Hey friend. Thanks for being here. 

Here are the links I promised:

Getting Your Needs Met Course: http://www.gettingyourneedsmet.com

Trusting Love 2023 Retreat: http://www.trustinglove2023.com

In Bloom Love And Relationship Summit

• In-person tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/in-bloom-a-love-and-relationships-summit-presented-by-real-love-ready-tickets-434006423897?aff=ShaunGalanos
• Virtual tickets:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/in-bloom-a-love-and-relationships-summit-presented-by-real-love-ready-tickets-434035199967?aff=ShaunGalanos

And, that's it for now. Have a lovely week. 

Nora McInerny is an award-winning podcast host of ‘Terrible, Thanks For Asking,’ speaker, and author of several books, including her new book “Bad Vibes Only.” 

Shaun and Nora discuss vulnerability porn, their relationship with social media, and how they feel about posting everything online.

What you'll learn (or why you should care):

• Toxic positivity and “good vibes only” mentality
• How to love people we deeply disagree with
• How to accept that people’s lives are not as perfect as we think

Where to find Nora

Buy her new book “Bad Vibes Only”

Listen to her podcast

Nora on Instagram

Nora's website

Join The Lovebird Club

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For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub 

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Hey gang, here's a little update for you. ❤️

Application to be my social and course assistant: https://forms.gle/9DWxnXLJYBgazyFE7

Love Camp 2023: www.lovecamp2023.com

This episode guest is Vanessa Bennett, Codependency Expert and Holistic Psycho-Therapist and author of “It’s Not Me, It’s You”. Vanessa talks about what codependency is, if it’s always bad and how we can balance being dependent with another person without being “needy”.

Shaun and Vanessa discuss how people have lost connection with their feelings, and offer examples for how to express feelings with someone who might not be comfortable with having such conversations.

What you'll learn (or why you should care):

• What to do if your partner is following hotties on IG
• What it’s like dating a therapist as a therapist
• Chemistry and attraction and their role in relationship building

Where to find Vanessa

Preorder her new book “It’s Not Me, It’s You”

Vanessa on Instagram

Join The Lovebird Club

A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy. Group support and weekly calls.

For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub 

Learn more about The Love Drive

Website https://thelovedrive.com/ 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive 

Oh boy. Here's a stream of consciousness about the importance of spark, chemistry, and attraction when meeting a potential partner. 

Our guest is dating and love coach Damona Hoffman, who's been coaching people for over 15 years on online and offline dating.

In this episode, Shaun and Damona share their best online dating practices, what to ask on a first date, and how to best screen for people who are a good match.

Shaun and Damona answer some rapid-fire questions, including What are guys looking for during the first date? Who pays for the first date? What to do if he's a nine but follows 1000s of Instagram models?

What you'll learn (or why you should care):

• Does sex on the first date change things? 
• Why guys who have dogs in their dating profiles get more matches
• How to make long-distance relationships work

Where to find Damona

Damona on Instagram

Listen to Damona's podcast 

Join The Lovebird Club

A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy. Group support and weekly calls.

For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub 

Learn more about The Love Drive

Website https://thelovedrive.com/ 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive 

Newsletter https://thelovedrive.com/newsletter

A little pep talk on finding great people to love and that no, all the good ones aren't taken (and you should be careful about that belief - confirmation bias is a doozy!)

I'm excited to re-launch (and teach) one of my most popular courses: The Emotional Availability Course - Open up to Love

www.feelyouremotions.com

Today's guest is Yana Tallon-Hicks, a past podcast guest on how to be an ethical hookup, ethical slut, sex writer, therapist, and author of ‘Hot and Unbothered: how to think about, talk about, talk about, and have the sex you really want.’

In this episode, Shaun and Yana talk about sex, shame in receiving feedback from our partner(s), and trying new things more than once.

Shaun and Yana take listeners' questions all about sex, answering doubts such as, Will vibrators desensitize my clitoris? How to be more comfortable with my body? How to squirt, deal with premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, and more!

What you'll learn (or why you should care):

• How to find new sex activities to try with yourself and your partner
• Porn and its role in sex education
• Why blowjobs are hard to give

The Yes/No/Maybe List

Where to find Yana

Yana on Instagram

Yana’s website 

Order Yana's new book - Hot and Unbothered.

Join The Lovebird Club

A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy.

For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub 

Learn more about Shaun Galanos

Website https://www.shaungalanos.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive 

Newsletter https://thelovedrive.com/newsletter

Seerut K. Chawla, an integratic psychotherapist discusses about the dangers of cancel culture and of “Instagram therapy”. 

In this episode, Seerut and Shaun talk about the problems with dating in the modern world, why older men date younger women and the idea of being a forever-student.

What you'll learn (or why you should care):

• How consistency and hard work trump talent and the fallacy of the "overnight success"
• How to deal with short bouts of depression
• How to speak to yourself more kindly, while staying accountable

Where to find Seerut:

Seerut on Instagram

Seerut’s webiste

Seerut on Twitter

Join The Lovebird Club

A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy. Group support and weekly calls.

For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub 

Learn more about The Love Drive

Website https://thelovedrive.com/ 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive 

Newsletter https://thelovedrive.com/newsletter

Welcome to The Love Drive Helpline, where I answer questions you submit via voicemail.

Leave your question here: https://bit.ly/lovedrivehelpline

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Today's question comes from Stephanie. [edited for brevity's sake]

"I just recently met a guy on Saturday. We met and had an instant connection, hung out all day, and ended up having sex. Do you think that that screws up the beginning of a relationship? "

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