Date Yourself First Mini Series: How to Stop Dating Potential

<p><strong>Welcome to Date Yourself First: A Mini Series</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This series of episodes is for every woman who is at a crossroads when it comes to dating and relationships. She feels exhausted. She feels like she’s been giving herself away to the wrong men for far too long.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s for the woman who has felt like “too much” and not enough all at the same time. It’s for the woman who has found herself questioning her worth based on a man’s behavior. And although she has only ever been asking for the most basic things, she has been made to feel like she’s been asking for the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s for the woman who has spent far too much time trying to analyze and “figure out” men. In this mini series, we’re going to talk about what it looks like to love yourself first, respect yourself, stay in your power, and master your emotions. I'm going to help you become your own best friend, create strong boundaries, build the healthiest relationship with yourself, and stop settling.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, we’re going to talk about…</span></p> <p><strong>How to Stop Dating Potential</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How many times have you found yourself upset about the way the person you're dating is showing up?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe you asked for something in the relationship, or set a boundary, and they weren’t able to meet that expectation.</span></p> <p><strong>Oftentimes, we create a fantasy-version of a man because we see his potential, or we think either he or the situation can change.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We see some things we like, so we choose to ignore red flags. We created an edited version of this person in our minds. If we are only dating a portion of them, we are dating a fantasy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you date potential, you are devaluing yourself. In today's epi