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. 1d ago

    EP 693: How to Break Limerence and Finally Stop Obsessing Over Them (Why Love Feels So Hard Pt. 1)

    Have you ever been more devastated over someone you almost dated than someone you actually dated? Maybe it was only a few dates. Maybe it was never official. You still find yourself rereading the texts, checking their stories, and comparing everyone you meet to a relationship that never actually existed. I’ve been there, and there’s nothing wrong with you. Today we’re kicking off a brand new series on why love and dating feel so hard right now, starting with limerence and romantic obsession through an attachment lens. The truth is, you may not be obsessed with them at all. You may be obsessed with what being chosen by them would finally prove about you. Inside the Episode: Why “just enough” connection is more addictive than a real relationship, and the cycle that keeps you hookedHow limerence shows up differently for anxious and avoidant attachment (avoidants, this one might surprise you)The poem I wrote a guy on date number two, plus the questions I wish I’d asked first Ready to start becoming your secure self today? Grab the Identity Reset, my most popular practice. It’s 10 minutes a day to align with your highest and best self, with instant access that’s yours for life. I’ve done this practice since 2019, and it’s the one my clients love most. Don’t wait for January. https://drmorgan.lpages.co/identity-reset/ Ready to go deeper? If you don’t want to walk into 2027 repeating the same patterns, apply to work with me 1:1 in my VIP coaching program. Spots are very limited. I would love to help you become the securely attached version of you who easily attracts the relationship you actually want. Apply for my One-on-One program here!

    EP 693: How to Break Limerence and Finally Stop Obsessing Over Them (Why Love Feels So Hard Pt. 1)

  2. 6d ago

    EP 692: Secure Attachment is Your Birth Right

    What if secure attachment was never something you had to earn? This episode has been on my heart for months, and I'm so glad it's finally here. So many of us walk around saying "I'm anxious" or "I'm avoidant" like it's a life sentence. But you weren't born with an insecure attachment style. You were born with an attachment system designed for secure love, and everything else was a brilliant survival strategy you picked up along the way. Today I'm sharing why healing isn't about becoming someone new. It's about coming home to who you were always meant to be. Inside the Episode: The quiet way your attachment style becomes your identity, and the lies it starts telling you about loveWhy I look at people with 40-year friendships and think, "Wow, how wealthy are you?"A client story that still gives me goosebumps, and what it proves about how far healing can really go Start Living From Your Secure Self Secure attachment isn't something you have to go out and find. It's already in you, and it grows stronger every time you practice it. Identity Reset is my daily practice mini-course that helps you rewire the old beliefs and step into your secure identity one day at a time. Start here: https://drmorgan.lpages.co/identity-reset/ Work With Me 1:1 If you've got your career figured out but love still feels out of reach, and you don't want another year to slip by, I'd love to help. I have just a couple of VIP coaching spots open, and they go quickly. Let's do this work together. Apply for my One-on-One program here!

    EP 692: Secure Attachment is Your Birth Right

  3. Oct 5

    EP 691: You Can’t Think Your Way Into Secure Attachment

    You can know exactly what a healthy relationship looks like and still find yourself sending that third text. Awareness matters, but it was never going to be enough on its own. In Pt. 1 we did the belief work, in Pt. 2 we worked with your nervous system, and today we're putting the rubber to the road with what secure attachment actually looks like in your behaviors with real human beings. If you've been beating yourself up for not changing fast enough, this episode is going to give you a whole lot more compassion and a whole lot more clarity. Here's the truth I want you to hold onto: you don't become securely attached by finding the perfect person. You co-create it by showing up differently in a relationship that has the capacity to support it. Inside the Episode: The one behavior every single client I've worked with struggles with (and why it may be quietly blocking the love you're asking for)Why support can backfire, and the simple question that changes how your partner shows up for youHow to tell the difference between an old attachment wound and a relationship that truly doesn't have capacity Start rewiring today: Identity Reset is my daily practice for becoming the securely attached version of you, one morning at a time. Short, doable, and built to fit into real life. Grab it here! Ready for 1:1 support? If you want me in your corner, walking you through the beliefs, the nervous system work, and the new behaviors in real time, apply for VIP Coaching. My team will connect with you to see if it's the right fit. Apply for my One-on-One program here!

    EP 691: You Can’t Think Your Way Into Secure Attachment

  4. Sep 30

    EP 690: How to Become Securely Attached: Heal Your Nervous System So Triggers Stop Running Your Relationships

    If you still get anxious when someone pulls away, does that mean you haven't healed? "Heal your nervous system" gets thrown around constantly, and almost nobody explains what it actually means. So in Part 2 of this series, I'm breaking it down in plain language, in the context of your attachment style and your real relationships. I've spent years living in disorganized attachment, and I've helped over a thousand people become securely attached. Here's what I know: secure attachment was never about becoming permanently zen. It's something far more doable, and far more freeing. Inside the Episode: The two words that should replace "stay calm" as your healing goalWhy your partner's support might be making you feel worse (and what the research says about it)The one question to ask after you get triggered that shows you exactly how far you've come Ready to start rewiring? Identity Reset is my daily practice mini-course that helps you show up as your secure self, one morning at a time. Grab it here! Want to go deeper with me personally? My VIP 1:1 Coaching is for those who are ready for high-touch, private support to become securely attached and build the relationship you deserve. Spots are limited and application-only. Apply for my One-on-One program here!

    EP 690: How to Become Securely Attached: Heal Your Nervous System So Triggers Stop Running Your Relationships

  5. Sep 28

    EP 689: How to Become Securely Attached: Belief Work

    What if the reason you keep repeating the same relationship patterns has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with the map your brain is still using? You know your attachment style. You can name your triggers in real time. And somehow you're still ending up in the same place with a different person. Here's what I wish someone had told me in my twenties: awareness is necessary, but awareness alone won't make you secure. Underneath every pattern is a system of beliefs your brain built to keep you safe, and in this new three-part series on what actually changes your attachment style, we're going straight at those beliefs. No toxic positivity, no "just think happy thoughts." This is the research-backed work of teaching your brain to stop using the past to predict the future. Inside the Episode: Why familiar treatment can feel more magnetic than healthy love (and the belief that kept me choosing unavailable partners for years)The simple reality-testing questions that can stop a "he hasn't texted back" spiral before it takes over your whole afternoonWhat happened on an ugly gray IKEA couch that I still think about to this day Ready to meet the securely attached version of you? Identity Reset is the exact practice I use to intentionally connect to my highest and best self. I walk you through it step by step and give you emotional regulation tools to help you stay in that version of you when life gets loud. Grab it here! Want me in your corner? If you're ready to stop doing this alone, apply for my VIP 1:1 coaching. Over four months, we'll restructure the beliefs keeping you stuck and build secure attachment that actually lasts. Apply for my One-on-One program here!

    EP 689: How to Become Securely Attached: Belief Work

  6. Sep 25

    EP 688: Self Love in Action: You're Ghosting Yourself in Your Relationship

    If you love yourself beautifully when you're single and then lose yourself the second you're in a relationship, this one's for you. We're wrapping up Self-Love September with the question so many of you bring to me: what does it actually look like to love yourself while you're loving someone else? I spent years focused on becoming securely attached and attracting my person, and then I had to learn that staying me inside the relationship was a whole different skill. Because two, three, even seven years in, you can look in the mirror and not recognize who's looking back. Loving yourself in a relationship is how we prevent the resentment, the self-abandonment, and those sudden "I can't do this anymore" moments before they ever start. Whether you're dating, partnered, or ready to course correct, this is your roadmap. Inside the Episode: The sneaky way so many of us ghost the most important friendship we have the moment a relationship beginsWhy your partner being disappointed with you might actually mean you're doing this rightThe one on this list that made me emotional, and why it takes the longest to master Start showing up for yourself today: Identity Reset is my daily practice mini-course to help you rewire how you see yourself from the inside out, one small, doable practice at a time. Grab the Identity Reset today! Ready for the deepest level of support? I have just two VIP 1:1 coaching spots open for October. If you're ready to feel confident, securely attached, and free from your past relational trauma (and you don't want to wait until 2027), apply using the link below. It takes five minutes, and I would love to walk this journey with you. Apply for the VIP program here!

    EP 688: Self Love in Action: You're Ghosting Yourself in Your Relationship

  7. Sep 23

    EP 687: How to Stop Attracting the Wrong Guy, with Serena Kerrigan

    She almost said no to the man who became her person, because he didn't check every box. This week I'm sitting down with Serena Kerrigan, author of Let's F*****g Date, to talk about the standards that almost kept her from Felix, the guy who's now her partner of four years. Serena opens up about the "deal breakers" she used to swear by, why she almost walked away from someone six years younger, and the moment she realized her real non-negotiable was never age or income, it was how he treated her. We go deep into healing, self-love, and the repetition compulsion that had her attracting the same guy over and over until she finally asked why. Serena shares the therapy work that got her there, what secure love actually felt like once she found it (hint: it's boring in the best way), and her "Mirror Mirror" practice for rebuilding self-worth one conversation at a time. If you've ever wondered whether your standards are protecting you or isolating you, this episode is your permission slip to look closer. Inside the Episode: The dating "standard" Serena had to let go of to find her personWhy the fear of being "too intimidating" is keeping the wrong men in your dating poolThe two-day text rule that tells you everything about where you stand Connect with Serena: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@serenakerriganInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenakerrigan/Get the book, Let's F*****g Date Ready to do this work for yourself? Start with Identity Reset the audio training that walks you through rebuilding your self-worth from the ground up.Grab the Identity Reset today! If you're ready for real, personalized support, applications are open for Empowered. Secure. Loved. my 1:1 VIP coaching container where we rebuild your self-worth, restructure your beliefs, and get you to secure attachment. Apply for the VIP program here!

    EP 687: How to Stop Attracting the Wrong Guy, with Serena Kerrigan

  8. Sep 16

    EP 686: Self Love in Action: High Self-Worth Beliefs & Behaviors

    Here's the thing nobody tells you about self-love: you can do all the right behaviors and still feel empty if the beliefs underneath them are broken. I'm recording this one from a hotel room in New York, and honestly, I've been thinking about this episode all day. This is part two of our September Self-Love series, and I want to talk about something I don't think gets talked about enough, the actual beliefs that have to be there for self-love to be real and lasting, not just a phase you're in until life gets hard again. If you've ever set an intention to treat yourself better, lasted three days, and then quietly went back to old patterns, I need you to hear this. That's not a willpower problem. That's a belief problem. So today I'm walking you through the eight beliefs I consider absolutely essential, four about yourself and four about the people in your life, and what it actually looks like to live this out day to day, not just talk about it. Inside the episode: The self-esteem roller coaster I was on for over a decade, and why getting the promotion, the relationship, or the number on the scale never actually fixed how I felt about myselfThe eight core beliefs I walk every client through, including the one that quietly keeps people single without them even realizing it's the reasonWhat self-love actually looks like in your daily life, not the Instagram version, the real one If this episode stirred something up for you and you're realizing your belief system needs some rewiring, that's exactly what I built Identity Reset for. It's a short, focused audio training to help you start shifting those subconscious beliefs we talked about today. Grab the Identity Reset today! And if you're ready to do this work with me directly, I have a couple of spots open for VIP 1:1 coaching right now. This is where we rebuild your self-worth, rewrite the beliefs, and get you to secure attachment together, step by step. Apply for the VIP program here!

    EP 686: Self Love in Action: High Self-Worth Beliefs & Behaviors
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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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