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Jay Shetty Podcast

Dating Coach: #1 Sign You’ve Found the Right Person (Or If You’re SETTLING)

Dating coach, Jillian Turecki, reveals the hard truths about dating and relationships that most people avoid facing.

Jillian TureckiguestJay Shettyhost

Feb 24, 20251h 12mWatch on YouTube

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The Biggest Dating Mistakes
Jay Shetty asks what mistakes people make in dating, and Jillian Turecki names relying only on apps, impatience, and high expectations. She adds that long text exchanges with strangers create a false sense of intimacy and urges people to meet sooner.
- •Relying only on apps can burn you out; widen your circle and be proactive
- •Date often with low expectations and treat dates as social-skills practice
- •One disappointing date can slide into learned helplessness
- •Weeks of texting create false intimacy, so make a date within a day or so
Building Resilience Against Rejection
Jay raises fear of rejection as the root of the texting and canceling habit, covering both being rejected and rejecting others. Jillian says that someone who isn't into you isn't for you, and that resilience makes a person more attractive.
- •Two kinds of rejection: being turned down and fearing you will reject someone
- •Jillian says someone not into you is not for you
- •Building a resilience muscle is part of life and makes you more attractive
- •You only need one person to say yes, so expect to meet many people
There Is No "The One": Love as a Choice
Asked how to slow down the urge to speed up love, Jillian argues there is no the one and that love is a choice made repeatedly. She says to process early enthusiasm and uncover a person's character and values, because choosing a partner is one of life's most important decisions.
- •Love is a feeling but also a choice made again and again
- •Society's romanticism says one person will rescue you
- •Slow down and process enthusiasm to learn the person's character and values
- •Partner choice affects your wellbeing more than anyone else's influence
Single Pain vs. Wrong-Relationship Pain
Jay says the pain of being single is better than the pain of being in the wrong relationship, and Jillian agrees. They discuss how the allure of a relationship hides signs of poor character and how fear of the unknown keeps people in bad relationships.
- •Jay contrasts the pain of being single with the pain of the wrong relationship
- •Character and values disconnects were often visible all along
- •People stay in relationships because they fear the unknown
Why We Chase People Who Aren't Into Us
Jay asks why we're drawn to those not into us and bored by those who are. Jillian offers theories about self-esteem, pedestals, childhood wounds, fear of intimacy, and misguided ideas of safety and masculinity.
- •Jillian says no one fully knows the answer, but there are good theories
- •Low self-esteem leads to putting people on pedestals and projecting an ideal onto them
- •Childhood rejection can make earning love feel familiar
- •Fear of intimacy makes unavailable people feel easier
- •Look past surface strength to find character and real safety
It Begins With You: Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
Jay links the pattern to the book's premise and asks how to acknowledge strengths and weaknesses. Jillian says to recognize your own resilience and be willing to look at hard things, and that your problems don't make you unique.
- •Seeing interest as weakness and disinterest as strength comes from low self-worth
- •Your life is the product of your choices, though it's not your fault if you never learned
- •Acknowledge the resilience it takes just to be human
- •Healing comes from seeing how you stand in your own way
"There Are No Good Men Left" and Changing Your Type
Jay asks about the mindset that all the good ones are taken. Jillian tells a story of a friend whose belief about men was reinforced by giving second dates to men who treated her badly, and says you must change your type and look for character over instant spark.
- •Beliefs create mindset and reality reflects the belief system
- •Rewarding poor behavior with a second date trains people to repeat it
- •Challenge beliefs by asking if they're true and how you reinforce them
- •Train yourself to be drawn to character rather than waiting for an immediate spark
Attraction vs. Character: What Makes a Good Partner
Jay notes that what attracts us (aura, looks, intelligence, job) isn't character. Jillian says maturity changes who we find attractive, and that self-acceptance and meeting your own needs shift your type.
- •Aura, charm, and achievements say little about being a good partner
- •The most charming people can also be emotionally harmful
- •With maturity, presence and listening become attractive
- •Self-acceptance and clearer needs change who you're attracted to
- •Jillian says she can compartmentalize attraction to people who aren't right for her
Outgrowing Your 16-Year-Old Self
Jay says many in their 30s and 40s still chase a teenage ideal of thrill, while what they now need is peace, friendship, and comfort. He shares that attraction isn't what has kept him with his wife, and Jillian adds that the 16-year-old self shouldn't be in charge.
- •Teen wants were pleasure, fun, and chemistry; adult wants are peace and connection
- •Jay says attraction isn't what keeps him and his wife together
- •A friend skipped a second date with a seemingly perfect man because the thrill was missing
- •Relationship age can be younger than actual age
- •Safety can open the door to deeper intimacy
Telling the Truth Without Oversharing
Jay brings up hard truth number five about speaking up and asks how to be honest without being too honest too early. Jillian says to be direct about wants and needs from date one while pacing vulnerable disclosures, and that withholding truth in a relationship becomes its sickness.
- •Be direct about what you want and need from the first date
- •Don't share childhood pain with a stranger; vulnerability builds gradually
- •Fears of abandonment and rejection lead couples to withhold truth
- •Hard conversations are done in service of the relationship
Repairing Broken Trust and Accepting Your Partner
Jay asks how to repair a relationship after withheld information. Jillian says it depends, involves listening and possibly a third party, and begins with being honest with yourself; they discuss not expecting quick change, accepting who your partner is, and the apple tree metaphor.
- •Repair depends on the kind of withholding and may need a third party
- •Telling the truth begins with telling the truth to yourself
- •Partners expect quick transformation, but change takes years if they want it
- •Both people have something to change in the dynamic
- •If you want an apple, sit under an apple tree
How to Know Who to Choose, and the One That Got Away
Jay asks how to know who to focus on if there's no the one. Jillian says to choose someone who treats you well, lets you be yourself, and shares your idea of a life well-lived, then calls the one that got away a romanticized story.
- •Choose the person who treats you well and respects you
- •Can you be yourself without hiding parts of you?
- •Agree on what a life well-lived looks like; values hold couples through hard times
- •Tolerate preference-level quirks
- •The one that got away is a story shaped by nostalgia
Getting Out of Your Head
Jay cites Jillian's line that staying in your head kills a relationship and asks how to stop repetitive thoughts. Jillian recommends communicating, noticing the inner storyteller, and moving your body or being social.
- •Stories in our heads, not rooted in truth, ruin relationships
- •Communicate and ask whether something else could be true
- •Movement, walks, breathwork, and social time move attention outward
- •Stand guard over your mind
Reigniting a Relationship Stuck in Maintenance
Jay says people focus on beginnings and endings and neglect maintenance, and asks what couples can do when things feel almost right but stuck. Jillian suggests novelty, connection, touch, and bringing early-relationship energy back.
- •Don't make the kids the only focus of your life
- •Try new things and put phones away for deeper conversation
- •Do a temperature check for levity versus connection
- •Touch and presence have a ripple effect
- •Bring back what you brought at the start
Breakup Self-Reflection and Accountability
Jay asks for the best self-reflection exercise after a breakup. Jillian says that once past the initial shock you should ask how you and your ex each contributed, and what your strengths were, and stresses that accountability is everything.
- •Wait until you're past the initial shock
- •Reflect on your patterns and theirs without blame
- •Also name what you did well in the relationship
- •Accountability is not taking all the blame but owning your part
Fast Five and Closing
Jay runs his Fast Five with Jillian, covering the best and worst advice she's received, saving yourself, making peace with parents, and letting go. He closes by promoting her book It Begins With You.
- •Best advice: no one is perfect, so know what you can and can't tolerate
- •Worst advice: a therapist told her not to lean on her husband during a miscarriage
- •If no one is coming to save you, save yourself and choose someone with your back
- •Her law: letting go is easier than clinging

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