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Courtside with Courtney

Redefining Dating With Intention

Courtside with Courtney

Courtney Shields

Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Business, Personal Journals

4.2605 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Courtside with Courtney, Courtney redefines dating with intention, aiming to make it more enjoyable and less stressful. Reflecting on her post-divorce journey, she emphasizes aligning intentions with potential partners and recognizing red flags. She advises against trying to change others' intentions and stresses the importance of respecting personal boundaries. Drawing from personal experiences, she highlights the value of singlehood for personal growth and fulfillment, urging listeners to learn from past relationships to avoid repeating mistakes.

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0:00.0

Grab a front row seat to the untold stories as we talk about how to live life on your terms.

0:10.6

You're officially part of the inner circle. Welcome to Courtside with Courtney. And don't worry,

0:16.3

I caught your ticket. Welcome back a ticket.

0:26.6

Welcome back to another episode of Courtside with Courtney.

0:28.9

I say this at the beginning of every episode.

0:34.4

I feel like every single episode I come in, I sit down in my chair, I have my water, and I just tell you guys how excited I am.

0:36.6

But it's because I am so excited.

0:39.0

Today is a solo episode, but I want to talk about something that I have been thinking about a lot lately, talking to all my best girlfriends

0:44.0

about, talking to Liz about. I've been thinking about just redefining dating and redefining

0:50.9

dating with intention specifically because I feel like dating with intention has this

0:56.4

super serious connotation around it where it means like you're dating and you're looking for

1:02.0

your husband on the first date. And I feel like it's kind of fucked up. And I feel like it's very

1:07.3

pressure filled and it sort of sucks the fun out of dating at the end of the day

1:11.6

we're at a place where I think dating has become a chore for a lot of people or it feels really

1:17.9

overwhelming and daunting or nerve-wrecking when really it should just be fun. So I'm petitioning to

1:23.9

bring the fun back to dating and lighten things up a little bit because I just think the

1:28.9

pressure doesn't actually garner the results that most of us are probably looking for, right?

1:34.6

So let's talk about redefining dating with intention. As I've been evaluating my own dating

1:39.8

life, was it been four years since I've been divorced? I've been thinking about how I've ebbed and flowed

1:46.7

as far as like what I've been looking for. I think I've had seasons where I've thought to myself,

1:50.8

like honestly, marriage does not sound like the most exciting idea to me. Like it's all past. No thank you.

1:57.7

Because the idea of being with someone forever is a really long time like the

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