Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson
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Are you ready to take the mystery out of having great relationships and to gain the knowledge you need to step confidently into the next level of your life? Welcome to the Let’s Get Vulnerable podcast where your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, gives you real talk on all things dating, relationships, and sex. Dr. Morgan is a relationship coach, psychologist and creator of the E.S.L relationship method. She brings humor, truth and knowledge to the complex world of dating and relationships. Podcast episodes will provide you with tangible strategies that you can implement immediately to improve your life and attract the exact relationship you desire. Episodes will feature expert advice from your host and psychologist, Dr. Morgan Anderson, interviews with incredible people offering you their stories and wisdom, and LIVE coaching sessions where you will have an exclusive glimpse into the growth process as it is unfolding. Episodes are recorded in a live format to give you the feel of a live talk show; episodes are non-scripted and unedited. The content of the episodes is bound to make you laugh, cry, improve your relationships and go confidently after your dreams like never before. So what are you waiting for? Let’s Get Vulnerable! If you enjoy listening to this show, it would mean the world to us if you would write a 5-star review for our show. This act of giving back will help this show grow so that it can be found by others who will benefit from the content. Thank you in advance for taking the time to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! If you’re not part of the Dr. Morgan community on social media yet, make sure you go follow her for daily inspiration, tips, and knowledge to improve your life and relationships! INSTAGRAM: @drmorgancoaching FACEBOOK: @drmorgancoaching Website: www.drmorgancoaching.com

  1. EP 653: Attachment Theory Alone Won’t Fix Your Dating Life

    1 DAY AGO

    EP 653: Attachment Theory Alone Won’t Fix Your Dating Life

    Knowing your attachment style is not the finish line, y'all, it's the starting line. I have a doctorate in clinical psychology and I knew attachment theory inside and out, and I still couldn't attract a healthy relationship until I did the deeper work underneath it. In this episode, I'm getting honest about why so many of you have read all the books, taken all the quizzes, listened to 300 episodes of this podcast and still feel stuck in the same painful patterns. The missing piece is your unconscious relationship belief system. These are the sneaky, below-the-surface beliefs that decide who you're attracted to, what you tolerate, and why secure love can feel "boring" while chaos feels like chemistry. I'm walking you through the most common limiting beliefs I see (love must be earned, inconsistency equals attraction, I have to over-give to be chosen, people always leave me, I'm not enough, I'm too much), why your brain files them away as truth, and the real work it takes to rewire them. Inside the episode: Why attachment theory awareness without belief-level rewiring can actually leave you in more pain, not lessThe "is this serving you?" framework I use with clients to excavate the beliefs running your love life behind the scenesWhy your "type" isn't really your type, it's your unhealed belief system choosing your partners for you If this episode lit something up in you, your next step is here. I'm hosting my free 3-day live event, Adored. Chosen. Secure. on June 10, 11, and 12 — three days of transformational coaching with me where we go deeper than attachment theory and into the inner work that actually changes your love life. Spots are limited and these fill fast. Grab yours here: https://www.drmorgancoaching.co/adored-chosen-secure-signup And if you're ready to go all in, I have two spots left in my 4-month VIP one-on-one coaching experience inside the E.S.L. Relationship Method. This is for the woman who's done postponing her healthy relationship and ready for personal, high-touch support directly from me. Apply here: http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Grab your Instant Access to My Private Podcast: Secure.Soft.Magnetic Private PodcastTake the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    30 min
  2. EP 652: Five Things I Had To Stop Doing Before I Met My Husband (Hard Truths)

    3 DAYS AGO

    EP 652: Five Things I Had To Stop Doing Before I Met My Husband (Hard Truths)

    Y'all, I'm celebrating five years with my husband, and I had to come back to the mic and share what I wish someone would have told me when I was still stuck in the dating trenches. Before I met him, I was a magnet for emotionally unavailable men. I had a disorganized attachment style, low self-worth, and I was exhausted from trying to make plastic-plant relationships grow. So in this episode, I'm giving you the 5 hard truths (plus a bonus) about what you have to stop doing if you actually want to attract a secure, loving, emotionally available partner. These are the things that changed everything for me. In this episode, I'm walking you through: Why you have to stop auditioning for love — and how authenticity is your real magnetHow to stop calling anxiety love (this one changed my dating life)The "plastic plant" pattern keeping you stuck in over-functioning and self-abandonmentWhy loving someone for their potential is one of the most painful forms of self-betrayalThe lie of being "fully healed" and why hiding behind your healing journey is keeping you singleBONUS: Why putting marriage on a pedestal is actually costing you the relationship you want Girl, if you're ready to stop repeating the same painful patterns and finally rewire your brain for secure, healthy love, this is your sign. This Episode Is Brought to You By Cozy Earth Y'all already know I'm obsessed with my Cozy Earth Brush Bamboo Jogger Set — I've literally been living in it. The Brush Bamboo Jogger Set is buttery soft, breathable, and somehow gets better the more you wash it. And with their 10-year warranty and 100-night trial, there's literally no risk. Go to cozyearth.com and use code VULNERABLE for 20% off. And if a little survey pops up at checkout, mention you heard about it right here on Let's Get Vulnerable. Ready to go deeper? Apply for the E.S.L. VIP Coaching Experience. This is my highest-level, hands-on coaching container, where I personally help you rewire your brain, heal the patterns that keep pulling you back, and embody secure attachment so you can attract the kind of love you actually deserve. Spots are extremely limited and by application only. 👉 Click here to Apply and my team will personally walk you through whether the VIP experience is the right fit for where you are in your journey. 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Grab your Instant Access to My Private Podcast: Secure.Soft.Magnetic Private PodcastTake the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    25 min
  3. EP 651: How Securely Attached Women Handle Conflict Without Losing Themselves

    13 MAY

    EP 651: How Securely Attached Women Handle Conflict Without Losing Themselves

    Why Your "Perfect" Communication Scripts Keep Failing YouYou can memorize every "I feel" statement on the internet, have the perfectly worded boundary text saved in your notes app, and still watch your partner pull away, get defensive, or make you feel crazy. Here's the truth, y'all, it's not your vocabulary. It's your nervous system. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on why assertive communication isn't a script you learn, it's a state you embody, and why securely attached communication is the real game-changer you've been searching for. I'm sharing the work I had to do myself (back when I was disorganized, shaking, and dissociating through every hard conversation), and exactly what shifts when you stop trying to "say it right" and start regulating first, communicating second. Inside this episode:The 7/38/55 truth that will change how you communicate forever The 4 communication styles through an attachment lens The exact pre-conversation reset I want you using before every hard talk Ready to actually embody this work?If you're done reading the books and ready to do the deep, transformational inner work, apply to work with me 1:1 inside E.S.L. VIP Coaching. This is where we rewire your nervous system, heal the root cause, and build the secure version of you who can have any conversation with anyone and not lose herself. Link in the show notes, it takes 2-5 minutes to apply, and my program advisor Amy would love to chat. Apply here → http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough And if you want to go even deeper between episodes, join me inside the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Private Podcast. →Listen now This Episode Is Brought to You By Cozy Earth Y'all already know I'm obsessed with my Cozy Earth Brush Bamboo Jogger Set, I've literally been living in it. The Brush Bamboo Jogger Set is buttery soft, breathable, and somehow gets better the more you wash it. And with their 10-year warranty and 100-night trial, there's literally no risk. Go to cozyearth.com and use code VULNERABLE for 20% off. And if a little survey pops up at checkout, mention you heard about it right here on Let's Get Vulnerable. 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    33 min
  4. EP 650: Reparenting Yourself

    11 MAY

    EP 650: Reparenting Yourself

    Some of you will never get the apology your inner child needs. And your healing cannot wait on it. Hi y'all, it's Dr. Morgan, and welcome back to Part 3 of the Mother Wounds series. So many of you have messaged me saying, "Okay, I have the awareness, I see the patterns, but what now?" That's exactly what we're getting into today. We're talking about reparenting, becoming the loving, emotionally available, securely attached parent you always needed. Because here's the truth: nobody is more qualified to parent you than you. Buckle up, girl, this one might be a notes episode. Inside the episode: The 4 pillars of reparenting, safety, being seen, self-soothing, and accountability without shameWhy loving accountability is the piece most women skip, and how to hold yourself to your values instead of your traumaWhat to do when the apology never comes — and how to become that steady, loving presence for yourself Ready to do this work with me? I have limited 1:1 VIP Coaching spots open right now, and applications are also open for the E.S.L. Relationship Method program. Apply here → http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough 🎧 Want more? Subscribe to the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Private Podcast for exclusive episodes you won't hear on the main feed. →Listen now This Episode Is Brought to You By Cozy Earth Y'all already know I'm obsessed with my Cozy Earth Brush Bamboo Jogger Set — I've literally been living in it. The Brush Bamboo Jogger Set is buttery soft, breathable, and somehow gets better the more you wash it. And with their 10-year warranty and 100-night trial, there's literally no risk. Go to cozyearth.com and use code VULNERABLE for 20% off. And if a little survey pops up at checkout, mention you heard about it right here on Let's Get Vulnerable. 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    44 min
  5. EP 649: You Haven't Had 5 Bad Relationships, You've Had 1, Five Times Over (with Dr. Paul Conti)

    6 MAY

    EP 649: You Haven't Had 5 Bad Relationships, You've Had 1, Five Times Over (with Dr. Paul Conti)

    Buckle up, y'all! This conversation is the one I wish I'd had in my 20s. If you've been stuck in the same painful dating cycle (different face, same heartbreak), this episode is going to hit different. I sat down with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti, author of What's Going Right and one of the most thoughtful voices in mental health today, for a conversation that will completely change how you see your relationship patterns. Here's the truth bomb at the heart of this episode: you haven't had five failed relationships. You've had one failed relationship, five times over. And the moment you understand the pattern, everything change, because the next relationship isn't your sixth attempt. It's your first real one. In this episode, we get into: Why "just love yourself more" advice isn't working (and what actually heals the pattern)How childhood trauma quietly drives your repetition compulsion in adult relationshipsThe brain concept of salience, and why you keep saying "there are no good men" when there actually areThe one emotion doing the most damage in your relationships (spoiler: it's not anger or fear) This is essential listening for any woman healing her attachment style, breaking toxic patterns, and ready to attract secure, healthy love. Whether you're working through anxious attachment, recovering from emotional abuse, or rebuilding your self-worth, this episode gives you the framework AND the hope. Connect with Dr. Paul Conti: His book What's Going Right is available wherever books are sold. This Episode Is Brought to You By Cozy Earth Y'all already know I'm obsessed with my Cozy Earth Brush Bamboo Jogger Set — I've literally been living in it. The Brush Bamboo Jogger Set is buttery soft, breathable, and somehow gets better the more you wash it. And with their 10-year warranty and 100-night trial, there's literally no risk. Go to cozyearth.com and use code VULNERABLE for 20% off. And if a little survey pops up at checkout, mention you heard about it right here on Let's Get Vulnerable. Ready to become securely attached? Apply for the Empowered. Secure. Loved. program using the link below, limited spots available. 👉 Apply now: http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough 🎧 Also, if you're not in the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course yet, it's one of my favorite resources I've ever created and it's waiting for you right here: Listen now 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    1hr 7min
  6. EP 648: The Mother Wound

    4 MAY

    EP 648: The Mother Wound

    It's not your dating apps, your "type," or your bad luck, the reason you keep choosing emotionally unavailable partners, shrinking yourself to be loved, and hearing a brutal voice in your head that sounds suspiciously like her… has a name. And girl, we're naming it today. In Part 2 of our 4-part series on the copy paste relationship theory, we're going to the root of the root, the mother wound. This is not a "let's bash our moms" episode. This is an awareness episode, because your mother was your very first attachment figure, and the imprint she left didn't disappear when you turned 18, it's running your love life right now. With Mother's Day approaching, I want to hold space for every version of this you might be sitting in: the mom you love but had to distance from, the mom who's gone, the mom who was physically present but emotionally somewhere else entirely, the mother figures who weren't biologically yours but shaped you anyway. Wherever you are with all of this, I see you, and this episode is going to crack something open. Take a breath, grab your journal, and buckle up. Inside the episode:The 7 sneaky ways the mother wound shows up in your love life right now, from chronic people-pleasing and difficulty receiving, to disproportionate emotional reactions, to choosing partners who recreate the exact dynamic you grew up in (and why your inner critic might sound suspiciously like her)The 5 types of mother wounds, and which one is yours, the Emotionally Unavailable Mother, the Enmeshed Mother, the Critical Mother, the Unpredictable Mother, and the Mother With No Capacity (because love without capacity is torture and so many of you needed to hear that)Why "she did her best" and "I have a mother wound" can both be true, the radical acceptance work that lives in the gray area, plus the very first step of reparenting yourself and breaking the cycle for every woman who comes after you Y'all, seeing the wound is not the same as healing it. Awareness without action is just really well-informed suffering and you have done enough of that. I am personally inviting you to the E.S.L. Private 1:1 Intensive. This is the four-part Empowered, Secure, Loved method that has helped over a thousand women heal at the root, rewire their nervous systems, and fully embody secure attachment, completely customized to you, with private coaching from my team. 👉 Apply now: http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough You don't have to keep carrying her wounds into your relationships. You really don't. 🎧 Want a taste of the work first? Try the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course If the Intensive isn't quite the right fit yet but you know you need to start now, my Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course is the perfect place to begin. It's a private podcast designed to help you regulate your nervous system, soften out of survival mode, and become magnetic to the kind of secure, emotionally available love you actually deserve. 🎧 Get instant access here: https://drmorgan.lpages.co/securesoftmagneticprivatepodcast3/ 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    37 min
  7. EP 647: The Copy Paste Relationship Theory

    29 APR

    EP 647: The Copy Paste Relationship Theory

    How many times have you ended a relationship, dusted yourself off, promised it'd be different next time… only to look up six months later and realize you're dating the exact same person with a different face? Girl, that is not bad luck or bad taste, it has a name, and once you understand it, everything changes. In this brand new 4-part series, I'm pulling back the curtain on what I'm calling the copy paste relationship theory, clinically known as repetition compulsion. This is the unconscious pattern where your brain keeps recreating the same emotional dynamics from your past, no matter how badly you want a different outcome. In Part 1, we're getting to the root of why this keeps happening to you, why your nervous system mistakes chaos for chemistry, why the "electric" connection that feels like home is actually a trauma response, and how intermittent reinforcement keeps you addicted to the wrong people. Buckle up, because this is the kind of episode that hits like a train and lifts a thousand pounds off your chest at the same time. Inside the episode: The real reason your brain keeps choosing emotionally unavailable partners Why "we have so much chemistry" is often a trauma response, not a green flag The clearest signs you're stuck in the copy paste pattern 🌸 Last Chance! Secure Relationship Reset Spring Sale Y'all, seeing the pattern is not enough to break it. Awareness without support is just really well-informed suffering and I refuse to let you sit in that another season. This is your final call to grab the Secure Relationship Reset Spring Sale for the E.S.L. Private 1:1 Intensive. This is the four-part Empowered, Secure, Loved method that has helped over a thousand women rewire their brains, heal at the root, and fully embody secure attachment, fully customized to you, with private coaching from my team. Spring spots are filling fast and this limited-time pricing disappears soon. 👉 Apply now: http://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough Do not spend your summer dating life copy-pasting the same heartbreak. This is the moment. 🎧 Want a taste of the work first? Try the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course If you're not quite ready for the Intensive but you know you need to start now, my Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course is the perfect place to begin. It's the private podcast designed to help you regulate your nervous system, soften out of survival mode, and become magnetic to the kind of secure, emotionally available love you actually deserve. 🎧 Get instant access here: https://drmorgan.lpages.co/securesoftmagneticprivatepodcast3/ Don't forget to leave a written review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend who's tired of dating the same person on repeat. Part 2 drops Monday and we are going deep into the mother wound. You don't want to miss it. 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    36 min
  8. EP 646: Why High-Achieving Women Still Feel Empty: Healing the Success Wound with Brooke Taylor

    27 APR

    EP 646: Why High-Achieving Women Still Feel Empty: Healing the Success Wound with Brooke Taylor

    You've built a career. You hit the milestones. You look great on paper. So why does it still feel like it's never enough? Today I'm sitting down with executive coach and author Brooke Taylor whose book Healing the Success Wound was just named one of Cosmo's best self-love books of the year alongside Glennon Doyle and Elizabeth Gilbert, and y'all, this conversation cracked me open. Here's what we cover: What the "success wound" is and how to know if you have itThe 5 types of unfulfilled achievers (and which one you are)Why your self-worth in work always shows up in datingHow to take tiny steps toward change when you're too exhausted to start If you've ever felt empty after hitting a goal you worked so hard for, this episode is going to give you a name for that feeling — and a way through it. Connect with Brooke Taylor: 📖 Pre-order Healing the Success Wound: https://brooketaylorcoaching.com/successwound/ 🎯 Take Brooke's free Success Wound Quiz: https://brooketaylorcoaching.com/quiz/start-quiz/ 🌐 Website: https://brooketaylorcoaching.com/ 📲 Instagram: @brookevtaylor Ready to do the deeper work? If you're tired of watching yourself push away the very thing you actually want, I'd love to support you inside the Empowered. Secure. Love. Private 1:1 Coaching Intensive. Right now, we only have a few spots left for the Secure Relationship Reset Spring Sale, and this is genuinely the best time to do this work.. Apply in two minutes at www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough 🎧 Also, if you're not in the Secure. Soft. Magnetic. Audio Course yet, it's one of my favorite resources I've ever created and it's waiting for you right here: Listen now 🔗 Additional Episode Links:Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quizFollow me on IG → @drmorgancoachingGrab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

    56 min
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Are you ready to take the mystery out of having great relationships and to gain the knowledge you need to step confidently into the next level of your life? Welcome to the Let’s Get Vulnerable podcast where your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, gives you real talk on all things dating, relationships, and sex. Dr. Morgan is a relationship coach, psychologist and creator of the E.S.L relationship method. She brings humor, truth and knowledge to the complex world of dating and relationships. Podcast episodes will provide you with tangible strategies that you can implement immediately to improve your life and attract the exact relationship you desire. Episodes will feature expert advice from your host and psychologist, Dr. Morgan Anderson, interviews with incredible people offering you their stories and wisdom, and LIVE coaching sessions where you will have an exclusive glimpse into the growth process as it is unfolding. Episodes are recorded in a live format to give you the feel of a live talk show; episodes are non-scripted and unedited. The content of the episodes is bound to make you laugh, cry, improve your relationships and go confidently after your dreams like never before. So what are you waiting for? Let’s Get Vulnerable! If you enjoy listening to this show, it would mean the world to us if you would write a 5-star review for our show. This act of giving back will help this show grow so that it can be found by others who will benefit from the content. Thank you in advance for taking the time to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! If you’re not part of the Dr. Morgan community on social media yet, make sure you go follow her for daily inspiration, tips, and knowledge to improve your life and relationships! INSTAGRAM: @drmorgancoaching FACEBOOK: @drmorgancoaching Website: www.drmorgancoaching.com

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