06: If I Wanted to Date Again After a Toxic Relationship, This Is What I’d Do
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If I Wanted to Date Again After a Toxic Relationship, This Is What I’d Do
Healing is an ongoing process; it's not a quick fix or a magical transformation that happens overnight. It's a journey, a series of steps towards rediscovering your best self and finding the love you truly deserve.
In this episode of The Date with Confidence Podcast, I’m sharing my personal journey of healing and growth after toxic relationships.
Here are the key topics we cover:
1. Recognising Toxic Relationships: I reflect on past toxic relationships and highlight how it's common not to realise the toxicity until after leaving them.
2. Taking Time for Healing: We discuss the significance of taking ample time to heal after a toxic relationship, emphasising the ongoing nature of healing.
3. Self-Compassion: I share why being kind and compassionate with yourself when triggers or old wounds (inevitably) resurface during the dating process is crucial.
4. Seeking Healthy Relationship Examples: I reveal the exercise that’s helped me to believe in the possibility of a healthy relationship and how important it is to find examples of what you desire.
5. Boosting Self-Confidence: We discuss how self-care, including practices like meditation, affirmations, and self-grooming, can help boost self-confidence and ease anxiety while dating.
6. Dating at Your Own Pace: I examine my own dating life and share why it’s ok to take dating at your own pace, even taking breaks when needed, to avoid burnout and prioritise self-care.
7. Seeking Professional Support: We remove the stigma around seeking support in the form of therapy, counselling, coaching, or healing sessions when you re-enter the dating world.
8. Using Fear to Your Advantage: I uncover the surprising strategy I used to help me overcome my fears around dating and falling in love again.
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