Lily Womble

you Hey, I'm Lily Womble, former top matchmaker turned feminist dating coach.

For years, I felt behind in love and settled in the wrong relationships because dating culture taught me to shrink and want less.

That's when I realized that most dating advice is still stuck in the patriarchal dark ages.

Wild, wild first few months of our relationship.

We go to Paris and this man on the first night in Paris is sitting across from me and says, is so shaky and nervous.

I'm like, what's going on? He's like, Lily, I, and you have to imagine before I get to this part, you have to imagine that I feel that my life, my dating life is finally together.

I, after so many years of not having sex, of feeling like a late bloomer, of feeling like nobody likes me, my friends are always the ones that are chosen and I'm never the one that is chosen.

I don't feel very attractive and all this stuff.

So we've established that the dating landscape isn't all that great right now, especially on the dating apps, and yet a lot of us still wanna find love.

So how do you square those two things? That's what I asked Lily Womble.

She's a dating coach and author of the book Thank You, More Please: A Feminist Guide to Breaking Dumb Dating Rules and Finding Love.

It's really hard.

And if you don't believe me yet, I'm going to show you how right after this.

Hey, I'm Lily Womble, former top matchmaker turned feminist dating coach.

For years, I felt behind in love and settled in the wrong relationships because dating culture taught me to shrink and want less.

That's when I realized that most dating advice is still stuck in the patriarchal dark ages.

I am practicing self-compassion all the time.

literally all the time.

Oof, Lily, like, oh, I'm sorry you feel that way.

You're not alone.

Let's get into it.

Hey, I'm Lily Womble, former top matchmaker turned feminist dating coach.

For years, I felt behind in love and settled in the wrong relationships because dating culture taught me to shrink and want less.

That's when I realized that most dating advice is still stuck in the patriarchal dark ages.

But a lot of people need that wooing process.

And I'll actually talk about one of my past clients here, Lily, Lily Womble from Date Brazen.

Shout out to Lily.

She's amazing.

Okay? So let's get into it.

[upbeat music] Hey, I'm Lily Womble, former top matchmaker turned feminist dating coach.

For years, I felt behind in love and settled in the wrong relationships because dating culture taught me to shrink and want less.

That's when I realized that most dating advice is still stuck in the patriarchal dark ages.