Description

In this episode, I sit down with Paige Dempsey, a feminist Dating and Relationship Coach for women. Paige is an expert at helping you get past what keeps you stuck in your old, familiar patterns and into something more authentic, empowered, and connected. Paige was certified by the Life Coach School and holds certifications in Advanced Deep Dive and Feminist Coaching. She loves to help women unlock feelings they tend to keep hidden and uncover a path forward, even when the path is unclear. Her mission is to help women feel better in their relationships with others and, most importantly, with themselves. Today, Paige shares her journey of personal growth and how she found her calling in coaching. We discuss the importance of self-love, setting boundaries, and embracing change. In the show, we also talk about the cultural phenomenon of Taylor Swift and the lessons we can learn from her journey.  We touch on the importance of resilience, self-expression, and not letting others' opinions define us. Paige emphasizes the need to challenge the default thinking that something is wrong with us and encourages women to unhook from societal pressures and seek validation from within. 

For these and many more insights, tune in and learn!

Timestamps

[00:00:27] Benefits of sharing stories and supporting women in difficult situations

[00:01:41] How Paige got into relationship coaching

[00:03:46] How to navigate the dating world

[00:06:06] Importance of defining goals and desires in relationships

[00:09:26] Challenging the default thinking of "what's wrong with me"

[00:10:41] The impact of societal pressure on women's self-worth 

[00:13:46] Shifting from blaming to understanding one's responsibility in relationships

[00:15:36] The importance of self-love 

[00:21:36] The need to challenge societal pressure on women to be quiet

[00:23:57] The power of listening and understanding others' perspectives

[00:26:44] The societal response to Taylor Swift and the benefits of challenging societal norms

[00:30:06] Benefits of aligning thoughts, feelings, and actions to create lasting change

[00:34:04] The need to trust oneself and take risks to grow and overcome fear

[00:39:16] The importance of self-trust and confidence 

[00:41:48] The value of focusing on own goals 

[00:44:21] The process of starting over and building new friendships in midlife

[00:46:58] The importance of embracing vulnerability in making new connections

Notable Quotes

• Keeping secrets will make you sick, and they always come to light in the end.
• As women, we're often told to be quiet. Don't share your story. Don't talk about the things we go through. It's making women sick, sad, and suicidal.
• I just really love helping women find a space not to feel crappy all of the time, or a lot of the time, or to sort of unhook some of those longstanding, challenging relationships or ways of doing business and say like, hey, there's this other way.
• Learning how to sort of unhook from this constant societal pressure women have to get approval at every turn and that, you know, somebody else's behavior means something about the state of your value or your worth, right, is just so important.
• Learning to unhook from this constant societal pressure, women have to get approval at every turn, and that somebody else's behavior means something about the state of your value or worth is so important.
• You have to kind of, you know, work your way up. Take a couple of detours. Neutralize. Yeah, things take a little bit to get to the other side. Yeah, I'm not living in that negativity all the time.
• If I could change one thing for women, it would be the very thing that you said, which is our default thinking is always what's wrong with me. There's something wrong with me. I'm like, there's nothing wrong with you.

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