Better After Divorce

Creating a Test He Can't Win is What's Keeping You Single

May 22, 2026·36 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Creating a Test He Can't Win is What's Keeping You Single This week we’re talking about the Valkyrie — the woman who tests every man she meets. And wonders why they all fail. She’s not difficult. She’s not impossible. She’s a woman who respects strength and wants to be met — not rescued. So she tests for it. Deliberately. Consistently. Until she finds the edge of what a man can hold. And every time a man shows a very human response to being constantly evaluated — she writes him off. Too soft. Too submissive. Couldn’t handle her. Except — that’s not what’s happening. And this episode is about what is. IN THIS EPISODE → Vickie’s story — the date she was dreading before it even started → Why the Valkyrie’s tests were never designed to be passed permanently → The difference between discernment and a gauntlet → What a man’s annoyance at being tested is actually telling her → The question Vickie finally asked herself — and why it changes everything REFERENCE MENTIONED → Read the article this week on Substack: She Tests Every Man She Meets. And They All Fail. → Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray (book mentioned on how men and women keep score) IF THIS EPISODE RESONATED Share it with the woman who calls herself too much. She’ll hear herself in every word — and that recognition is exactly where things start to change. ABOUT THE PODCAST Better After Divorce with Coach Ivy is where smart, self-aware women come to understand their relationship patterns, rebuild self-trust, and date more consciously — so they can choose what comes next, on their terms. RESOURCES MENTIONED→Lift the Veil Find Your Pattern → Download the Dating Pattern Guide→Send your Red Light Green Light scenario to: coachivy@lifecoachivy.com — subject line: RLGL CONNECT WITH COACH IVYInstagram: @coachivyallenFacebook: CoachIvySubstack: Better Dating After Divorce 

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