This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the love, happiness, and success Podcast.

That's the song, Hope, from the album Sunnyvale by the artist Red In Hope.

It's setting the mood for us today because today we're talking about how to date with confidence and keep having hope and holding your head

up through an experience that for a lot of people feels really hard.

So I am so excited about today's episode because today we're discussing a topic that I just

know is going to be so helpful for so many people

who, like so many, are looking for love and for healthy new relationships.

And that means today we're talking about how to date with confidence.

Every dating coach or advice columnist out there will tell you,

and I think they're largely right in some ways,

that confidence is an incredibly important, attractive quality

when you're out there dating.

And I'm sure you've noticed this in your experience,

that when you're finding

people that, you know, that's early stages, their level of confidence is oftentimes an attractor or

a turnoff, particularly if it's absent. And so, you know, we understand that. We see that in other people.

So we gravitate towards that sense of inner security. But paradoxically,

dating itself is a confidence smasher for many people. I mean, you've only need to have been

ghosted one time by somebody that you really liked. It makes you question yourself. You know,

it's hard to keep putting yourself out there, particularly if you're starting in early

relationships going on a few dates. It's not working out. I mean, it's sort of the antithesis of

what any of us need in order to feel confident and secure in ourselves. So to address this conundrum and help

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