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Healing For Love
Healing for Love
A podcast for anyone who wants to heal their schemas, shift their patterns and grow into their most grounded, authentic self in love & life. Hosted by Dr Gemma Gladstone - dating & relationship coach, former clinical psychologist (25+ years), and Advanced Schema Therapists, Trainer/Supervisor. This podcast offers thoughtful, insight-rich episodes to help you understand your patterns, heal from past emotional wounds and start rewriting your Love Template.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in familiar dynamics like seeking approval, fearing abandonment, dating narcissists or losing yourself in relationships, you’re not alone. Healing for Love is a space for self-reflection, emotional insight and practical encouragement. Here, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your worth, trust your inner voice and build relationships that support who you truly are.
This is for the woman who’s ready to feel more secure, more whole and more herself - in love and in life.
Healing For Love
139. Dating Apps: Why They Feel So Hard and How to Navigate Them
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Dating apps can feel like a bit of a horror show at times.
But underneath the frustration, the confusion and the endless swiping… there’s something much deeper going on.
In this episode, I explore how your schemas - particularly abandonment, defectiveness, emotional deprivation and people-pleasing patterns - can shape:
- Who you feel drawn to
- What you tolerate
- And why you might ignore your own instincts
I also walk you through a more grounded, intentional way to approach dating apps - not as “dating platforms,” but simply as introduction tools.
Because real dating doesn’t happen on the app.
It happens in real life.
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