Loving Your Body, Owning Your Desire with Morgan Barkus

Why Dating Feels So Good Now

What changes when your sense of safety no longer comes from the outcome? In this episode, I'm sharing the internal shifts that transformed my dating experience - from uncertainty and over-investment to greater self-trust, discernment, emotional safety and freedom in connection. If you'd like to explore what becomes possible when you stop repeating familiar patterns in love, you can apply for a Complimentary Love Clarity Call here https://forms.gle/TbQKyd9fmGxb2wWB8 Or if you're looking for a place to begin, you can access my free meditation here https://emilyblessington.com/guided-meditation/ © 2025 Emily Blessington. All rights reserved.

Why Emotionally Intelligent Women Still Lose Themselves in Love

In this episode, I’m talking about one of the most common relationship patterns I see in emotionally intelligent women: losing yourself in love. Not dramatically. Not overnight. But slowly, in the small moments where you override your intuition, ignore what feels off, and start making someone else your emotional reference point. Inside this episode: • how self-abandonment quietly happens in relationships • why overthinking and uncertainty become so consuming • what your love identity actually is • why you keep repeating painful relationship patterns • the shift that changes everything If you’re recognising yourself in this episode, and you’re ready to become the version of yourself who naturally creates healthy, deeply reciprocal love, book a discovery call here https://calendly.com/emilyblessington/30-minute-discovery-call © 2025 Emily Blessington. All rights reserved.

What happens when you trust yourself in love

In this episode, I explore: * Why dating feels different when you trust yourself * The shift from overthinking to self-trust * Chemistry, uncertainty and early dating * Discernment, pacing, and staying connected to yourself * What changes when you truly know your own worth. If you're ready to stop losing yourself in love, trust yourself more deeply, and choose from clarity not chemistry, you can book a discovery call here https://calendly.com/emilyblessington/30-minute-discovery-call An if you're not quite ready for that yet, you can also download my free embodied visioning meditation, designed to connect with the version of you who already feels deeply met, cherished and secure in love https://emilyblessington.com/guided-meditation/           © 2025 Emily Blessington. All rights reserved.

Becoming The Love You Seek

Free Visioning Meditation Download Emily’s guided visioning meditation here: https://emilyblessington.com/guided-meditation/ Today’s episode begins with a powerful possibility: Your love story may not begin when you meet the right person. It may begin much earlier- when you begin becoming the person who can truly receive love. In this episode of Tune Into Love, Emily Blessington explores the idea that the inner becoming often happens before the outer evidence arrives. Rather than waiting for a relationship to bring feelings of worthiness, security, and love, we can begin cultivating those qualities within ourselves first. Emily introduces the practice of visioning -  a creative and powerful exercise that allows you to experience the emotional reality of the relationship you desire before it appears physically in your life. Because the subconscious mind does not strongly distinguish between imagined and real experiences, visioning can help expand your sense of what’s possible in love and begin shaping how you relate to yourself and others. In this episode Emily shares: • how visioning helped transform her own life • why self-awareness alone isn’t enough to create lasting change • the difference between love and relationship viability • why being rooted in your own worthiness naturally creates greater discernment in dating • how developing a deeper relationship with yourself changes the “signal” you broadcast to others If you’ve ever found yourself drawn to relationships that ultimately couldn’t work, or repeating patterns in love that leave you feeling disappointed, this episode offers both perspective and a practical place to begin. In this episode: * Why your love story may begin long before you meet the right person   * The concept of becoming the love you seek   * How the practice of visioning works   * Why the subconscious responds to imagined experiences   * The difference between love and viability in relationships   * How developing self-worth naturally leads to better discernment in dating   * Why holding a vision for your life can change what becomes possible   Book a Discovery Call with Emily If you’d like to explore what rewriting your love story might look like, you’re welcome to book a conversation with Emily. https://calendly.com/emilyblessington/30-minute-discovery-call © 2025 Emily Blessington. All rights reserved.

Loving Your Body, Owning Your Desire with Morgan Barkus

MEET MORGAN BARKUS Morgan is a female empowerment and body image coach based in the US. With a background in marriage and family therapy - in combination with working as an exotic dancer, and then teaching exotic dance and fitness - Morgan helps women reprogram negative self-talk, release body shame, and reconnect to their confidence from the inside out. Her philosophy? No fillers. No fixes. Just self-love and embodied confidence.   What We Explore in This Episode 1. The “Am I Normal?” Question Morgan shares that the most common pain point women bring into her world is the quiet belief: Am I enough? Am I normal? What’s wrong with me? We explore how early messaging around body image, beauty, and worth shapes romantic choices - often without us realising.   2. Attachment, Love & Choosing Unavailable Partners Morgan opens up about: Repeated patterns with emotionally unavailable men The moment she realised “Maybe there’s nothing wrong with me” How anxious attachment played out in her relationships The turning point at 40 where she stopped outsourcing her worth We also touch on how self-relationship work shifts romantic outcomes - and how different frameworks approach healing attachment wounds.   3. Body Confidence & Sexual Freedom This part of the conversation gets especially rich. We discuss: Why women are often “in their heads” during intimacy The impact of body shame on pleasure How confidence transforms sexual experience The importance of self-connection and self-exploration Why presence is the gateway to pleasure Morgan shares how her time working around women of all shapes and sizes shattered her old paradigm of beauty - and how that liberation informs her coaching today.   4. Reprogramming Self-Talk Morgan’s early introduction to personal development (Louise Hay, The Four Agreements, ) helped her begin shifting negative internal dialogue. We talk about: Conscious self-talk Emotional regulation Journaling after breakups Getting out of the spiral and back into power   Morgan’s Free Gift Morgan offers a free 12-minute video: “The Simple Way to Stop Worrying If Your Stomach Looks Fat During Sex.” It includes a quick 4-step mindset reset to help women move from self-consciousness back into embodied presence. You can find it at: https://www.morganbarkus.com/free-offer-1(The Simple Way to Stop Worrying If Your Stomach Looks Fat During Sex (FAST).) morganbarkus.com You can also connect with Morgan on Spotify, YouTube, and Instagram by searching her name.   Final Thoughts This episode is open, honest, playful and real. If you’ve ever: Felt self-conscious in intimacy Questioned your worth in relationships Or wondered whether confidence is something you can actually build This conversation offers both reassurance and practical perspective.   If you’d like to connect with me, download my free meditation, or explore working together: Website: emilyblessington.com Instagram: @em_blessington Linktree: https://linktr.ee/emilyblessington8 Thank you for listening to Tune Into Love. See you soon! © 2025 Emily Blessington. All rights reserved.