EP 575: Q&A: How I Knew He Was the One, Long-Distance Love, and Becoming Secure in Relationships (Part 1)

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson

Mental Health, Relationships, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Wow… I can’t believe I get to share this with you all. 🥹

In today’s episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my love story with Robert—my now husband (still feels wild to say that!). So many of you asked me: How did you two meet? When did you know he was the one? What did you do differently this time around?

This is Part 1 of a very special two-part series where I’m walking you through the exact journey from feeling hopeless in dating—convinced I’d just be the “cool aunt with a bunch of dogs”—to creating the securely attached, loving marriage I’m living in now.

Inside this episode, you’ll hear:

How Robert and I first met (all the way back in college!) and the wild way we reconnected a decade later
The moment I knew he was the one for me
The key conversations that set the foundation for a healthy, securely attached relationship
How I navigated long-distance while still honoring my needs and not self-abandoning
Why developing my non-negotiables and secure identity changed everything for my love life
What I did differently after almost giving up on love—and how surrender + healing gave me the hope to try again

I want this episode to be a reminder: no matter how hopeless you’ve felt in dating, it’s never too late to heal, to rewire your attachment style, and to attract the love you deserve. Your securely attached love story is possible.

💍 Make sure you tune in Wednesday for Part 2, where I’ll take you inside my wedding day—what it was really like emotionally, and everything I learned from that milestone moment.

👉 If you’re ready to do the work to attract your own healthy, securely attached relationship, apply now to the Empowered.Secure.Loved. Relationship Program. This is the only way to work with me, and it’s helped over 800 people create the love they deserve.

Click Here to Apply Now and Start Your Journey to Secure Love

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, psychologist, relationship coach, attachment theory expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, author of Love Magnet and Athletic Wear Connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise yourself worth, have great relationships, and step confidently into the next level of your life.
0:22.3	Each week, two episodes will air featuring expert advice, live coaching, and tips, showing you
0:28.4	exactly how to improve your life and attract a healthy relationship. You deserve to feel empowered,
0:34.8	secure, and love. Buckle up and let's get vulnerable. Welcome to the
0:43.1	Let's Get Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan. Wow, I am back after my wedding,
0:50.9	recording this episode for you. And this is going to be a really, really juicy series.
0:58.1	I'm talking about my marriage. It feels still brand new to be able to say that, my marriage.
1:06.8	I'm talking about that transition of becoming a wife.
1:19.4	But most importantly, I'm going to take you all the way back kind of to the beginning of my relationship journey with my now husband.
1:23.0	That is still wild for me to say, husband.
1:26.0	I'll take you all the way back to the beginning.
1:29.4	And I'm answering your questions because I posted on Instagram and I said, ask me anything you want to know about marrying your best friend after
1:36.1	almost giving up on love. And I was referring to this journey that I've been on where there was a long, long time in my dating life, where I was
1:48.2	hopeless, where I had pretty much given up, where I thought, okay, I'm just going to be the cool
1:53.3	aunt, I'm just going to adopt a lot of dogs, I'm going to travel the world, love just isn't my
1:58.3	thing. It's not going to happen for me. I'm not going to have healthy
2:01.7	love. I had given up. So I'm taking you all the way back to how did I go from that to now in a
2:11.1	healthy, loving, emotionally available, securely attached marriage? How in the heck did that happen? Do people say
2:22.8	heck in other parts of the world? Is that a Montana thing? How in the heck did that happen? Okay,
2:31.2	we're going to, we're going to uncover it. And I just have to say, I am so
2:36.9	filled with love, with gratitude. The wedding day itself, I'm going to break that down in the
2:43.9	next episode, part two, but the wedding day itself was so wonderful. It was better than I could have ever imagined.
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