Welcome to Journey to Lasting Love! I’m Tina Shayani, a relationship coach with 25+ years of marriage experience, helping individuals and couples create deep, lasting connections.
Each episode dives into finding the right partner, strengthening relationships, and reigniting passion with expert insights and actionable advice.
💡 What You'll Gain:
✔️ Proven dating & relationship strategies
✔️ Mindset shifts for lasting love
✔️ Tips to build trust & intimacy
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🔗 Visit the Website: TShayCoaching.com
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"I'll be happy when." When it finally feels easy. When the next one is different. When nothing needs work anymore.
In the 1960s a scientist built rats a perfect world. Unlimited food, no predators, nothing to struggle for. The colony collapsed. This week I take that experiment into the coaching room and into your relationship.
In this episode:
Why the perfect relationship has never existed, and why you wouldn't want it
Deal breakers: the one that's black and white, and why the rest are yours to define
Why the crossroads you keep hitting is the relationship asking you to grow
Why a good coach never tells you what to do
How to know if this is a relationship you belong in, or if it's time to walk away
Why it doesn't have to be horrifying to leave, and why limbo is where relationships turn toxic
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 "I'll be happy when"
1:40 The rat utopia
4:30 No relationship on earth is perfect
5:30 Deal breakers are yours
6:30 The crossroads is the gift
9:30 Nobody should tell you what to do
10:30 Limbo, and deciding
13:00 It doesn't have to be horrifying to leave
15:00 You create your own happiness
18:00 Outro
If you're ready to move forward, don't just think about it. Go to Instagram, find me at @journeytolastinglove, and DM me the word ENOUGH. I'll send you my free guide.
11 Nov 2025
Never Again Will I Be Hurt Like That: The Hidden Cost of Protecting Your Heart
What happens after the heartbreak — when you quietly promise yourself “Never again”?
You build the walls. You get strong. You learn to keep people at a safe distance.
But what if that vow to protect yourself is also what’s keeping real love from finding you?
In this episode, Tina Shayani explores the hidden cost of emotional self-protection — how the walls you build to avoid pain can also keep out the connection and depth you’re longing for.
You’ll learn how to open your heart again without losing yourself, how to separate fear from wisdom, and how to turn your pain into power.
🔑 Key Points
The “Never again” vow: how pain quietly shapes your beliefs about love.
Why emotional walls don’t just keep people out — they keep you stuck.
How avoiding vulnerability limits your ability to experience real joy.
The difference between discernment and defensiveness.
Why rejection isn’t rejection — it’s redirection.
How to reopen your heart without repeating old mistakes.
The quiet courage of trying again, even when your heart remembers the pain.
You can’t protect yourself from heartbreak and still expect to feel deep love.
Pain is inevitable — suffering is optional.
Real strength isn’t in avoiding pain; it’s in walking through it with grace.
You are not being rejected by life — you’re being redirected toward what fits.
Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s the doorway to connection.
🌺Listener Takeaways
You can’t protect yourself from heartbreak and still expect to feel deep love.
Pain is inevitable — suffering is optional.
Real strength isn’t in avoiding pain; it’s in walking through it with grace.
You are not being rejected by life — you’re being redirected toward what fits.
Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s the doorway to connection.
4 Nov 2025
Are You Working on a Fixer-Upper?
You can’t build a healthy relationship by trying to fix someone.
In this episode, Tina Shayani breaks down why caring, capable people keep falling for “projects” — and how to finally stop confusing potential with partnership.
In This Episode:
Why smart, loving people get trapped in “project relationships.”
How movies and fairy tales taught us to confuse love with saving.
The difference between inspiration and rescue.
What “dating a promise instead of a person” looks like.
Two real stories (Sarah & Eliana) and what finally helped them stop repeating the same pattern.
Key Takeaways:
You can’t heal someone through love — they have to want to change.
If it’s inconsistent now, it won’t magically fix itself later.
You’re not in love with them — you’re in love with their potential.
A promise can’t love you back.
Real love is partnership, not a project.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro: Building Love That Lasts
00:36 – The “Fixer-Upper” Relationship Pattern
02:45 – Why We Fall for Projects
07:10 – The Danger of Falling for Potential
11:15 – Sarah’s Story: Loving from Survival, Not Wholeness
17:10 – Eliana’s Story: Chemistry vs. Anxiety
21:15 – The Wake-Up Moment: Awareness Is Power
23:40 – The Shift from Fantasy to Reality
27:00 – How to Stop Choosing Fixer-Uppers
Connect with Tina:
Instagram → @JourneyToLastingLove (https://instagram.com/journeytolastinglove)
Facebook → TShay Coaching (https://facebook.com/tshaycoaching)
DM the word CYCLE to get your free guide: Breaking the Cycle
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