EP 683: Darshana Avila - How People-Pleasing Is Ruining Your Relationships (and your dates)

Did you know that people-pleasing can ruin your relationships and your dates? Darshana Avila is a trauma-informed somatic educator, practitioner and international speaker who helps women reconnect with the most essential aspects of themselves — their truth, their desires, and their capacity for profound pleasure and power. Her work has been featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & Goop, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and numerous leading podcasts. In this episode of Last First Date Radio:What makes her body of work, Erotic Wholeness, different from many people's ideas about sex, intimacy and relationship coachingHow people-pleasing shows up in intimate relationships, including in the dating process, and why it’s so problematicSome ways to unwind these patternsExamples of how clients have transformed from people pleasing in the bedroom to having authentic, satisfying sex livesHow to bring this topic into a conversation with your partner Connect with DarshanaWebsite: darshanaavila.com  IG: instagram.com/darshana_avila YouTube: youtube.com/@darshana-avila LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/darshana-avila  Free gift: Galgasm! is a free online community hub with a classroom full of resources, ranging from embodiment practices to masturbation guidance to masterclass recordings - skool.com/galgasm ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio  ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first date, sign up for a complimentary 45-minute breakthrough session with Sandy https://lastfirstdate.com/application  ►Join Your Last First Date on Facebook https://facebook.com/groups/yourlastfirstdate  ►Get Sandy’s books, Becoming a Woman of Value; How to Thrive in Life and Love https://bit.ly/womanofvaluebook , Choice Points in Dating https://amzn.to/3jTFQe9 and Love at Last https://amzn.to/4erpj7C  ►Get FREE coaching on the podcast! https://bit.ly/LFDradiocoaching  ►FREE download: “Top 10 Reasons Why Men Suddenly Pull Away” http://bit.ly/whymendisappear  ►Group Coaching: https://lastfirstdate.com/the-woman-of-value-club/  ►Website → https://lastfirstdate.com/  ► Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/lastfirstdate1/  ►Get Amazon Music Unlimited FREE for 30 days at https://getamazonmusic.com/lastfirstdate