Jessica McCann, relationship coach and author of the top-rated dating guide, "You Lost Him at Hello," provides us with insightful dating advice this week on Baring It All. Jessica resides in the Washington D.C. area with her husband and two children, while coaching men and women on how to end their sabotaging habits and create healthy, happy relationships.
Through coaching clients, she discovered many of her clients had the same problem; they felt like they had a curse. A curse where they run into the same repetitive dating problems over and over again. What would create specific patterns in people that keeps them from genuinely finding love and keeping love? The ego. Jessica's 3rd book, "Cursed? Why You Still Don't Have the Relationship You Want and the Five Cures that Can Transform Your Love Life,” explains the 5 different ways that the ego manifests in people and how to eliminate the curse on your own.
In This Episode:
[1:00] Jessica McCann is an author, speaker, and a dating relationship specialist
[3:12]: Both Jess and Barbara worked in sales while in their 20's. This experience provided them with a valuable set of skills in future job positions and in life.
[7:50]: Jessica always had this idea in the back of her head to write a book drawing parallels between relationships and sales.
[19:25]: While struggling to begin writing her first book, Jessica's father told her to write the book as if you're having a meeting, but on paper. All of a sudden, the book just poured out.
[25:23]: Jessica connected with Good Morning America in 2008 by befriending the gatekeeper who answers the phone. She asked the woman, who answered the phone, if she was in a relationship.
[30:46]: Jessica's first book gives people a strategy of how not to get rejected because so many people had trouble just being listened to or not outright rejected or dismissed.
[32:39]: Jessica figured out what the curse was that her clients kept talking about and discovered how to walk them through it.
Meet Jessica McCann
Jess McCann is a relationship coach and author of the wildly popular dating guide, "You Lost Him at Hello." She lives in the Washington D.C. area with her husband and two children, while continuing to coach men and women on how to end their sabotaging habits and create healthy, happy relationships. She's been a guest expert on Good Morning America, Extra, The Fox Morning Show, and many more. Her newest book, "Cursed? Why you still don't have the relationship you want and the 5 cures that can transform your love life" hit #5 on the Amazon best-sellers list.