Scales & Softness: Dating with Dino Heart is a groundbreaking romance-meets-self-help guide for emotionally armored people who long for connection but open their hearts slowly. Using powerful, healing dinosaur metaphors, this book gently teaches you how to understand your emotional armor, communicate at your natural pace, and build trust without sacrificing your boundaries.If you've ever felt "too guarded," "too intense," or like the "last of your species," this book shows you that your depth is not a flaw-it's a rare emotional strength. Through five deeply transformative chapters and an entire appendix of soft-shell love exercises, you'll learn how to identify the scales that protect you, release the ones blocking love, and let intimacy grow one safe inch at a time.Discover how to date as an emotional herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore; how to build a nest of emotional safety; how to face the fear of being unlovable; and ultimately, how to let love hatch without losing your power.Tender, insightful, and beautifully written, Scales & Softness is the modern guide for anyone with a gentle heart inside strong armor-ready to love again with courage, clarity, and intention.