Truer Love Stories

Have you ever looked at your body and felt anger, sadness, or shame? Chances are, if you're a woman living in America (or perhaps the world at all) you've had these feelings before. What's more is that my guest on this month's Truer Love Stories episode, Embracing Our Bodies , actually defines self-love by how she feels about herself in relation to her body.  Despite having respect for and ap...

Have you ever questioned your ability to pick a partner that is good for you? Or if you could trust yourself to set appropriate boundaries, or even know what an appropriate boundary looks like? This is the case for our guest this episode, as she shares her difficulty trusting her own discernment around knowing what is acceptable behavior from a romantic partner and when it's time to set a boundary...

Our guest this episode shares her extreme discomfort around bringing up her honest feelings in intimate relationships, which is a result of her history of being anxiously attached. Now, this can be a huge raw spot for any of us who have insecure attachment styles, as our insecurity comes from a fear of being vulnerable. We’ve somehow received the messaging that it’s not safe to be vulnerable, and...

How do we build connection when we've experienced emotional and physical trauma? Very, very slowly. That's what we learn in this week's episode as our guest shares her past experience of sexual abuse by people whom she had trusted and called friends. This, paired with past familial trauma, is making it challenging for her to feel safe connecting physically with her current partner. Listen as we ta...

REFLECTION EPISODE: In my last Truer Love Stories Episode, Fixing People Who Don't Meet Your Needs , I talked with a guest who had a pattern of staying with people for longer than her intuition knew was right for, stuck in her most current relationship with a small hope that his “potential” would eventually meet her reality. Her story is similar to ones I hear all the time – women sacrificing thei...

Do you find yourself regularly wanting to "fix" or change the people that you're dating? You know, the ones you could see yourself being with "for real" -- they have so much "potential" -- except something always just seems to be missing?  This is the case for our guest this episode, who repeatedly finds herself in relationships with people she calls "fixer-uppers" -- people who seem almost p...

In a world that idealizes both romantic love and living as an independent woman, it's easy to find yourself stuck between these two black and white extremes. Our guest this month has found herself at this very crossroads; protective of the loving relationship she's carefully crafted for herself over the years while also longing to eventually build a life with a partner who she connects deeply with...

Have you ever wondered why you seem to attract unavailable people? And no matter how much you're aware of this pattern, you can't help but find yourself in it time and time again, wondering if people who want a relationship actually exist? Maybe people around you have even noticed, and can't understand why you can't just find a nice person who treats you the way you deserve to be treated. Well kno...

In this episode, our guest shares her journey going from total fear of communicating her needs to learning how to connect more authentically in her most important relationships. She openly takes us through her internal process of how the anticipation of rejection or hurting someone's feelings affects her mind, body, and soul, and what tools have helped her get past those fears and gain more confid...

How do we let go of a person who isn't right for us, but who we love deeply? Love Guide + Women's Empowerment Coach, Taryn Newton-Gill, helps a guest navigate her grief around a recent breakup. Using the framework of Attachment Theory, Taryn sheds light on the common attachment issue that's making letting go of her ex so painful, and provides her with holistic tools for moving through her pain so...