Have you ever felt that deep, aching grief after a relationship ended — not just because you miss him, but because you were already living into a future with him?

In this episode, I’m talking about the grief we don’t name often enough: mourning the relationship that didn’t get to happen… the vision, the plans, the version of life you could see so clearly — and then it was gone.

I share a personal story from visiting my dad’s grave (he died when he was 38 and I was 16), and how even decades later, what can still sting isn’t only the loss — it’s the incompleteness… the moments we never got to have, the relationship we never grew into.

And then I bring it back to you and your love life:

• Why so much heartbreak is really grief for the future you were living into

• How to let yourself grieve without making it mean you’ll “never be okay”

• A powerful dating shift: keep the vision… but blur the man’s face

• How to stay devoted to what you want without attaching to one specific person

• The reminder your heart needs: the relationship is the prize, not the man

• Normalising the full human range of feelings — sadness, anger, jealousy, regret, guilt, shame — without judging yourself

If you’re healing from a breakup, moving on from a marriage, or dating while still carrying tenderness from what didn’t work out… this one will meet you softly and truthfully.

And if you need someone to remind you: you can grieve and still be moving toward the love you want.

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Today on The Adored Woman, I’m joined by Dr. John Gray — author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus — for a grounded, eye-opening conversation about why men and women so often miss each other… and how to come back into closeness without losing yourself.

We revisit the classic Mars/Venus principles (like why men “go to their cave” and why women feel better when they can talk things through), and then we take it deeper into the biology behind it all — hormones, stress, connection, and what makes a woman feel safe.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why saying, “we need to talk about the relationship” can spike a man into stress and shutdown

• The difference between complaining and making a clean, feminine request

• Why over-giving can quietly flip the polarity and create a mother/son dynamic

• What successful, capable women need now to stay soft, open, and connected

• How to share feelings without blame so he can actually hear you

• Dr. Gray’s simple daily tool to help you feel adored (and bring romance back fast)

If you’re an accomplished woman who’s tired of feeling like the responsible one — managing, over-functioning, or doing relationships “the hard way” — this conversation will bring you back to what actually works to finally feel adored in the best relationship of your life.

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Connect With Dr John Gray Here:

• Buy Beyond Mars and Venus: https://amzn.to/3U4EU55
• Buy Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus the book: https://amzn.to/46xPjOe
• Find Dr Chapman at https://www.marsvenus.com/