Sex & Relationships

Navigating Dating

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For when you’re ready to mingle or seeking some alone time
By The Blinkist Curators

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Sex & Relationships

Dating can be a challenge no matter what. Whether you're looking for “the one” or simply “the one right now”, relationships in the age of dating apps prove that adding technology doesn't always make things simpler. If you do find someone, how do you establish healthy boundaries in the relationship? And in a society where being partnered is considered the end-game, what if you’re more interested in learning how to enjoy your own company? And breakups? Don't get us started. The good news is, whatever your concern, this collection will walk you through and give you some strategies for navigating dating!

Navigating Dating

For when you’re ready to mingle or seeking some alone time
How to Be Alone
How to Be Alone
Sara Maitland
The changing attitudes towards solitude
15 min
4.2
Guy Winch: Healing Heartbreak
Guy Winch: Healing Heartbreak
Getting over heartbreak isn’t just a matter of waiting it out. There are practical things (beyond ice cream, weeping, and time at the gym) that you can do to get better. Just as a broken bone needs a cast, or a cut needs a bandage, your heart is no exception. This episode will give you an emotional first aid kit with advice from psychologist and TED speaker Guy Winch, so that you can approach your own very human heartbreak—and those of the people you love—with greater empathy and practicality.
9 min
4.3
Modern Romance
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari and Erik Klinenberg
Texting, sexting and more: How Aziz Ansari sees love in the 21st century
9 min
3.6
Unrequited
Unrequited
Lisa A. Phillips
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Romantic Obsession
15 min
4.3
Boundaries
Boundaries
Henry Cloud and John Townsend
When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
23 min
4.4
Getting Past Your Breakup
Getting Past Your Breakup
Susan J. Elliott
How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
16 min
4.4
It’s Not You
It’s Not You
Sara Eckel
27 (Wrong) Reasons You’re Single
15 min
4.3
The 5 Stages of Relationships
The 5 Stages of Relationships
Many of us have had at least one relationship that felt like an intense whirlind experience that ended up crashing and burning. Or maybe, things took longer to get going but one day you wakeup and ask yourself, "Where did that person I fell in love with go?" Some of us might have another problem altogether: repeating the same story over and over again with a slightly different version of the same type of person. In this episode, you'll learn more about the 5 stages of relationships—a simple framework that you can use to orient yourself and stay more grounded, whether it's a relationship with someone new, or someone you’ve been with for 10 years. The 5 stages framework will also help you figure out why you end up having the same experiences over and over again with new people.
12 min
4.6
Attached
Attached
Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love
19 min
4.3
Deeper Dating
Deeper Dating
Ken Page
How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy
17 min
4.3
The Four Noble Truths of Love
The Four Noble Truths of Love
Susan Piver
Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships
22 min
4.6
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