Stop Choosing Right Now with Sara-Ann Rosen

💬 message Denise How many times has your body known — long before your mind was willing to admit it — that this wasn't the love that was meant for you?Sara-Ann Rosen is a dating coach for audacious women who refuse to settle. With a background in law and counselling, she approached dating like a research scientist — gathering data not just on others but on her own patterns. That journey became the foundation for Decoding Dating Dilemmas, through which she has supported over 500 women in releasing self-abandoning patterns and learning to choose relationships rooted in comfort, care, and consistency.In this conversation, Sara-Ann and I explore what it truly means to stop choosing the right now person — and start choosing the right person.What we cover:Why dating feels like one of the few things that gets harder with practiceWhat need-meeting patterns are and how they quietly run our relationshipsThe difference between the right now person and the right personWhy a spark is one-sided — and what to look for insteadHow to assess goal alignment from the very first conversationWhat attunement really means and why it matters more than chemistryWhy almost 40% of couples felt no attraction when they first metThe research on desirability and aging — and why it will surprise youWhy we question ourselves instead of the relationship — and how to stopFind Sara-Ann Rosen: 🌐 Decoding Dating Dilemmas 📲 Connect with Sara-Ann through her coaching and speaking workConnect with Denise | Thrive After 45™: 🌐 denisedrinkwalter. 📲 @thethriveafter45podcast 💫 IGNITE: The Inner Uprising™ — Canada's inaugural midlife women's gathering, November 2026 👉 Join the waitlist: ignite2026.lovable.appThank you for spending time with me today on the Thrive After 45™ podcast! If this episode spoke to you, be sure to hit that follow button so you never miss one.November 2026, I will be hosting a live, in-person experience called IGNITE: The Inner Uprising™.It is a two-day immersive gathering for women in midlife — women who feel the quiet pull toward something more truthful, more embodied, more fully their own.IGNITE is an extension of these conversations.It’s where reflection becomes embodiment.Where insight becomes integration.Where women who have held so much for others gather to stand fully in their own sovereignty.If something in today’s conversation stirred you — if your body leaned in — that is NOT accidental.The waitlist is now open.If IGNITE feels like something your future self would thank you for, I invite you to add your name here. https://ignite2026.lovable.appThere is a place for us to gather.If you loved this episode, I’d be so grateful if you left a review - it helps more amazing women like you find this show!Your journey doesn’t stop here - let’s keep the conversation going! Connect with me at denisedrinkwalter.com, and follow ...