238 - The Real Work of Dating with a Disability: What No One Else Is Teaching
About this episode
This episode discusses a structured approach to dating with a disability, emphasizing the importance of self-worth and resilience before engaging in actual dating.
The Five Stages of Dating Success is a rigorous, sequential curriculum for navigating the dating world. This isn't a feel-good framework—it's a skills-based approach addressing real challenges that many daters face. If you're tired of surface-level dating advice and ready for a strategic system that builds genuine confidence, addresses internalized doubts, and creates sustainable success, this framework offers the concrete tools and honest guidance most dating content avoids. The Core Problem: Most people struggle in dating not because they haven't found the right person, but because they're attempting Stage 4 work (actual dating) without completing Stages 1-3. They're swiping on apps while carrying unexamined shame and uncertainty about their worthiness of connection. Stage 1: Self-Worth This requires unflinching self-examination—naming negative beliefs about yourself as a partner and writing genuinely true counter-statements. Build a Whole Person Asset List that includes strengths born from disability experience. Follow disability-positive role models to recalibrate what's possible. Stage 2: Building Resilience Practice difficulty before experiencing it. Role-play rejection…
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