Your Extraordinary Life & Dating After Divorce
Extraordinary Life & Dating after Divorce is a podcast for divorced women that explores the divorce journey and teaches real strategies for moving through a hard marriage, recovering from a divorce, rebuilding your life, dating and getting happily partnered again.
Your Host, Sade Curry, is a Life Coach for women working through difficult marriages, divorce and dating after divorce.
I help you see your relationships clearly and process the hard emotions, so you can make powerful decisions and create the best outcomes for yourself and your children.
Sade holds certifications in trauma-informed coaching, feminist coaching, and life, career, and relationship coaching. Her philosophy centers on helping women practice personal leadership and autonomy in their lives, work, and relationships.
Visit http://sadecurry.com to learn more.
Your Extraordinary Life & Dating After Divorce
222. Fight For the Relationship You Want
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Let's talk about a pattern I see in many divorced women - the reluctance to fight for the relationship they want. Through the lens of "learned helplessness," I explore why capable, strong women who fought for their first marriages often hold back in their post-divorce dating journey.
Key Insights:
- The difference between fighting for a specific person versus fighting for your desired relationship outcome
- How past relationship trauma creates false beliefs about our dating options
- Why validating dating struggles with friends can keep you stuck
- The truth about effort: dating takes more work than we expect (just like everything worthwhile)
Ask yourself: "Why am I not fighting for this relationship goal with the same determination I bring to other areas of my life?" Your answer reveals where to focus your energy.
Book Reference: "Learned Optimism" by Martin Seligman - A foundational text for understanding how we can break free from learned helplessness patterns
Ready to break free from dating paralysis? Schedule your 1:1 consultation at sadecurry.com/schedule-appointment. Let's create your personalized strategy for finding love after divorce.