#19 Ange & Lara sat down with Ilana Dunn, the host of NY Times top dating podcast Seeing Other People and Life In Progress. Ilana shares her journey from navigating dating apps, to finding love with her fiancé Jake. Ilana tells Ange & Lara how to avoid dating app burnout, prompts to use, and how to be approachable. She tells us to create your own dating rules, and if you don’t ask you don’t get - in every aspect of your life. We dive into how she knew Jake was the one, and how anxiety & self-sabotage means you’re with the wrong person. Ilana dives into how she shifted from dating non committal guys and believing she could change their mind, to her no longer accepting anything less than what she deserved. We discuss setting boundaries, how you need to reflect on past relationships to have personal growth, debunking myths about "all the good guys being taken" and why Ilana believes all the best guys are still single. She drops the biggest truth bomb, someone’s disinterest in you should be unattractive to you. We answer a listener question on what to say to people when they question why you’re on dating apps. Why the ending of situationships are just as hard as ending a relationship. What to do if you’re ‘in the woods’ of a relationship. Find out Ilana's entrepreneurial journey and her secrets to managing it all with grace and determination.
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