

The Love Drive with Shaun Galanos
Shaun Galanos
No-nonsense advice on sex, love, relationships, and dating for hopeful romantics, love cynics, and everyone navigating modern connection.
Love coach Shaun Galanos creates space for raw, radically honest conversations about desire, sexuality, intimacy, and what it takes to build lasting relationships—bringing vulnerability, humor, and curiosity to even the most taboo topics. The Love Drive is for women tired of toxic love advice and men who want to do better.
The antidote to red pill culture, Shaun brings a voice that models emotional intelligence, healthy masculinity, and playful banter.
Love coach Shaun Galanos creates space for raw, radically honest conversations about desire, sexuality, intimacy, and what it takes to build lasting relationships—bringing vulnerability, humor, and curiosity to even the most taboo topics. The Love Drive is for women tired of toxic love advice and men who want to do better.
The antidote to red pill culture, Shaun brings a voice that models emotional intelligence, healthy masculinity, and playful banter.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jun 23, 2021 • 13min
It's OK to have needs (needy is normal)
When did not having needs become cool?
In today's podcast:
00:00 intro
00:22 when did not having needs become cool?
02:37 even robots have needs
03:56 nobody likes rejection
06:31 the three-steps to getting your needs met
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join

Jun 8, 2021 • 16min
Dealing With Relationship Discomfort
Relationships of all types will be uncomfortable. You can choose to turn towards the discomfort, or away from it.
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join

Jun 1, 2021 • 20min
Six Tips For Getting Over Your Breakup
The goal isn’t to get over your ex as quickly as possible, it’s to feel the heartbreak and give it the time it needs to move through you.
It might be hard to believe right now, but your feelings towards your ex and your separation will change.
Here are 6 tips to speed up the healing process
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join

May 25, 2021 • 12min
Are You Desperate For Love?
Well, join the club!
Let's normalize wanting to be in love, seeking clarity and commitment in our relationships, and talking early and often about our relationship desires, needs, and dreams.
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join
Ask Shaun a video question: https://bit.ly/askshaunaquestion

May 18, 2021 • 13min
No Failed Relationships
I don't believe in failed relationships and I don't think any relationship that ends is a waste of time. They're opportunities for you to learn about your relational needs, desires, expectations, and a beautiful chance to get to know yourself more.
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join
Ask Shaun a video question: https://bit.ly/askshaunaquestion

Apr 27, 2021 • 59min
How to Make Friends As Adults with Adam Smiley Poswolsky
Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, and author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, The Breakthrough Speaker, and Friendship in the Age of Loneliness. As an expert at fostering human connection, he discusses the loneliness epidemic: ⅔ of Americans are lonely. Loneliness is a chronic illness that affects all of us. In order to overcome that loneliness, he shares practical tips on how to make new friends as adults, during a pandemic.
Shaun shares his struggles of feeling lonely when he moved to Montreal, he talks about his strategy on how to reach out to friends when he feels down.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
How to start making friends as an adult
How to combat loneliness
How to use social media for creating meaningful relationships
Where to find Adam:
Buy his book
Visit Adam’s Website
Adam on Instagram
Resources:
Tech-free Camp Grounded
John T. Cacioppo ‘Loneliness’
Join The Lovebird Club
A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy. Group support and weekly calls.
For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub
Learn more about The Love Drive
Website https://thelovedrive.com/
The Love Drive podcast is edited by Camilla Morandi.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive
Newsletter https://thelovedrive.com/newsletter

Apr 21, 2021 • 18min
Are You Emotionally Available?
Finding emotionally available, secure, and loving people to date is the holy grail of the dating world. Find one of these mystical creatures, and you're guaranteed smooth sailing until the end of days.
Just kidding. But you'll have a better chance at a loving relationship with a kind, caring, and respectful person, and you might avoid some unnecessary heartbreak.
And at the same time, it's worth considering if you are emotionally available yourself?
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join
Ask Shaun a video question: https://bit.ly/askshaunaquestion

Apr 7, 2021 • 19min
A Big Life Update from Shaun
Hey there. Here's what's been going on for me these last few months, and what the following months will bring for my life and my podcast.
Some links that I mention in the episode:
Most of my links: https://www.shaungalanos.com/hello
My online courses: https://www.shaungalanos.com/courses
Support my work: https://www.shaungalanos.com/join
Ask Shaun a video question: https://bit.ly/askshaunaquestion
The original Love Drive Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Thelovedrive

Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 11min
Learning To Love with Nora McInerny
Nora McInerny is an author, podcaster, fellow human, and someone who's learned to live and love with grief. She's also someone I admire a lot, and I'm not gotta lie, I fangirl pretty hard around her.
Today, we're talking about how love is both the most beautiful thing in the world and also awkward, challenging, and complex, and we're all bumbling around trying to figure it out as we go along.
If you've ever wanted to listen to two exuberant people (with ADHD?) talk about love and relationships, this is your episode.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
Why we overextend and abandon ourselves for love.
How we figure out relationships by "learning on each other."
The importance of learning to like yourself before you love yourself.
Where to find Nora:
Nora's website
Follow Nora on Instagram
Resources:
The Terrible, Thanks For Asking podcast
Nora's Books
Ralph's Podcast
The Hot Young Widows Club
Join The Lovebird Club
A private community for those who value love, trust, and intimacy.
For contributing lovebirds only: https://thelovedrive.com/thelovebirdclub
Learn more about The Love Drive
Website https://thelovedrive.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive
Newsletter https://thelovedrive.com/newsletter

Mar 16, 2021 • 16min
How To Ask For Your Love Language
Love languages are a great tool to learn how to better love others and to let others how they can better love you.
In this short episode, I'll show you how to make a request for the five love languages. Feel free to adapt these scripts to your situation and make them your own.
These are only a template to get the conversation started.
Talking about love languages is an excerpt from my latest course: Getting Your Needs Met: https://thelovedrive.com/getting-your-needs-met/
Learn more about The Love Drive
Website https://thelovedrive.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive
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