. That allow us to connect deeply with others, be supported and loved by others, be seen and witnessed in our authenticity.

This episode kicks is a second in a series series that takes a deep dive into the characteristics of eldest daughters/hero children and their specific struggles in romantic relationships. If you grew up in a family where you took on the role of peacekeeper, good girl, always easy and accommodating — this episode will really resonate. Today’s episode looks at why women of this kind can remain chronically single or deeply resistant to dating.

In today’s episode I’m digging into the following conundrum: Why do women who don’t do the work, who are are just as messed up as the rest of us, find great people? Why does it not happen for women who feel like they’ve done so much healing and therapeutic work?

This episode kicks off a three part series that takes a deep dive into the characteristics of eldest daughters/hero children and their specific struggles in romantic relationships. If you grew up in a family where you took on the role of peacekeeper, good girl, always easy and accommodating — this episode will really resonate.

How do we know if we're settling? How do we handle our partner’s flaws? Is it better to meet people in person or online? How did I know my husband was the one? Should I do a prenup? A more in this Q+A episode.

We are digging into all things MONEY today. In this episode I'm taking you behind the scenes of the financial picture in our marriage, how we've moved through really hard money conversations and how working on my own relationship with money has been the most impactful thing when it comes to finding ease around finance in my relationship. That said, it's definitely a work in progress!

On the heals of a very significant friendship ending for me in the last few years, the nature of friendship — what drives our friendships, what they look like, how our relational patterns manifest in this space (i.e. outside of romance) — has been of particular interest to me. I’m digging into all of that and more, with specific focus on how friendship evolves in our 30s and 40s in today’s episode.

Do you feel behind in life? It's a question I face and contemplate with clients (and often myself) all the time. Today's conversation isn't one geared towards telling you to "be grateful," or "just accept" everyone is on their own timeline. I'm going to the heart of what I believe rests beneath the feeling of being behind, whether we feel it in relationships, work, money, or simply life in general.

For our babymoon, my husband and I spent two weeks in France, visiting Provence, the Cote d’Azur and Paris. Here’s where we stayed, what we ate, what we saw and how much we spent.

In the last few months, I’ve noticed a change in the career conversations I’m having with friends. We’re all saying: I want a less demanding job. I don't care as much about climbing the corporate ladder. I want a job I enjoy but one that doesn't rob me of my life. I want more time with my family and to invest in my hobbies. That's the focus of today's episode.

Did you grow up learning to work hard, get good grades, get into the best school(s) possible, hit any academic and professional achievement that you could? I did. And I learned to love it.

I learned to love, and thus value, hustle, hard work, striving, strain, stress. On the one hand, it's served me well in what I've accomplished. On the other hand — and I see this with women all the time — it's made me resistant to pleasure, enjoyment and rest in my life.

In today's episode, I'm breaking down how that resistance shakes out in our romantic experiences