The Power of Choice & Meaning in Dating and Relationships

Knowing yourself is the basis upon which you relate to yourself, your partner, and your entire life. In this episode, learn how we develop a sense of self, and how to cultivate healthy self knowledge so you can consciously choose the woman you want to be, at your best. We cover the influence of parents, the two main ways to gain self-knowledge, the benefits and drawbacks, and we end with a few questions to ask yourself.

Barry explains “The Power of Choice & Meaning in Dating and Relationships”. He gives two examples of how choosing a different meaning can change your dating and relationships.

Barry shares a the ways to show yourself so you can connect fully — single women have to show themselves fully for their soulmate to notice who they uniquely are, those in relationships can stop showing themselves fully and then lose intmacy with their partner. Barry gives you ways to fully show yourself, from personal fashion style, to sharing parts of yourself openly, to just getting out of the house to show your face, or face to face time with your partner. If we hide ourself we lose out on love. Learn to show yourself in this fun, powerful episode!

Barry describes the types of “Loss of Control”. He covers how we can seek control over situations and partners to feel more comfortable, safe and secure, how that creates blind spots and problems, and our loss of self-control through emotions we cannot control. He gives examples like not being able to stop thinking about an ex, or intense reactions in escalating arguments where self control is lost. He shares the real root cause of loss of control, and what to do to prevent all this drama.

Barry describes the dating and relationship challenges of being a very successful woman, plus his conversation with Maria Shriver about this. He also shares about a study on this, plus what to do about it to have a healthy relationship that celebrated your FULL success and power.

Barry explains how to choose love. There’s a reason we can tolerate dating people who aren’t as loving as we deserve, stay with those people, or go back to those people — there is a reason we often do not choose love, and we end up feeling unloved. Barry explains the core reason, how to choose love, and how to start with an action today.

Without “Believing In Love” there is no way to find love, fall in love, or stay in love! But WHAT you believe love IS can be healthy or unhealthy. Barry delineates the development of our definition of love, and explains how our belief in love changes over time. He shares a simple exercise to give you conscious awareness if your love beliefs.

Barry describes a simple change that immediately improves how we approach dating and relationships! It’s quick and it works — IF you do it!

In “Friends With Benefits (Does It Work?)” Barry describes the emotional mechanics of why we sometimes choose this arrangement, how is can work in certain circumstances, when it doesn’t work, and how to tell the difference.

Barry goes deep into “How Men See You”. He covers how our past wounds can form beliefs that alter how much of our true selves we show others, as well as how identifying a man’s top needs will tell you how he sees you. He gives actions to take today to be seen, and feel safe and loved for who you authentically are.