Your Life, Love, and Relationship Coach, Joey Francess

Joey Francess
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Welcome to the wonderful world of life. Sometimes we need help, a different perspective, new ideas, guidelines to follow... Thats what I'm here for. Specializing in the world of Dating and Relationships. You could just listen for the entertainment, maybe learn something new or write in and get tailored help to your specific situation. The world of dating is an ever evolving landscape. With technology changing the game, new and forward ideas while some people holding on to the ways we use to do things. Come with an open mind and leave with clarity. I will do my best to help!

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 83 How Much Communication Should You Expect? Early Dating Boundaries

    How soon is too soon to expect consideration from someone you’re getting to know? If you haven’t been on a date yet, do you have the right to address their communication, or are you expecting too much from a stranger? I recently found myself in this exact situation. After moving a conversation away from a dating app and exchanging numbers, someone I had been speaking to disappeared for days after reading my message. I knew she was dealing with something, and I never expected her to share the private details. All I wanted was a brief heads-up. In this episode, I share what happened and use The Blueprint Method to explore communication before the first date. I explain why exchanging numbers shows intent, how consideration can exist without sacrificing privacy, and why telling somebody what you need doesn’t make their effort less meaningful. Telling someone what you need gives them a path. Whether they choose to walk it tells you whether you should keep walking beside them. For more conversations about love, dating, relationships, and self-awareness, visit https://joeyfrancess.com. #datingadvice #datingboundaries #communication #onlinedating #theblueprintmethod

  2. Sep 25

    Episode 82 How to Move On From Someone Who Hurt You—Even When You Still Love Them

    You can know someone was wrong for you and still miss them. After betrayal, disrespect, or an abrupt ending, logic may tell you the relationship is over while part of you continues hoping they’ll return. In this episode, I explore what you’re actually grieving, why the person who caused the pain can still feel like the person who could relieve it, and how betrayal can damage the trust you have in yourself. We’ll also revisit why closure isn’t something you should wait for another person to provide and work through a practical ten-step plan for removing access, handling weak moments, rebuilding your routines, and moving forward without pretending the loss never mattered. Moving on doesn’t erase what you lost. It means the loss no longer gets to decide what you do with the life you still have. For more conversations about love, dating, relationships, and self-awareness, visit:https://joeyfrancess.com #MovingOn #BreakupRecovery #HealingAfterBetrayal #Heartbreak #SelfTrust #NoContact #RelationshipAdvice #JoeyFrancess

  3. Sep 18

    Episode 81 Stop Fighting Your Past: How Regret Keeps You Stuck

    How much time have you spent wishing you could go back and make a different decision? Maybe you stayed in a relationship too long, trusted someone you shouldn’t have, missed an opportunity, or made a choice you still regret years later. In this episode, I talk about why we spend so much time fighting with a past that can’t be changed. We judge old decisions using information we only gained afterward, imagine alternate versions of our lives where everything somehow worked out better, and punish the person we used to be for not knowing what we know today. This isn’t about pretending every decision was the right one or believing everything happens for a reason. Some choices were mistakes. Some experiences were painful. Some things probably would have been better if they had gone differently. But they didn’t. The question is whether there’s still something useful to learn from what happened—or whether you’re continuing to punish yourself for something that’s already finished. You can’t make a better decision yesterday. You can only make one today. Learn more about my books, podcast, and coaching at:https://joeyfrancess.com #lettinggo #regret #personalgrowth #selfawareness #movingforward #selfreflection #lifeadvice #relationships #datingadvice #relationshipadvice #mindset #personaldevelopment

  4. Sep 11

    Episode 80 Stop Trying to Change Your Partner: How to Know If You’re Truly Compatible

    Are you truly compatible with your partner, or are you waiting for them to become somebody else? In this episode, I look at what happens when our standards stop helping us choose and start becoming instructions for the people we date. Attraction can make a mismatch difficult to accept, especially when potential gives us a future version to hold onto. I bring it back to The Blueprint Method by exploring the line between healthy growth and trying to reshape another person. Accountability still matters, and a good relationship should influence both people. Loving somebody often means accommodating them because their happiness matters to you. The foundation still has to exist. Accepting a partner as they are may require admitting the relationship doesn’t fit. Choose someone for who they are, and let growth be something you share, never something you demand. For coaching, my books, and more, visit: https://joeyfrancess.com #relationshipadvice #datingadvice #relationshipcompatibility #healthyrelationships #theblueprintmethod

  5. Sep 4

    Episode 79 Should You Be Vulnerable Before You Trust Someone? How Real Trust Is Built

    Should you wait until someone has earned your trust before you open up, or can vulnerability help you discover whether they’re trustworthy? In this episode, I explore what it really means to give someone the power to hurt you. Vulnerability doesn’t need to follow an arbitrary timeline, and opening up early isn’t automatically a mistake. The real question is what someone does with the truth you’ve trusted them to hold. Trust is built through evidence. One intimate conversation can create genuine closeness, but character reveals itself through how someone handles your honesty over time. Their response may not protect your feelings, although it can protect your time by showing you who they are before you invest months or years in the wrong person. I also talk about the strength required to act on what vulnerability reveals, the importance of explaining yourself clearly, and why openness should continue growing as a relationship becomes more serious. The goal isn’t to avoid ever being hurt. It’s to take emotional risks without abandoning your judgment. Being vulnerable risks pain. Staying guarded costs you the chance to be known. For more episodes, resources, and information about coaching, visit:https://joeyfrancess.com #vulnerability #trust #relationships #datingadvice #emotionalintimacy

  6. Aug 28

    Episode 78 Is Your Relationship Worth Saving? How to Know When to Stay

    How do you know whether your relationship is worth saving—or staying has become another way of abandoning yourself? Love can make you want to fight for someone, but it can’t repair a relationship on its own. In this episode, I look at the evidence that helps you decide if staying still makes sense. Does the relationship have a healthy foundation? Is your partner taking responsibility without being chased? Has their apology produced genuine change? I also explore the difference between a difficult season and a destructive pattern, what mutual effort actually looks like, and how trust can be rebuilt after serious damage. Patience can be a beautiful part of love, but it becomes self-abandonment when the only progress is your growing ability to tolerate the same pain. There’s no universal deadline for healing. What matters is whether both people are participating in the repair, progress continues after the immediate crisis passes, and staying still allows you to remain yourself. Love may explain why you want to stay. The relationship tells you whether you should. For my books, podcast, and coaching, visit:https://joeyfrancess.com #relationshipadvice #relationshipproblems #healthyrelationships #relationshiprepair #selfabandonment

  7. Aug 21

    Episode 77 When Love Is Worth Fighting For

    Have we become so quick to walk away from difficult relationships that we’ve forgotten what it means to fight for one that still has a healthy future? I spend a lot of time encouraging people to accept reality and leave when someone isn’t right for them. In this episode, I explore the other side of that conversation: what happens when you’ve chosen someone who truly fits your life and the relationship enters a difficult season? Love can’t be completely unconditional in a romantic relationship. Healthy love still needs boundaries, and damage has to be met with genuine responsibility. It also requires enough patience to avoid treating someone as disposable the moment they become difficult to love. I talk about durable love and the way repair turns staying into progress. Forgiveness matters too, because real change has to be allowed to count without pretending the damage never happened. I also look at the difference between supporting someone through a struggle and becoming responsible for holding them together. There’s something beautiful about two people deciding that what they’ve built deserves an honest chance. When both people take responsibility for their part, a painful chapter can become part of a stronger relationship. Knowing when to leave can save your life. Knowing how to stay can help you build one. For my books, podcast, and coaching, visit:https://joeyfrancess.com #relationshipadvice #healthyrelationships #commitment #relationshiprepair #love

  8. Aug 14

    Episode 76 Stop Trying to Win the Conversation: How to Listen Without an Agenda

    Sell me this pen. That question sounds like a sales challenge, but it reveals something much deeper about how people communicate. In this episode, I talk about what happens when conversation turns into performance, control, defensiveness, or projection. Whether it’s dating, relationships, friendships, work, or everyday life, a lot of people aren’t really listening. They’re trying to win, protect their ego, prove their point, or force the other person to fit a story they already believe. Real communication starts when curiosity comes before the agenda. We’ll talk about why people perform on dates, how arguments become courtrooms, why past pain can turn into projection, and why listening is one of the hardest relationship skills to actually practice. Because sometimes the conversation reveals the other person. Sometimes it reveals the relationship. And sometimes, whether you like it or not, it reveals you. Full episode available at https://joeyfrancess.com #communication #relationships #datingadvice #relationshipadvice #listening #selfawareness #emotionalintelligence #personalgrowth #healthyrelationships #joeyfrancess

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Welcome to the wonderful world of life. Sometimes we need help, a different perspective, new ideas, guidelines to follow... Thats what I'm here for. Specializing in the world of Dating and Relationships. You could just listen for the entertainment, maybe learn something new or write in and get tailored help to your specific situation. The world of dating is an ever evolving landscape. With technology changing the game, new and forward ideas while some people holding on to the ways we use to do things. Come with an open mind and leave with clarity. I will do my best to help!

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