Jemma Sbeg

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. New listeners, old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another episode as we, of course, break down the psychology of our 20s. There is really no easy way to say this. Dating in your 20s is hard, especially right now. It feels like a bit of a minefield of people who won't commit.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. New listeners, old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another episode as we, of course, break down the psychology of our 20s. There is really no easy way to say this. Dating in your 20s is hard, especially right now. It feels like a bit of a minefield of people who won't commit.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. New listeners, old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another episode as we, of course, break down the psychology of our 20s. There is really no easy way to say this. Dating in your 20s is hard, especially right now. It feels like a bit of a minefield of people who won't commit.

people who seem way too good to be true and it turns out that they actually are. Incompatibility, getting ghosted, dates cancelled last minute, just to name a few experiences that I'm sure a lot of us have currently been enduring.

people who seem way too good to be true and it turns out that they actually are. Incompatibility, getting ghosted, dates cancelled last minute, just to name a few experiences that I'm sure a lot of us have currently been enduring.

people who seem way too good to be true and it turns out that they actually are. Incompatibility, getting ghosted, dates cancelled last minute, just to name a few experiences that I'm sure a lot of us have currently been enduring.

When this has kind of been going on for a while and these experiences definitely dominate our dating story or our dating narrative, we can become very detached and very defeated and very passive and And to put it simply, I think we lose our power and our agency in dating. We're no longer as picky as we would like to be. We don't call out disrespect or bad behavior.

When this has kind of been going on for a while and these experiences definitely dominate our dating story or our dating narrative, we can become very detached and very defeated and very passive and And to put it simply, I think we lose our power and our agency in dating. We're no longer as picky as we would like to be. We don't call out disrespect or bad behavior.

When this has kind of been going on for a while and these experiences definitely dominate our dating story or our dating narrative, we can become very detached and very defeated and very passive and And to put it simply, I think we lose our power and our agency in dating. We're no longer as picky as we would like to be. We don't call out disrespect or bad behavior.

The whole activity becomes a lot more anxiety inducing than it is fun. And I think we get into this really negative headspace of expecting people to disappoint us and then not being surprised when they actually do.

The whole activity becomes a lot more anxiety inducing than it is fun. And I think we get into this really negative headspace of expecting people to disappoint us and then not being surprised when they actually do.

The whole activity becomes a lot more anxiety inducing than it is fun. And I think we get into this really negative headspace of expecting people to disappoint us and then not being surprised when they actually do.

I think the biggest way to counteract this mindset and this defeatist reality when it comes to dating is to really come back to ourselves and focus inwards, not just for the sake of our love life, but for the sake of actually loving our own life. And I was speaking about this on Mantra recently. Mantra, for those of you who don't know, is my other podcast. It's a lot more spiritual.

I think the biggest way to counteract this mindset and this defeatist reality when it comes to dating is to really come back to ourselves and focus inwards, not just for the sake of our love life, but for the sake of actually loving our own life. And I was speaking about this on Mantra recently. Mantra, for those of you who don't know, is my other podcast. It's a lot more spiritual.

I think the biggest way to counteract this mindset and this defeatist reality when it comes to dating is to really come back to ourselves and focus inwards, not just for the sake of our love life, but for the sake of actually loving our own life. And I was speaking about this on Mantra recently. Mantra, for those of you who don't know, is my other podcast. It's a lot more spiritual.

We talk about a specific affirmation, grounding saying or mantra every single week. Recently, I did an episode on I nurture relationships that enrich my life. And I talked about how something I wish I'd learned sooner was that dating is meant to be a enjoyable and be it's meant to be a selfish activity. Truly, dating is actually meant to be rather selfish.

We talk about a specific affirmation, grounding saying or mantra every single week. Recently, I did an episode on I nurture relationships that enrich my life. And I talked about how something I wish I'd learned sooner was that dating is meant to be a enjoyable and be it's meant to be a selfish activity. Truly, dating is actually meant to be rather selfish.

We talk about a specific affirmation, grounding saying or mantra every single week. Recently, I did an episode on I nurture relationships that enrich my life. And I talked about how something I wish I'd learned sooner was that dating is meant to be a enjoyable and be it's meant to be a selfish activity. Truly, dating is actually meant to be rather selfish.

We are taught to always be ready to compromise and to be flexible and to be good and to meet everyone's needs. And that's great. Fair enough. But I don't think that shouldn't be the case when it comes to trying to find your life partner. Very few decisions are as important. And I think compromise now in the early stages of dating is misery and frustration later on. I wish I'd known that at 21.

We are taught to always be ready to compromise and to be flexible and to be good and to meet everyone's needs. And that's great. Fair enough. But I don't think that shouldn't be the case when it comes to trying to find your life partner. Very few decisions are as important. And I think compromise now in the early stages of dating is misery and frustration later on. I wish I'd known that at 21.