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Monica and Rich
What’s it like to date after a bitter divorce? In our Season 2 finale, Monica returns to talk about the atypical way she got started with online dating, how she got her groove back, and her first date with a man who she asked out.
Season 2, Episode 12
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Jodi knows that dating can be challenging - especially in your late 30s and beyond. A successful businesswoman, she found herself navigating the dating world later in life. Jodi realized there was no place that demystified the dating scene and offered support, inspiration and camaraderie to female daters in midlife. That’s why she created First Date Stories. Jodi has hosted 56 interviews with women who have extraordinary dating tales to tell and dating coaches on the First Date Stories podcast. She is the author of the book "First Date Stories: Women's Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures," which was published by She Write Press and writes for this blog.
Special Episode: Returning to Dating After Years AwayIn this special episode, Jodi and her guest, online dating coach Erika Ettin, delve into the truth of what it’s like for women in midlife to date online. Do you want to boost your digital dating skills and confidence? Learn how to get started, the best mindset to have, successful strategies for you to use, how men online think, and much more.
Jazine and ChadFirst dates can be surprisingly awesome or unexpectedly bizarre. This one is of the strange kind. Jazine, a divorcee in her 40’s with little online dating experience, was shocked at several turns her first date took.
Has this ever happened to you? You meet a wonderful man (‘the one’!), go on a few dates, and then you never hear back from him.
Special Episode: How to Find Joy While DatingIn this special episode, Jodi and her guest, relationship coach Sarika Jain, discuss the roadblocks and fears that women often face while dating in midlife. Sarika shares the five keys to enjoying the dating process and becoming a joyful dater.
Leelah and Jack“Why am I not married yet?” is a question Leelah asked herself. She’d expected to be married long before she reached her late 40s. Leelah knew what she wanted and needed from a healthy loving relationship, but hadn’t found it with any of her ex-boyfriends. One night, not long after a breakup, she showed up at a potluck dinner with a rotisserie chicken. So did Jack. Was that a sign that they had something, in addition to a fondness for poultry, in common? Find out.
Leah and PaulAfter decades of dating, Leah switched it up and hired a matchmaker. Hear her recount what happened when she took an “old school” approach to finding her Mr. Right.