042: Finding Love In ‘Dating for Love’ with Bethany Dixon
Have you ever thought that that love you wanted wasn’t possible for you? That’s what my guest today, Bethany Dixon, thought just 3 months ago when she first joined my program called Dating for Love. Fast forward to now and she’s in a loving, committed relationship where they’re both in it for the long game. Bethany came to me in a place of fearing relationships, fearing men and being completely guarded - feeling like in all of her relationships she needed to be the strong one, and always needed to protect herself. She felt like if she admitted to herself that she really wanted to be in a safe, mutually loving relationship - then there was a risk she wouldn’t get what she wanted and that would hurt more. While working together Bethany met her now partner, and in this episode we talk about how she met him through a dating app, the work we did together in order for her to get to this point - and how this is the first time in almost ten years that she’s been in a beautiful relationship that feels safe and nourishing for her. WHAT ELSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT: The patriarchy, society and our ideas about what it means to be a feminine woman that wants to find love and our fear of being “too much” Why it’s often hard to talk to our friends about or decision to start loving men and the masculine The power of sisterhood and sharing your experience with other women The choices we make as modern women based on what we think we should do simply because of how we’ve been taught to hate all men, especially when we’re carrying past trauma How she met her current partner during our time working together, after healing a lot of the unhelpful stories she had been living in and using some of the feminine / masculine dynamics I teach inside Dating For Love Bethany’s dating process and how it was implementing this new way of slow dating for her with her new partner Expressing interest when dating and using dating apps: what’s OK and what’s not OK? Ways to invite him to lead when dating (instead of just passively hoping for the best - and why this just doesn’t work) Expressing appreciation for the special people in our lives in a feminine way that makes both people feel seen, heard, excited, received, happy and loved Why being feminine doesn’t necessarily mean passive or never leading at all P.S. The next round of Dating for Love is enrolling now! Click the link below for more information: https://www.kelleymbode.com/dating-for-love Connect with Bethany: Instagram: Email: [email protected] Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelleymbode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelley.bode.90 Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelleybode