Love Life Connection

Hello and welcome to the Love Life Connection podcast, a podcast for successful women who feel like they have it all except love. I'm your host of Veronica Grant, a love and life coach and my only goal with this podcast is to inspire you to believe in yourself and that real love is possible for you even in our swipe right, swipe left world. Hello and welcome to day five of the 2020 Love Vision podcast challenge and congratulations you made it! After you listen to today's episode and do the mini assignment, you have completed this challenge and I hope you have a lot more clarity and guidance as to what your next steps are going to be in your love life. So today is day five and it's all about taking one action step towards love and I'm going to walk you through how to do that. So not to worry. And again, as always, if you haven't listened to you days one, two, three, and four and don't really know what I'm talking about, I highly recommend you start with day one and go from there because everything builds on th

Hello and welcome to day four of the 2020 Love Vision Podcast Challenge. This week on the podcast, I'm doing something a little different in celebration of Valentine's Day. I want to help you get refocused on your love life so you get unstuck and can move forward. Each day this week on the podcast, I'm releasing a mini episode that will help you get clear on your goals and your love life, overcome blocks getting in your way, and you'll end the challenge with creating some tangible action steps that will change your love life. Today is day four and it's all about trusting love. So if you haven't listened to days one, two, and three yet, I highly recommend you start there first. It'll make today's topic much more understandable. So today is all about trusting love and trusting something new. Now, this might seem counterintuitive or it might even feel like it doesn't apply to you or you don't think you fall into this trap, but I think most of us do, and part of that is because of biology, which I'll explain in a

Hello and welcome to day three of the 2020 Love Vision Podcast Challenge. This week on the podcast, I'm doing something a little different in celebration of Valentine's Day. I want to help you get refocused on your love life so that you can get unstuck and move forward. Each day this week on the podcast, I'm releasing a mini episode that will help you get clear on your goals in your love life, overcome blocks getting in your way, and you'll end the challenge with creating some tangible action steps that will change your love life. Today is day three and it's all about your love blocks. Now, if you haven't listened to days one and two first, I highly recommend you do that before starting here. It will make a lot more sense when we get to the exercise for today. Okay, so today is all about love blocks and I'm thinking that this is what I'm becoming known for in the relationship and love world because a lot of women come to me specifically because of my work around inner child work. I do believe that as adults w

Hello! Welcome to day two of the 2020 Love Vision Podcast Challenge. Today is all about your love vision and if you haven't already listened to day one, I highly recommend you start there, so just scroll up on your podcast player. It is the next episode and listen to that. It's pretty short. And then come back here. And in case you missed it, this week on the podcast, I'm doing something a little different. So in celebration of Valentine's Day, I want to help you get refocused on your love life so that you can get unstuck and move forward. Each day this week on the podcast, I'm releasing a mini episode that will help you get clear on your goals in love, overcome blocks getting in your way, and of course, you'll end the challenge with some tangible action steps that will change your love life. So let's go ahead and get started with your love vision. Now, just like yesterday's challenge was all about where are you right now, now we need to know where do you want to go. Again, bringing back the example of Google

Surprise! I am here in your podcast feed on a Monday and you might be wondering why. Well, today is day one of the 2020 Love Vision Podcast Challenge. So this week on the podcast I'm doing something a little different in celebration of Valentine's day. I want to help you get refocused in your love life so that you can get unstuck and finally move forward. So each day on the podcast this week I'm releasing a mini episode that will help you get clear on your goals and your love life, overcome blocks getting in your way, and you'll end the challenge with creating some tangible action steps that will change your love life. So today is day one and it's all about taking a love inventory. Now, I will tell you that this is probably the step that most of you want to skip the most, and I'm telling you don't. It's actually super, super important that you don't skip out on your love inventory. When I mean love inventory, I mean assessing where you are in your love life right now. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Now, a l

Welcome to episode 203 of the Love Live Connection podcast. Today I have a great guest joining me, Katie, and we’re discussing coaching, how to get started as a life coach, and why authenticity is the real key to success. I hope you find this conversation inspiring, definitely reach out to me and let me know what you think.  3:00 - About my passion for working with coaches and why I love it.  6:55 - Ask yourself - why do you want to be a coach and what specialty do you have to offer?    7:35 - Welcome Katie to the show!  11:00 - Finding the path to becoming the coach you would want for yourself.   16:45 - Identify your potential clients and what their pain points are.  20:50 - We talk about the fear surrounding changing careers and starting a new business.  25:30 - It all comes back to our inner belief systems,  where do these feelings and worries originate?  31:50 - The best way to find clients is to be your own best client.  34:30 - My 7 steps for coaches to build a successful, profitable business.  46:10 -

Welcome to this special bonus episode of The Love Life Connection Podcast. What do we think of Pilot Pete? I go over this season’s first four episodes of The Bachelor and give you my thoughts. Don’t forget to check out my fabulous virtual retreat coming up in March, Shift Your Dating Patterns In A Weekend. I want to hear from you though, come over to Instagram and let me know if you are loving this series!  Let’s get started.  We start our conversation with a few reminders and background details  2:25 - I was rooting for Mike but here we are with Pilot Pete  4:20 - I think Pete is on the show for the right reasons  7:55 - I can’t choose a front runner because Pete falls in love with everyone Key lessons from this episode 12:25 - The role of family, how we fell for Pete’s perfect parents and the contestant’s family relationships   18:45 - Enough with the girl-on-girl drama!  23:00 - Historical roots of competition between women  28:40 - Shoutout to the assertive women going after what they want  34:50 - 3 less

Welcome to episode 202 of the Love Live Connection podcast. Today I am welcoming a very special guest, Alison Armstrong. Her book, The Queen’s Code, has had a huge impact on my life and relationship. She has taught me to ask, “What if men aren’t misbehaving?” Learn about Alison’s incredible research and the lessons that have come from it. She has been studying men, women, and their relationships with one another for almost 30 years!  2:15 - Let’s ask ourselves: What if men aren’t misbehaving? Is it men or is it me?  6:18 - Welcome Alison!   10:20 - We often confuse the men in our lives when we state a need but do not follow through with action.  15:07 - Why do we believe others are intentionally misbehaving? What if no one is actually misbehaving?   20:15 - The words masculine and feminine are loaded with baggage, men AND women should focus on being committed and goal oriented.   24:30 - All humans have a tendency to objectify ourselves by applying labels.  28:34 - Relationships are based on expectations, par

Welcome to episode 201 of the Love Live Connection podcast. If you are dating, or have ever dated, you are probably familiar with the feeling of rejection. My wonderful client, Hillary, jumps on a call with me to discuss how to deal with rejection, “ghosting”, and texting expectations. Hillary tells me about a recent date that faded into the ether and how it’s impacting her interaction with a new guy. Together we discover that old patterns can reappear in unexpected ways and I give her some tips on what to do when that happens.  2:18 - What is the “pullback”?  5:45 - Be sure to check out my totally free 60-minute workshop, “New Year, New Boo”.  7:30 - Welcome Hillary! She asks, “How should I deal with rejection?” and, “How do I know if it’s pullback or just busy-ness?”  12:00 - I explain that rejection hurts, whether it’s an ego sting or dashing our dreams of what could be.  15:50 - It’s important to sit with those negative feelings but don’t devolve into a pity party.  18:30 - Hard lesson: Stop getting advic

Welcome to episode 200 of the Love Live Connection podcast. I am so thrilled for 200 episodes and this wouldn’t be possible without you, so thank you for being a part of this community. Your presence is seen and it is felt, and I am so deeply grateful.  To celebrate episode 200 I wanted to do something special, but I wasn’t sure what to do, but last year I pulled back the curtain to share what had happened in 2018, and today we’re going to do the same for 2019. Some of it is amazing, and some of it was anything but amazing. To celebrate 200 episodes, I’m also offering one-hour coaching sessions for $200. I don’t generally offer one-off sessions, but for the next four days these calls are available  In one hour we can look at why you’re feeling stuck in your life love, and I can help you create a plan to move forward. To follow-up, you’ll have 7 days of email coaching as well.  There will be no next time, so book your session now by clicking here. 3:30 - We kick off by flashing back to 2018, and living in Denv

Welcome to episode 199 of the Love Live Connection podcast and welcome to a new decade. I want to talk a little about manifesting and the Law of Attraction, it can be misunderstood and mistaught and that’s why I’m excited to share this conversation with Jasmine today. As you listen today I want you to consider, are you afraid if you focus on another area of life you might miss out on a partner? Do you know why you want whatever you want in the first place? Are you trying to control everything or can you let things happen in divine timing? 4:20 - We welcome Jasmine to the show with her question. 7:20 - Looking at the fear around this question 10:15 - Talking about the reality behind manifesting and looking at the feeling behind it. 11:45 - Defining The Law of Attraction  14:35 - The power of focusing on your own core values 18:00 - Taking the pressure off is where the magic happens  19:40 - Shifting focus to the guy Jasmine is dating, but doesn’t see a long term relationship 25:40 - Jasmine’s takeaways from to

Welcome to episode 198 of the Love Live Connection podcast. Today I’m joined by my good friend Veronica Perretti. Veronica joined me on the show before to talk about the difference between your sun and moon signs and your astrological chart and compatibility. You can listen to that episode here.   About Veronica: Veronica is an astrologer by day, a yoga teacher by night, and a wellness advocate for doTERRA at all hours. After years of seeking outside experts and healers to fix her, she turned to her chart and her oils to heal herself. Veronica lives in NYC with her honey and her kitty kids, Rama and Zora. She’s an Aries with a Virgo moon, obsessed with KonMari and Bravo TV. You can learn more about working with her at veronicaperretti.com.      2:45 - My on-again-off-again relationship with astrology. 9:00 - Why I recommend Veronica when people ask me for a recommendation along with a few other recommendations for Hedi Rose Robbins and Jennifer Racioppi 11:15 - Veronica shares a couple of high-level pieces a

Welcome to episode 197 of the Love Live Connection podcast. I’m really excited about this conversation because we’re going to talk about how to actually shift your inner child. Before we get into that conversation I want to remind you that if you’re feeling off this holiday season or triggered as I was when I was single to reach out to someone. It could be a friend in your life or even DM me, I respond to every single one. There is someone in your life you can share how you’re feeling, and I want you to do that. 2:20 - A mantra I use to soften and let go of my desire to control all the things - What is for me cannot pass me.  7:30 - The childhood experiences that informed Julie’s pattern of doing things to fit in or please 10:40 - Looking at what Julie’s inner child actually needed 12:50 - How Julie is changing the pattern with herself (including dating herself) 15:30 - Looking at how Julie’s inner child impacted her previous relationship 17:50 - How to connect with your inner child  20:15 - Responding to tri

Today on the show I'm talking about three keys to growing or starting your life coaching business. Now, I know a lot of you aren't starting a life coaching business, that's not on the horizon, but if you have any kind of entrepreneurial bug or you have a business or you think you might want a business, this episode will apply to you and I know you'll learn a ton. Or if you're simply just curious about the behind the scenes of my business and kind of want to know what I did to be "successful," whatever the hell that even means, you're going to love this episode. And so I really wanted to do this episode for two main reasons. As I mentioned in last week's episode where I coached Renata, I've been doing a lot more work with aspiring and beginning life coaches. If this conversation resonates with you, be sure to learn more over at veronicagrant.com/episode196   After you listen to this episode, here are your next steps: Sign up for The 5-Step Strategy To Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life here. Ready

Welcome to episode 195 of the Love Live Connection podcast. I’ve been working with more women on building their coaching business, and I freaking love it. I love the coaching industry and supporting people in this way. I invited one of my clients, Renata, to join us on the show today for a coaching session.  When I work with coaches we focus on 3 core things, their own mindset and beliefs, building their own coaching toolbox, and of course the business building piece. As Renata sat down with her first client they were able to get to a point of awareness but now she’s looking at moving that client through to what’s next. This is a common question from all of my clients, so this is a great episode for anyone. 2:20 - The difference between therapy and coaching  8:30 - Renata shares her question about moving from awareness and through fear 10:50 - Sharing about how to navigate clients through making a change 12:00 - Using inner child work to connect dots and shift into action 16:30 - Working with a client through

Today is part three of a three part series on why high achieving women's struggle in love, and the purpose of these episodes are to do three things.  Today is all about navigating two very real realities of dating as a high achieving women, and why they’re not actually bad things.  If this conversation resonates with you, be sure to learn more over at veronicagrant.com/episode194 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 193 of the Love Live Connection podcast. I am really excited that Stephanie brought this question to us, we haven’t talked a lot about friends with benefits and so that is what we’re talking about today. If this is something you are in, or you’re considering this is a great episode to listen in on.  I challenge you to listen to this (and any) episode without judgment. Listen in to see what you can learn and apply to your own situations regardless of how you feel about friends with benefits. 5:20 - Stephanie shares her question about moving from friendship to relationship  9:50 - Listen in to Three Relationships You’re Confusing with Real Love    10:40 - Seeing what we want to see with a person instead of seeing what is there 11:50 - Having the conversation about to define a relationship 15:30 - How to language what you want as you move from friends to a romantic relationship 17:50 - This is important - You have to believe what he says 20:15 - Setting boundaries after the conversation  22:30

Today is part two of a three part series on why high achieving women's struggle in love and the purpose of these episodes are to do three things.  Today is all about using the same formula that you use to get that success you've had in your career and apply it to your love life. If this conversation resonates with you, be sure to learn more over at veronicagrant.com/episode192 After you listen to this episode, here are your next steps: If you haven’t taken the Love Block Quiz, do that here. Ready to explore what working with me is like?  Learn more here. Are we connected on Instagram? Come tell me WHO you are here! If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 191 of the Love Live Connection podcast. I am joined this week by Tina to talk about the fear of getting what you want.  We talk about how fear and anxiety can arise when we experience happiness and success and the difference between real and made up fear. Be sure to listen to the entire episode as we share how you can handle these types of fear.   11:40 - Tina poses her question about limiting herself because of fear and anxiety.  12:25 - Tina shares that this question is coming up for her due to things at home with her family and how this tends to flare up doubt and anxiety in her personal relationships and business.   13:40 - Tina shares her relationship with risk and how that may play into today’s fears and anxieties.  15:30 - Tina shares her experience with not getting what she wants when she goes for it and how her childhood and being called “emotional” affects her today in her life and parenting. 19:50 - Tina tells us why she is so afraid of failing and we get to the real reasons. 21

Today is part one of a three part series on why high achieving women's struggle in love, and the purpose of these episodes are to do three things.  The first thing is I want to normalize the very real and unique challenges that ambitious women face in the dating pool.  Number two, I want to give you a couple of mindset shifts so that you can see these "challenges" as actual opportunities for your love life.  And number three, I want to make sure you have some actionable steps you can take away and you're going to get actionable steps after every single one of these three episodes.  Make sure you listen to the end so you can take those steps and start making changes in your love life After you listen to this episode, here are your next steps: If you haven’t taken the Love Block Quiz, do that here. Ready to explore what working with me is like?  Learn more here. Are we connected on Instagram? Come tell me WHO you are here! If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple P