Manchester Dating & Offline Connections

Break Toxic Bonds, Find Love: A Workshop

Tue, Mar 31 · 6:30 PM BST

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Ready to break free from the toxic relationship patterns that block you from feeling confident finding fulfilling relationships & the deep love you deserve?

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Are you ready to break free from the bonds that keep you stuck in situationships or settling for less than you deserve in dating and relationships?

My name is Sarah Louise Ryan. I’m a Professional Matchmaker, Qualified Psychotherapist and a Certified Imago Relationship Counsellor, working with both individuals and couples - and this workshop exists because of what I see, again and again, in really deep therapeutic work.

People don’t stay bonded to harmful relationships because they’re weak.
They stay because something powerful is happening beneath conscious choice.

You can understand that a relationship isn’t healthy and still feel pulled toward it.
You can leave and still feel emotionally tethered.
You can know better or want different cognitively -and yet feel your body react as if you don’t.

This workshop is about understanding the what and the why.

In Break Toxic Bonds, Find Love, we explore the emotional, psychological, and nervous system dynamics that create and sustain toxic bonds. Not from a place of blame or diagnosis - but from grounded insight and compassion.

When you understand what’s actually bonding you, shame loosens its grip.
Self-blame gives way to clarity.
And real choice becomes possible.

This isn’t about vilifying past partners or forcing yourself to move on. It’s about learning how to disengage from unhealthy attachment without disconnecting from yourself—and how to build the internal conditions for secure, mutual love.

If you’re here, something in you already knows that love doesn’t have to feel like anxiety, confusion, or emotional survival.

This workshop is an invitation to untangle what’s kept you bound—so love can become steadier, safer, and deeply fulfilling.

So, let me ask you a few questions to see if this is for you...

Are you ready to break free from the bonds that keep you stuck in situationships or settling for less than you deserve in dating and relationships?

Are you stuck in a cycle of swiping, chatting, not dating, deleting apps and repeating? Or…

Are you settling for less than you deserve and want by staying in scenarios that lack depth, connection and fulfilment? I hear you.

So many singles are, but that doesn’t have to be you.

You could gain the tools to deepen your self-awareness, get clear on what you want in love, in life and in the bedroom and block things in your path that no longer align with what you crave.

If you feel ready to commit to creating a conscious journey to finding love and connection, this workshop is for you.

Low self-esteem, reduced confidence and a feeling of confusion between what is lust and what is love keeps us apart from the deep fulfilment and healthy relationship(s) with ourselves and others.

If you’re ready to feel empowered, restore your faith in finding love and feel liberated in what your heart, mind and body truly desire I am here to support you.

I am Sarah Louise Ryan, Professional Matchmaker, Psychotherapeutic Counsellor for individuals and couples. I own dating agencies, therapy companies and have a podcast on all things love, dating, sex and relating.

This workshop might also speak to you if...

💭 You find yourself dating or settling for people that don’t choose you too.
💭 Relationships feel like an ‘rollercoaster’ and you never feel calm and centred. Perhaps you have a feeling of being really high and really low?
💭 You find yourself hiding or changing parts of yourself or not showing up authentically in partnership
💭 You feel like you need to settle for multiple relationship dynamics, situationships or friends with benefits but you really crave commitment between two.
💭 You seem to always date the same emotionally unavailable, noncommittal, unreliable kinds of people or those who are married and not choosing you fully.
💭 You wait for someone to pick you, choose you and you play dating cool so you don’t rock the boat in certain situations.
You feel like you’re abandoning your true desires and have more integrity for others but ignore your own wants, needs and desires.
You find yourself hiding or changing parts of yourself or not showing up authentically in partnership.
💭 You search for or 'see the red flags' or have an instinct someone you date isn't right but you want a relationship; so ignore your heart, your mind and your gut.
💭 You find yourself dating or settling for people that don’t choose you.
💭 You often find yourself frustrated and you ‘feel more in’ or ‘giving more’ than your partner.
💭 You really do want to find love but the commitment to someone feels painful, suffocating and when the sparky first dating phase fades, you opt out.
💭 You fantisise and romanticise dating but keep yourself safe and single by not showing up vulnerably, authentically or as the true you. Dating is too exhausting.
💭 You feel surrounded by options, but you don’t know how to choose with clarity.

Let's take a look at releasing, shifting and letting go to see what moves within you. And, outside in how you date and relate.

Much Love,
Sarah Lou x

Please note:
We have a no-refund and no-transfer policy on all of our events. if you can not attend in person, we will send you the recording after the workshop has finished.

We reserve the right to remove anyone from our events that is not inclusive, kind or supportive to the workshop environment and this is at our discretion, solely.

Healing The Denied Sexual Self | A Workshop

Tue, May 26 · 6:30 PM BST

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Online

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Let go of internalised messages, spoken and unspoken and unveil your full aliveness, inside and outside of the bedroom.

This workshop is hosted by sex-positive international matchmaker and relationship psychotherapist, Sarah Louise Ryan, owner of Tailor Matched Personal Matchmaking.

Sarah Louise Ryan is a trusted intimacy, dating and relationship expert, relationship therapist and internationally recognised dating specialist with over a decade of experience helping people connect more deeply with others and themselves. Sarah’s work is rooted in destigmatising sexual expression and supporting people to speak their needs clearly, in both dating and inner relational dynamics, deepening romantic experiences. She centres her work on reclaiming self-worth, owning authentic desire, and ascending emotional empowerment, making her a safe and insightful guide for inner sexual healing.

May 26th 2026
⏲️ 18:30 20:30 PM GMT
️ Online Workshop - Get your ticket here

Her workshop containers are warm, heart-centred and informative.

Sarah has been features weeklong on the BBC as well as in Psychologies, Forbes, GQ, The Times and more. She blends evidence-based tools with warm, trauma-informed guidance to support individuals in reclaiming their voice, desires, and relational authenticity. Known for her compassionate approach and deep integrity, Sarah creates safe, shame-free spaces where participants can gently explore and heal their denied sexual self.

You can expect, inner child work, a therapeutic approach, sex and relational psychoeducation and deep connection to your wants needs and desires. In this workshop you’ll be guided through gentle, transformative exercises to begin healing your relationship with your own desire, sensuality, and self-expression.

Many individuals carry a denied sexual self - parts of their desires, wants, and needs that have been repressed, shamed, or ignored. Influenced by childhood messages, societal judgment, shame, trauma, or patterns of conflict, these denials leave us disconnected from our own bodies, desires, and relational intimacy.

We deny our sexual wants and desires for many interconnected psychological, cultural, relational, and even neurological reasons. At the heart of it, denial is often a form of self-protection.

Drawing from her 14 years of training and experience in the dating, relating and therapy space, Sarah will present this workshop which will offer a safe space to:

• Uncover the messages you received about sex growing up.
• Reconnect with your body, sexual energy, and sensual self.
• Get clear on how to communicate your wants and needs to yourself, not just others
• Learn tools to reclaim pleasure, intimacy, and authenticity.

May 26th 2026
⏲️ 18:30 20:30 PM GMT
️ Online Workshop - Get your ticket here

Important to Note:
- Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- This session will be recorded
- Kindness, inclusivity and language are important to us. We reserve the right to remove anyone who isn't creating a therapeutic environment with compassion, at our sole discretion.