The real reason you always choose the bad boy


Hi Reader

I want to talk about something I see constantly in my work with women, and something I think most of us are too uncomfortable to say out loud.

We don't choose unavailable men because we love drama. We choose them because on some level, we don't believe we deserve anything better.

The good guy shows up - and we run. The toxic one hurts us - and we stay. And we tell ourselves it's about chemistry, or bad luck, or that all the good men are taken.

But that's not what's really going on.

In my latest blog post I get into the real reason this happens, what's underneath it, and most importantly what it looks like to actually start changing it.

I think this one will resonate. Give it a read when you have a quiet moment.

With Love,

Randi

600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246
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