Hi everybody, welcome to the women's dating and confidence podcast. My name is Amber, and today I want to talk to you about how to make dating more fun and enjoyable and light and easy.

Before we get into that, I want to let you know about my free guide.

It's called copy and paste texts for when he's pulling away or acting flaky.

The link for that is in the show notes.

Also, if you struggle with dating anxiety, which is why I'm actually making this episode in the

first place, because it robs you of all the joy in dating when you're feeling so anxious and

attached to the outcome and worried about him texting back and all of that stuff. So if you're

struggling with that, definitely check out my coaching program called

The Solution to Dating Anxiety. There is going to be a link with more information in the show notes.

Okay, so let's talk about a few ways that you can make the dating process more enjoyable.

And I actually created an episode. It was one of the first 20 episodes, I believe,

where I talked about how to stop hating dating and how to enjoy the process. But I have a few more

ideas that I have found really powerful with clients right now. So I want to share them with you.

So the first thing that you need to do to enjoy dating more

is change your why. So probably if you're listening to this podcast, you're most likely dating

because you want a relationship. And when I ask clients this question, what is your why for dating?

That's usually what they say. Like, I want to find an adventure buddy. I want to find a life partner.

I want a relationship. And the thought of that can make you feel good. Like, it excites you to think

about finding that person. And it can also create a sense of urgency, pressure, sadness that you don't have it in your

life right now.

And it completely takes out the process of dating and makes it 100% outcome focused.

I'm sure you can remember a time in your life where you were dating without the why of

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