A brutal meeting shook Jackie Glaser's internal world— and launched her on a new career of helping singles uncover their strengths
Then a single friend told her about a Zoom webinar she’d attended. It was run by Jackie Glaser, a dating coach from Los Angeles. “You have to check it out,” her friend effused. “I felt so validated. I had to turn my camera off halfway through because I started crying.” Chany went to Jackie’s website and was intrigued enough to sign up for her nine-week course.
At the outset of the course, Chany was encouraged to be curious about the patterns in her dating and to get to the root of her behavior. She finally recognized that in the home she’d grown up in, the right thing was valued at the expense of any emotional discomfort. Therefore, she never learned how to process, or even acknowledge, her feelings. Now, as an adult, whenever difficult feelings came up, Chany shut down her emotions and functioned from a completely intellectual mindset. This pattern strongly hindered her dating, where the ability to be open is obviously extremely important.
Jackie helped her learn to synthesize her intellect and her emotions. A few months after taking the course, Chany excitedly texted Jackie that she had just scheduled a fourth date, something that had never happened before.
Helping women in this way is the fulfillment of a dream for Jackie. Over the many years that she was waiting for her zivug, Jackie had promised Hashem that if she got married, she would use her skills to help singles.
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