Searching For A Unicorn In An Online World: 10 Things Women Wished You Knew With Writer, Mara Stefan

07/17/22 • 41 min

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In this week’s episode we discuss 10 tips for showing up online as yourwonderfully unique and attractive self. Today’s guestisMara Stefan who wrote the article that was published in the Good Men Project titled Searching for a Unicorn in an Online World: 10 Things Women Wished You Knew. We discuss how to make the task of sorting through all of the profiles a little easier, why the eyes have it, why you should smile in your photographs, be available emotionally and for God sake keep your clothes on!
Mara Stefan has spent most of her more than 25-year career helping companies and executives establish thought leadership positions with their industries. She has overseen strategic partnerships with organizations including, The World EconomicForum, TED, The Nantucket Project and Thinkers50 among others. She’s also awriter who is currently working on a book aimed at women in the post pandemic world of work and often writes lifestyle blogs that have been published on sites like Thrive Global. Mara is a recovering hockey mom and attempts to navigate life’s challenges with the help of her family, friends, silly pets, and wine as needed.
Mara has been single for years now and is no stranger to online dating and has a lot to say about profiles, her love/hate relationship with online dating and the process of finding a soul mate.
Kerry Brett and Mara Stefan cover a lot of ground. Topics include;
The value of investing in yourself.
Take small steps putting the focus on you, book a professional headshot, buy a new pair of jeans or make the effort to get back out their even if it’s making new friends.
How to plan to date differently this time around.
How to shift the energy when you put yourself first and invest in yourself.
Mara’s list of 10 Things: What Women Wish You Knew.
Dating can be difficult and at times frustrating but it’s not enough to not try.
If the process of online dating scares the hell out of you it’s helpful to lean on your friends, have a wing girl or an accountability partner–someone to cheer you on to push you out of your comfort zone.
The pandemic made us feel bad about ourselves–Mara’s advice for rebuilding your confidence and how you feel about yourself.
The time is now! It’s time–WHY because you’ve run out of excuses. Take one step at a time and I promise it will get easier, you’ll gain more confidence over time and you’ll get there.
To find out more about Mara Stefan, you can follow her under Mara Stefan on LinkedIn, and Facebook. You can read her article Searching for a Unicorn in an Online World: 10 Things Women Wished You Knew on the Good Men Project.

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Flip The Victim Mode Script And Get In Your Power With Author & Therapist Jill Sylvester

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Too often, we default to victim mode when dating, and falling into this mindset hurts our results. Today's guest is Jill Sylvester, a licensed therapist and author of the book, Trust Your Intuition. Jill helps us avoid staying stuck, feeling bad about our past mistakes, and how to find confidence in our abilities. Summer is the time to be out dating, and there is no reason to hold ourselves back. Why are we waiting months, weeks, or days to find love? Jill shares how she helps her clients realize the time is now and, most importantly, how to change their mindset. Because when you change how you feel about yourself, everything will change! Jill discusses the power of setting intentions, manifestation and trusting your intuition.
Jill's also a speaker, host of the podcast Trust Your Intuition and author of the book Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental Health, and author of the young adult novels, The Land of Blue and Devon: Dream Agent Series. Her work deals with personal growth and development, intuition, and energy. Jill teaches by focusing on your power, you raise the standards for your life, ultimately affecting the world around you. She has successfully guided thousands of client sessions in her private practice toward stronger health, wellness, and transformation. Jill's passion is helping others see past the darkness to find the light.
Kerry Brett and Jill Sylvester cover a lot of ground. Topics include;
How to find the next thing that helps you find joy and get out of pain.
Why goals need to be fed every day.
How to align with the force to make a change.
How to flip the script with action. What are you doing to move forward? Find one thing each day to do to move forward.
Why it's so important to flex the muscle of worthiness and remind ourselves that we are worth it.
Jill's tips around working on the worthiness piece.
How to get out of victim mode.
Start somewhere – put it out there, do one thing to bring that person towards you.
Why you need to stop worrying about what other people think.
You can't hold a negative thought and a positive thought at the same time. Chose the positive thought.
How to avoid perfection – and why you have the opportunity to get it right every day.
To find out more about Jill Sylvester, go to her website jillsylvester.com. All of Jill's books can be found on Amazon. Listen to her podcast Trust Your Intuition and follow her on Instagram @jillsylvester.

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Date More Stress Less With My Little Black Book Co-Founders Billie Prisby and Melissa Gross

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Today's guests are Billie Prisby and Melissa Gross, the co-founders of the new app–My Little Black Book–The Dating Organizer launching in August. This app will revolutionize the complicated world of online dating.
The truth is–dating apps can be overwhelming, time-consuming, and unorganized. Billie and Melissa share how they’ve developed an organizational productivity system, so you can enjoy dating in a fun, easy, and safe way so finding love won’t feel like a full-time job!
Billie Prisby and Melissa Gross met in dentistry, and while working together realized they experienced similar dating issues. Together, they combined their knowledge and passion and plan on shaking up the dating industry hoping to make real and impactful social change. Their goal is to put the power back in the hands of the user, with safety being the core of My Little Black Book. Whether you prefer Tinder, Match, Christian Mingle or Bumble to get busy, My Little Black Book offers a one-stop shop. A place where trying to remember who is on what app will be a problem of the past. These two impressive women are here to modernize a landscape that has remained virtually untouched for the past ten years, and to give the power of organization and control and control back to you!
Today, we discuss how to put safety into our own hands and be proactive. And how this dating toolbox works as a diary or spreadsheet keeping track of everyone you're communicating with while organizing upcoming dates and learn why digital organization starts with a little black book!
Kerry Brett, Billie Prisby and Melissa Gross cover a lot of ground topics include;
How My Little Black Book keeps you organized making the whole process easier, so you’ll have more time to date.
How My Little Black Book helps you avoid mixing people that you’re texting.
Examples of how My Little Black Book helps you be more successful at dating.
My Little Black Book’s safety features.
How My Little Black Book tailors to each person’s needs helping you to keep everything straight in a more organized way.
How My Little Black Book allows you to add specific details about the people you are in communication with.
My Little Black Book has a built-in feature where you can rate your date.
My Little Black Book has a built-in feature where it does background checks and supplies you with an incognito number if you choose for safety purposes.
To find out more about My Little Book go to www.mlbb.rocks.