Litmus Test: Three Questions to Gauge Balance

If you led your love life like a business, you’d never settle again. In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we break down five powerful frameworks to help you date with clarity, confidence, and intention. From setting boundaries to building emotional equity, it’s time to make relationship decisions that truly help you grow.

We share:

✅ The truth about invisible labor and mixed signals

✅ Chemistry vs. compatibility and how to tell quickly

✅ Emotional equity — what balanced effort looks like

✅ Clean deal terms & boundary scripts that stick

✅ 3-question Litmus Test to stop over-giving yourself

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⏰ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

0:29 Framework #1: The CEO Shift

1:17 How women take on invisible labor

3:12 Carrying the emotional load in relationships

5:40 Mini Exercise: One way that I'm shrinking myself

6:07 Framework #2: Emotional Due Diligence

9:14 Ask better questions

11:09 Mini Exercise: How do they handle discomfort?

13:24 Ad Break: Square

14:04 Framework #3: Patterns Over Potential

19:19 Mini Exercise: Write down your relationship patterns

19:41 Framework #4: Define Your Deal Terms

21:00 Mini Exercise: Write your non-negotiables

22:48 Ad Break: OneSkin

23:58 Framework #5: Emotional Equity

25:12 Litmus Test

29:10 Three steps to repair your relationship

30:50 Power Move for this week

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