Ready For Love with Hilary Silver

8h ago

If your relationship looks good on paper but feels empty, this episode explains why settling in love keeps happening and how it quietly trains you to accept less in relationships. Hilary gets direct about why smart, capable women keep choosing the wrong men and staying in relationships that technically work but emotionally fall flat. This is not a dating pool problem. It is a self-worth and scarcity mindset issue that shows up when fear of being alone feels safer than asking for more. If you have ever talked yourself into “good enough” while feeling lonely in a relationship, this conversation will land. This episode is a reality check with teeth. Hilary challenges you to stop dating for someone’s potential instead of their reality, to stop excusing red flags, and stop waiting to be chosen. As 2026 approaches, the message is clear. Raise your standards, trust that what you want exists, and walk away from what does not align. The fastest way to stop settling in love is to stop accepting what you already know is not enough. Episode Highlights: How settling in relationships hides behind “good enough” Why smart women still choose the wrong men The fear that keeps you stuck in unfulfilling love Being chosen vs choosing on purpose Why dating potential never pays off Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Why Settling in Relationships Keeps You Unfulfilled 01: 05 What Settling Actually Looks Like 02:37 5 Reasons Why You Could Be Settling 10:03 How to Stop Settling and Get the Relationship You Want ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply AquaTru: Ultra-Pure Water You Can Actually Trust 20% Off Your Countertop Purifier Use Promo Code: READY at AquaTru.com The Daily Journal A 90-Day Digital Journal + Free 7-Day Accountability Challenge Join us at ReadyForLoveInc.com/challenge

Dec 12

Charlene thought she was ready to date after losing her husband and parents, but she struggled to find real love with the men she was dating. Each relationship reflected the same old wounds she carried into her marriage: overgiving, hoping for scraps of connection, and treating attention like approval. Nothing shifts until you’re willing to look at what keeps repeating and ask why it still has a hold on you. That question became her turning point. Inside the Ready for Love program, she rebuilt trust with herself. She named her dating non-negotiables for the first time in her life. She stepped into dating with a calm, grounded confidence that didn’t need someone else’s interest to feel worthy. What happens when a woman dates with that mindset? She attracts people who actually fit the life she wants rather than the wounds she’s healing. This episode offers a clear look at dating after loss, breaking old patterns, and choosing partners from strength rather than fear. It invites you to consider where your own standards live and whether you’ve been settling for connections that don't match the depth you want. Episode Highlights: Dating after loss and how grief can shape your patterns Why emotionally unavailable men kept showing up The moment Charlene recognized she needed a new approach How naming her non-negotiables changed her confidence What dating looks like when you lead with self-respect How falling in love with herself shifted everything Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Facing Grief and Loss 05:07 Reflections on Marriage and Relationships 11:40 The Self-Confidence Transformation Process 19:22 Dating Again With Real Confidence 24:40 Embracing Self-Love and Empowerment 31:24 Advice for Women Attracting the Wrong Men ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply LINKS: Cozy Earth: Your New Favorite Blanket Up to 40% off their Bubble Cuddle blanket and more. Use Promo Code: READYFORLOVE at CozyEarth.com AirDoctor: The Trusted Air Purifier for a Healthier Home Use Promo Code: READY Up to $300 off + Free 3-Year Warranty Exclusive Podcast Offer

Dec 5

Feel like a narcissist magnet? If you keep dating narcissists, attracting narcissists, or you keep repeating narcissistic relationship patterns, there’s a reason, and it has everything to do with something no one is telling you. The truth is, narcissistic relationships take hold when you sideline your own needs and shrink your self-worth. Hilary breaks down the traits that make women vulnerable to toxic relationships with narcissistic men: people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, craving attention, chasing validation, overgiving as a way to feel valuable. These habits create the perfect entry point for a narcissist! This isn’t about blaming you; it’s to finally see the role you play so you can stop repeating it. This episode gives you a path to break the cycle of attracting narcissists for good. What shifts when you trust yourself again? How different would dating feel with real boundaries instead of fear? Hilary shows you how self-loyalty becomes the filter that keeps narcissistic partners out of your life and pulls you back into your own power. Episode Highlights: Why you keep attracting narcissists The patterns that pull you into toxic relationships How people-pleasing kills your boundaries The magnet traits narcissistic partners chase What healing after narcissistic abuse really requires The mindset shift that ends the cycle for good Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Understanding the Attraction to Narcissists 03:12 The Impact of Narcissistic Relationships 06:03 Shifting the Focus: From Narcissists to Self-Reflection 08:55 Identifying and Flipping Magnet Traits 11:48 Healing and Moving Forward Ready to stop attracting narcissists and start choosing real love? Join me inside Ready for Love and learn how to trust yourself again. ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply Links Cozy Earth: Your New Favorite Blanket Up to 40% off their Bubble Cuddle blanket and more. Use Promo Code: READYFORLOVE at CozyEarth.com

Nov 28

Unrequited love can take down even the most capable, confident women, and Hilary is done watching smart, high-achieving women lose themselves over someone who can’t meet them where they are. This episode is a call back to your power, especially in those moments when your mind is spinning, your heart is hopeful, and the person you want isn’t choosing you back. Hilary dives into the shame, the second-guessing, and the quiet panic that shows up when you start making someone else’s behavior mean something about your worth. She offers a clearer way to see what’s really happening, why these patterns feel so magnetic, and what becomes possible when you stop interpreting someone’s “no” as proof that you’re not enough. Instead of chasing, contorting, or holding on to hope that never turns into reality, Hilary invites you to be honest with yourself: would you want this person if fear wasn’t making the decisions? She shares the shifts that helped her stop abandoning herself in dating, including the seven things she quit while she was single that opened her up to real love. If you’re ready to step out of the spiral and back into self-respect, this episode is your starting place. Episode Highlights: Why unrequited love hits even the strongest women The subtle ways self-abandonment shows up in dating The lock-and-key truth that makes dating cleaner and calmer The questions that reveal whether someone is actually right for you The seven things Hilary quit that opened the door to real love Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Celebrating Women and the Pain of Unrequited Love 03:03 Understanding Self-Worth and Rejection 05:50 The Key and Lock Analogy in Relationships 09:07 Quitting Behaviors That Sabotage Love 17:58 Embracing Your Innate Worthiness ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply Links Cozy Earth: Your New Favorite Blanket Up to 40% off their Bubble Cuddle blanket and more. Use Promo Code: READYFORLOVE at CozyEarth.com

Nov 21

Still single and calling your love life “fine”? Please. Hilary isn’t buying it, and neither should you. In this episode, Hilary is getting real about the quiet ache that hides behind independence and success. She’s talking about the kind of loneliness that becomes familiar enough to live with, even when it quietly hurts. Maybe you’ve told yourself the timing isn’t right to start dating or to find romance, or that you’re focused on other things. But what if you’ve just gotten comfortable being uncomfortable? This episode pulls back the curtain on what it really means to “tolerate” being single. Hilary explains how identity, how you see yourself, shapes every part of your love life. Have you started to see yourself as the woman who doesn’t get love? Have you made peace with that story without realizing it? She shares why doing more won’t fix what’s underneath and how shifting your self-concept is the key to creating the love you want. The question is: how long are you willing to keep calling “fine” good enough? Episode Highlights: The hidden cost of saying you’re “fine” How comfort zones quietly become cages Why your identity, not your effort, decides what changes The subtle ways women block themselves from love How to start becoming the version of you who gets everything she wants Episode Breakdown: 00:00 The Holiday Dilemma of Singleness 02:50 How Tolerating Singleness Keeps You Stuck 06:03 Identity, Self-Perception, and Feeling “Unlovable” 08:57 Breaking the Cycle of Limiting Beliefs 11:47 Becoming the Woman Who Attracts Extraordinary Love ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply Links Cozy Earth: Luxurious Bedding Up to 40% Off + 100-Night Sleep Trial Use Promo Code: READYFORLOVE AquaTru: Ultra-Pure Water You Can Actually Trust 20% Off Your Countertop Purifier Use Promo Code: READY at AquaTru.com

Nov 14

Think you’re “too much,” “too independent,” or “too intimidating” for love? You’re not. You’re just done playing small! In this episode, Hilary Silver sits down with Ready for Love grad Kara Judd, a powerhouse executive who finally got honest about what was really holding her back in relationships. Kara opens up about how she stopped blaming her success, her height, and her “strong personality,” and started doing the deeper work, rewriting the stories that kept her settling for less. Now she’s in a healthy, equal relationship built on respect, communication, and growth. This isn’t a fairy tale, it’s what happens when you heal your patterns and show up as your real self. Episode Highlights: Why accomplished women still feel insecure in love How subconscious beliefs shape attraction and dating patterns Kara’s process for rewriting old stories and showing up differently What a truly equal relationship looks like after doing the work Why being “too much” is actually your greatest strength The difference between being chosen and choosing yourself Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Kara’s Love Story and Dating Breakthrough 03:10 How Childhood Beliefs Sabotage Love 05:26 The Wake-Up Moment That Changed Everything 08:45 Attracting a High-Quality Man After Healing 12:30 Boundaries, Space, and Real Connection 15:22 From Self-Sabotage to Self-Worth 18:44 How Confidence Changes Love 21:10 Real Love Starts with Self-Honesty Tune in and find out what really changes when you stop settling and start showing up fully. ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply Connect With Kara Judd: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-judd-4477a01/ Cozy Earth: Luxurious Bedding Up to 40% Off + 100-Night Sleep Trial Use Promo Code: READYFORLOVE AirDoctor: The Trusted Air Purifier for a Healthier Home Use Promo Code: READY Up to $300 off + Free 3-Year Warranty Exclusive Podcast Offer

Nov 7

When a man keeps you half chosen and half confused, the real problem isn’t his hesitation but the part of you willing to wait for it! Ever been strung along by a man who gives just enough to keep you hopeful but never enough to give you certainty? One day he’s all charm and chemistry, the next he’s conveniently unavailable? You start analyzing his behavior like a crime scene. Does he have trauma? Is it timing? Is it me? Hilary calls BS! In this episode, Hilary dismantles the obsession with figuring him out and asks a better question: Why are you waiting for someone who won’t choose you fully? Mixed signals are signals. If it only feels good when he’s present but wrecks your peace when he’s gone, that’s not romance — that’s chaos dressed as potential. And if you’re tolerating crumbs, playing it cool, or bending your boundaries just to keep him around, you’re accidentally auditioning for the role of “almost enough.” Hilary’s message is blunt but liberating: stop chasing clarity from him and start demanding consistency for yourself. You don’t need closure, you need standards. So ask yourself, are you in a relationship or just holding space for someone who hasn’t decided? And if you stopped waiting on his decision, what would yours be? Episode Highlights: Why “understanding him” is just a distraction from reclaiming your own power What mixed signals in dating are actually telling you How pick-me energy sabotages real commitment Signs you’re emotionally unavailable too The mindset shift that ends situationships for good Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Why Women Stay Stuck in Non-Committal Relationships 01:34 The Trap of Overanalyzing His Mixed Signals 03:18 Emotional Burnout from Chasing Clarity 04:21 How to Evaluate a Relationship Beyond Chemistry 05:24 The Hidden Cost of Self-Betrayal and Pick-Me Energy 07:31 When You’re the One Afraid of Commitment 09:17 Shifting from Waiting to Self-Ownership 10:00 Final Call to Stop Settling ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply

Oct 31

When you’ve been single for 13 years, “I’m fine” starts sounding a lot like “I’ve given up.” Kimberly was successful on paper, but she was quietly miserable off it. Between perimenopause, work burnout, and pandemic isolation, she’d convinced herself she was too busy (and too jaded) for love. Then she found Ready for Love, and everything shifted. She thought she was signing up to find love. Happily, she found herself in the process. In this episode, Kimberly gets raw about forgiving herself after an affair, dropping decades of shame, and learning what real emotional maturity looks like. She shares how doing the work helped her move cities, meet her partner (again), and launch her own consulting business with actual self-trust. Now she’s living proof: self-love isn’t a backup plan, it’s the whole plan. Episode Highlights: Why independence can be emotional armor in disguise The real reason self-forgiveness changes everything What “doing the work” actually looks like when it sticks How loving yourself first changes your love life and your career The secret to attracting love that feels calm, not chaotic Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Finding Love by Loving Yourself First 00:22 13 Years Single and Ready for Change 05:53 Healing Shame and Rebuilding Self-Worth 07:58 How Attachment Styles Impact Relationships 11:40 Meeting Her Partner and Creating Healthy Love 16:02 From Self-Love to Career Confidence 17:50 Why Investing in Yourself Always Pays Off ✨ I’m Hilary Silver, LCSW, former psychotherapist turned master coach and founder of Ready for Love. I help high-achieving women show up in love as confidently as they do in their careers. 💡 Through this podcast, I share my WOMAN-centered, SELF-centered approach—time-tested methods that blend psychology, brain science, relationship skills, and no-BS dating advice. 🎙️ Since 2017, we’ve helped over 10,000 women with a 98% success rate, making Ready for Love the #1 program in the world for women who’ve tried everything else. ✨ Ready to stop repeating the same patterns and finally create the love you deserve? 🎯 Watch my free masterclass to learn the proven 4-step Ready for Love Method: https://readyforloveinc.com/masterclass 💬 Apply for a free Love Breakthrough Call with my team: https://readyforloveinc.com/apply