Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Life Coach for People Pleasers
Sep 3, 2026 · 12 min · 10 segments
Send us Fan Mail **How to Find a Relationship Match** Have you ever found yourself wishing someone would want the same things you do? In this…
MaryAnn WalkerHost
Now, when you were a child, did you ever play the card game Go Fish? It's a game where everybody has a handful of cards and they're all looking for a certain match.

So when it is your turn, you might say something like, hey, do you have any eights? And if they do, it's a match.

And then you're going to reach into the center and draw a card from the draw pile.

And also, it's hard to stay upset with somebody for not having any eights if they just legitimately don't have any eights.

So what you do is you just make a note of it in your mind and you remember that, okay, they don't have any eights.

So next time I could either ask for a different number or I could ask another player if they have any eights.

Because the truth is that there's so many times in life when it would be so beneficial to just look at, okay, what is it that I want to get out of life? What would my want match be? And then go and find the person that has that same want match, okay? Then you can totally win at life.

So for example, if you were looking for a partner who is ready to commit, but the person that you're currently seeing, they just want to keep things casual, it might not be a want match.

And you don't have to get super mad about it and make it mean anything about your worth.

If you're looking for somebody that can help to share the load when it comes to carpooling to school and to all of the soccer games, and your neighbor is willing and able and has a child in the same grade and on the same soccer team, and they want to do that too, yes, it's a match.

Now, when you were a child, did you ever play the card game Go Fish? It's a game where everybody has a handful of cards and they're all looking for a certain match.

So when it is your turn, you might say something like, hey, do you have any eights? And if they do, it's a match.

And then you're going to reach into the center and draw a card from the draw pile.

And also, it's hard to stay upset with somebody for not having any eights if they just legitimately don't have any eights.

So what you do is you just make a note of it in your mind and you remember that, okay, they don't have any eights.

So next time I could either ask for a different number or I could ask another player if they have any eights.

Because the truth is that there's so many times in life when it would be so beneficial to just look at, okay, what is it that I want to get out of life? What would my want match be? And then go and find the person that has that same want match, okay? Then you can totally win at life.

So for example, if you were looking for a partner who is ready to commit, but the person that you're currently seeing, they just want to keep things casual, it might not be a want match.

And you don't have to get super mad about it and make it mean anything about your worth.

If you're looking for somebody that can help to share the load when it comes to carpooling to school and to all of the soccer games, and your neighbor is willing and able and has a child in the same grade and on the same soccer team, and they want to do that too, yes, it's a match.
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