Ep #51 Stop Proving Your Worth in Dating: Choose Love That Chooses You

If you’re dating after 40 and keep finding yourself trying to secure your place in someone’s life, by explaining yourself, being endlessly understanding and waiting for him to be ready, this episode is for you.

In Episode 51 of the Stop Chasing Unavailable Guys Podcast, we’re talking about one of the most subtle but powerful patterns in dating: the auditioning identity.

This is the pattern where you don’t think you’re chasing…
but you’re constantly positioning yourself to be chosen.
Where patience replaces discernment…
where emotional labour replaces partnership…
and where almost-relationships feel normal because proving has felt normal for a very long time.

What’s Inside This Episode:

• The quiet ways auditioning shows up in early dating (even for strong, self-aware women)
• Why over-explaining, over-texting, and over-accommodating drain your power
• The difference between waiting for him to decide and evaluating how you actually feel
• The identity shift from “Do you like me?” to “Do I like how this feels?”
• How discernment becomes natural when you stop trying to earn your place

This episode is part of Season 5: Embodiment, Identity & Lasting Love, where we stop trying to perform better in dating and start living from the identity of a woman who chooses.

✨ Integration prompt from the episode:
“Am I trying to be chosen… or am I choosing?”

🎧 Listen now and begin stepping out of auditioning and into calm, grounded self-leadership in love.

Links from the episode: https://stopchasingunavailableguys.com

Remember: You can’t make Mr. Unavailable love you, but you can choose someone who does. And love is closer than you think.