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Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Revisited Episode: Date Intentionally - How to Stop Going Too Fast in the Early Stages of Dating

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

This episode felt especially important to bring back.

If you’ve ever found yourself emotionally attached too quickly, overlooking red flags, or confusing chemistry with compatibility, this conversation is for you.

Inside this episode, I walk you through how to:

  1. Slow down without losing momentum
  2. Stay emotionally grounded in the early stages
  3. Date with intention instead of urgency
  4. Build real safety and discernment from the start

If dating has felt rushed, confusing, or emotionally draining lately, this is a powerful re-listen (or first listen).

Ready to stop running from your emotions, rewire your attachment patterns, and embody secure attachment so you can have the kind of relationship where you are seen, heard, and loved, even on your worst days,I invite you to apply for my Private 1:1 Coaching container, Empowered Secure Love.

Apply here: 👉 https://www.drmorgancoaching.co/esl-breakthrough

🔗 Additional Episode Links:

  1. Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz → https://drmorgancoaching.com/quiz
  2. Follow me on IG → @drmorgancoaching
  3. Grab my book: Grab my best selling book Love Magnet

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 Let's Get

0:43.8

Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan. First off, I just want to say thank you to everyone

0:50.2

who's reached out. I have the most supportive community and I just, I can feel the love.

0:58.0

So I just want to say, thank you, thank you. Unfortunately, just due to everything going on currently,

1:08.5

I've also found myself physically ill. I have come down with the flu.

1:15.3

And I am just doing my absolute best to practice what I preach and take really good care of myself.

1:22.5

So lots of rest and liquids and so much sleeping. I'm trying to recover physically, emotionally, all of the things.

1:33.8

So I just ask for your continued patience with me and support. It means the world.

1:41.5

In the meantime, I wanted to still get you a really, really, really helpful episode.

1:50.4

And what I did is I looked at all the data, and this was one of our most listened to episodes

1:58.1

ever. And it's all about how do you date intentionally? And this was originally

2:05.4

released in 2024, but this still is more important than ever now in 2026. We're talking about

2:15.5

how do you stop going too fast in the early stages of dating?

2:22.5

So this is talking a lot about how do you appropriately pace your emotional investment?

2:30.2

And we're talking about capacity, talking about the open palm, and talking about how vulnerability

2:37.4

must be earned. This is a really, really, really, really good episode, especially if you're dating.

2:44.1

So I know you're going to love this one. For some of you, this is probably the first time you're

2:48.7

hearing it. So I can't wait to hear your

2:51.2

takeaways. So enjoy this episode, and I hope to be back with new episodes by next week. Thank you

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