Empowered Vulnerability: Communicating Needs EARLY In Dating

This week’s episode is a raw and empowering one — I'm taking you behind the scenes of some recent dating dynamics I’ve experienced and the lessons that emerged from communicating my needs in real-time, early on in dating.

We often associate “communicating our needs” with being in a relationship. But what about when we’re dating?

I share real-life stories of:

• Navigating a push-pull dynamic with an avoidant partner (and how it reactivated an old fear of abandonment).
• Sending empowered, respectful messages to close energetic loops.
• The surprising difference between fearing someone else abandoning you… and the much deeper fear of abandoning yourself.
• Why dating multiple people with clarity and respect is okay – and how to do it right.
• How consistency and communication are the markers of aligned connection.

This episode is a gentle call to action — to stop performing the “cool girl” role and start honouring your truth. Because you deserve to be met, seen, and valued from the very beginning.

💌 Topics we explore:

• How avoidant partners can trigger anxious attachment patterns
• My personal texting boundary and why it matters
• Self-reflection questions when fears resurface
• The right way to express disinterest without ghosting
• Why clear communication inspires men

🎧 Tune in to hear the exact scripts I used, the behind-the-scenes of these dynamics, and how I returned home to myself — again and again.

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