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8 Rules of Love & Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Them
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8 Rules of Love & Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Them

Today, I’d like to share with you some amazing news. I will be releasing a new book called, “8 Rules of Love”. I’ve been working on this for the past years and I am so excited to finally share it with everyone!

In this episode, I get to answer some of the frequently asked questions about love and discuss some of the behind-the-scenes process in creating the book. Love is a word that gets thrown around easily – but do we really know the meaning of it? It might seem difficult to find and keep love but it wouldn’t be the case if we try to understand how diverse love can be. So can we really define love? If you want to pre-order the book, go to https://8rulesoflove.com/

Key Takeaways:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:42 Why the number eight?
  • 05:50 Why do we need rules?
  • 07:34 A successful relationship
  • 09:25 Creating, finding, and keeping love
  • 13:54 Change & growth
  • 17:00 How to let love go
  • 18:36 Love is an important topic
  • 21:05 Expect your relationship to change
  • 22:43 “What if I like to be alone?”
  • 24:53 Dating apps
  • 26:24 Fear of rejection
  • 27:08 Love is everywhere

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Speaker 1: I don't see successful relationships as relationships that last. I

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Speaker 1: see successful relationships as relationships that learn. Hey everyone, welcome

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Speaker 1: back to On Purpose, the number one health podcast in

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Speaker 1: Now I have to start off by saying, I am

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Speaker 1: the first time ever, I get to announce my podcast

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Speaker 1: that my new book, my second book, is ready for preorder.

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Speaker 1: It's called The Eight Rules of Love. I cannot wait

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Speaker 1: for you to read this book. I have spent the

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Speaker 1: that you can find guidance on your path. So, whether

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Speaker 1: the hardback, whatever you want. And when you preorder today,

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Speaker 1: Because you're different people, you come from different backgrounds. So

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Speaker 1: online world? Now? It comes to dating apps, I agree

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Speaker 1: how we think about it that causes a challenge. So

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Speaker 1: one study showed that more than half of online data

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Speaker 1: is lied in their profiles. Also, having so many options

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Speaker 1: that our fingertips can lead to a phenomenon researchers called

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Speaker 1: relation shopping, where we can be more critical of potential

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Speaker 1: partners or put less into relationships because of this perception

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Speaker 1: that we can just swipe to find someone else. So

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Speaker 1: several studies show that we make worse decisions when we

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Speaker 1: have more choice, and that's where we have to start

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Speaker 1: understanding that it's less about how many can I get through,

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Speaker 1: and it's more about how deeply can I learn about someone.

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Speaker 1: I think when we look at it as like swipe left,

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Speaker 1: swipe right, when we look at it just moving on,

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Speaker 1: when we look at it like oh, there's more options,

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Speaker 1: we actually stop ourselves from creating the investment that's required

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Speaker 1: to see a benefit. So that said pretty much all technology.

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Speaker 1: I think it's more about the user than the technology,

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Speaker 1: And yes, we have to work harder to use technology

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Speaker 1: to our favor, but there are absolutely ways to use

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Speaker 1: dating apps that are way more healthy, and I talk

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Speaker 1: about them in the book. And it requires a clear intention, openness,

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Speaker 1: and a high tolerance for rejection. And I think that

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Speaker 1: last part is what is actually stopping us. Our ego

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Speaker 1: is so scared of being rejected that we're scared of

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Speaker 1: putting ourselves out there. And I think for me, I

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Speaker 1: grew up with a lot of rejection when I was younger,

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Speaker 1: so I got used to it and that really helped

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Speaker 1: me recognize how it was a normal part of life.

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Speaker 1: And I think we think of rejection as something's going wrong.

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Speaker 1: In reality, everyone you look up to, everyone you admire,

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Speaker 1: even people who you see in successful relationships, have experienced

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Speaker 1: rejection in their own way. And so I really truly

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Speaker 1: believe that being open to hearing no allows us to

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Speaker 1: find that one yes that actually makes a difference. And

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Speaker 1: I want to end on one last question, which was

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Speaker 1: you know, what's something that might surprise you about the

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Speaker 1: book or where the book goes or the direction that

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Speaker 1: it turns in. And I'd say it's that we so

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Speaker 1: often talk about love like it's so hard to find,

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Speaker 1: but in reality, it's truly everywhere. Romance is only one

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Speaker 1: type of love. The reality is that opportunities to experience

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Speaker 1: it are endless, and one of the easiest ways to

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Speaker 1: experience love is to share it. Hold a door for

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Speaker 1: someone or for a smarter stranger, bring a sick person soup,

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Speaker 1: walk dogs at the shelter. Love is always right here

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Speaker 1: waiting for you. You're not waiting for it. Thank you

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Speaker 1: everyone for listening to today. I am so grateful that

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Speaker 1: you spend this time with me. I really hope that

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Speaker 1: you're going to go in pre order my second book,

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Speaker 1: my new book, Eight Rules of Love. All you have

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Speaker 1: to do is go to eight Rules Oflove dot com.

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Speaker 1: I know thousands of you've already ordered it. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for I'll Let Love. But I am so

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Speaker 1: excited for you to read this book. I promise you

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Speaker 1: it's going to be a game changer. I have so

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Speaker 1: much faith and belief in the work and the research

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Speaker 1: we did to put this book together, and I can't

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Speaker 1: wait for you to have in your hands. I know

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Speaker 1: it's not out till thirty five to January, but please

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Speaker 1: do preorder it right now. I'm so excited to read

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Speaker 1: it with you when it's out. Thank you

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