13. How to Stop Waiting to Be Chosen and Start Choosing with Purpose with Lauren Fondriest

What if your dating life changed the moment you changed the way you led yourself? In this week’s Unfiltered Leadership episode, Lindsay sits down with Women’s Dating Coach Lauren Fondriest for a powerful conversation about self leadership, self love, and dating with intention.Lauren supports high achieving women who feel stuck in today’s dating world. Her approach is rooted in purpose, values, and agency. Instead of waiting to be chosen, she teaches women how to choose from a grounded place of worthiness and clarity.Together, Lindsay and Lauren explore: Why so many successful women struggle in dating How hyper independence can block connection The difference between intuition and fear How to build self trust and discernment while dating The role of embodiment and regulating your nervous system Why values are the foundation of aligned partnership How external opinions and projections shape your dating decisions What it looks like to stop settling and start choosing How to prepare for dating in the new year with practical, grounded stepsIf you want to redefine what dating can look like in 2026 and call in a relationship that expands you, this episode is a beautiful place to begin.About your host: Lindsay YellinLindsay Yellin is an executive leadership coach, dynamic speaker, and certified ACC and CPCC who helps high-achieving creative leaders trade fear for possibility and self-doubt for self-trust. A former advertising executive, she has led in high-pressure, high-visibility environments and knows the challenge of staying connected to oneself while leading others.✨ Book a Coaching Chemistry Call with Lindsay: ⁠https://calendly.com/yellin-coaching/chemistry-call?month=2025-11⁠✨ Get your espresso shot of leadership insight, join the Grounds for Growth newsletter: ⁠https://yellingroundsforgrowth.myflodesk.com/groundsforgrowth⁠About Lauren FondriestLauren Fondriest is a certified coach with years of experience coaching executives and teams at EY and Fortune 500 companies. After experiencing years of dating disappointment herself, she applied her own coaching tools to change how she showed up in love—and it worked. Now in a joyful, aligned marriage, Lauren supports other ambitious women in doing the same. As a Women’s Dating Coach, Lauren’s coaching style is strategic, affirming, and purpose-driven: she helps women date like they mean it.Connect with Lauren on Instagram: https://instagram.com/laurenfondriestLearn about dating coaching: https://laurenfondriest.com/