It's Complicated

We’re giving you a quick fix and helping you get off the dating apps! That goal is easier said than done because when you’re on the app, keeping the convo flowing is half the battle and super important. You never know WHO you are speaking with and what personality type they might have so being clear about what you want and expect with an enthusiastic energy is always a safe bet! Thankfully we foun...

Keeping up with Susie Q on Instagram is so hard! Comparing your life and relationships to others in order to try and “live your best life” is not a healthy way to be. What is wrong with being normal and wanting the status quo? We find out when we take a deep dive into why average isn’t a bad thing with the author of Average Is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us , Samantha Matt! Listen...

Astrology can tell us a lot about relationships and timing, so why don’t more people use it as a guide to help find their soulmates, twin flames or even their north node? What does that even mean, you ask? Well, we have intuitive astrologer Tara Nichols back on to explain all things astrology including what Mars in retrograde is and how it seeking Aries for the next 6 months affects us, which hous...

What would you say if your therapist offered you a tarot card reading? (We’d say yes, duh). People who act as life guides, whether they’re your bffs, psychics, yoga instructors, therapists or tarot card readers, can all provide valuable perspectives and advice. We are fortunate enough to have Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and spiritual guide and tarot card reader Whitney Walker in to disc...

Dating and real estate are more connected than you think. If communication and trust are key factors in a romantic relationship, think about how important they are in a relationship with a real estate agent too. Falling in love with a person and falling in love with a home are equally as complicated but they can also be very rewarding. We are lucky to have entrepreneur, wife, mom, investor and rea...

Imagine if you could access your subconscious mind in order to help you find love! Well, you can with some hypnotherapy! Not the “you’re getting sleeeepy” type of hypnosis but a therapeutic state of relaxation guided by an expert like life coach, hypnotherapist, spiritual mentor and meditation teacher Ryan Haddon. Listen as we break down and discuss the relationship triumvirate, why someone's type...

Why does feeling happy have to be so complicated? Dating and relationships are hard enough, so layering a pandemic into the mix definitely makes it feel like it’s NOT a piece of cake! Coach and creator of Level Up, Thomas Edwards Jr. joins us again to discuss why the importance of happiness, in and out of relationships, is the key to getting through the tough times we are facing today! 1up yoursel...

Doesn’t isolating feel like the opposite of dating?! So what do you do if you are single and looking for love, but you aren’t allowed to get closer than 6 feet to someone? You get the advice from the Dear Abby for men, that’s what ya do! We have comedian, podcast host, and writer Jared Freid on to dive deep into the waters of pairing up during a pandemic - from how to get out there and meet someon...

Have you ever wanted to change the narrative you tell yourself so you can take your power back and change the story of your love life? We have award winning author, sought after speaker and relationship coach Denna Babul on to help us learn from our past, how to understand your partner's conflict style, red and green flags to spot when evaluating a new online relationship, how to cope with a partn...

Have you ever wondered where commitment issues come from and why we all have them? Natasha Chandel, host of Kinda Dating podcast joins us to discuss the commitment-phobe epidemic! We break down why the lack of coping mechanisms plagues our generation, how to master the art of virtual and social distance dating during Covid, why being alone doesn’t mean you are lonely, how to speak the Covid editio...

Since we’re home, and have time to work on ourselves, we’ve been taking a deeper dive into the people Jen has had FaceTime dates with, as well as the other profiles floating around the dating apps. We’re noticing a lot of guys recently got out of relationships and right onto the apps so in an effort to work out our own baggage we’ve got author, speaker and performer Zara Barrie in to discuss how h...

Sooo in LA they just opened the bars, and closed them again due to COVID cases going up, and on top of that they closed the beaches for the holiday weekend. If you can’t go to a bar, and you can’t go to the beach, and the rest of the time you’re wearing a mask so no one can see you - how on earth are singles supposed to meet someone? Serena Fucking Kerrigan joins us to discuss how to become a conf...

Surprise, we’ve got a VERY special, and provocative episode! With old views on various human rights issues being challenged more and more each day, we’re doing our part to keep up, learn, and support our fellow humans by offering as much love as possible. We’re excited and full of PRIDE to have an expert in today to guide us on all things LGBTQ+. We have speaker and author of A Gay Man’s Guide To...

Things are starting to open up across cities so we’re wondering how that will affect dating! Do we still need to go virtual, or are we back to meeting people IRL? We need help knowing what’s what so we can work on finding love before the next lockdown. Thankfully we have Rance Nix and Thi Lam, hosts of the popular Instagram show Love Is Quarantine , in to discuss what inspired them to begin matchm...

It’s been a rough year with so much uncertainty. We have no idea what’s going to happen from day to day, and although we’re starting to get used to being flexible and living in the present, we can’t help but wonder what’s in store for the future! Soul guide, astrologer, writer and intuitive Tara Jade Nichols joins us to shed light on what each planet represents and what retrograde actually means,...

We have no words to describe the pain the world is in right now but we truly believe that a change is on the brink and we are all going to come out stronger and better in the future. It’s Complicated likes to spread the light where we can and today we are shining it on Moms, who we know are some of the strongest humans on the planet. Here to help us with that task is our guest, mom of 4 girls, hos...

The world around us is more complicated than ever before, but thankfully Lauren is back from her month of maternity leave so at least one thing is back to normal. Jen and Lauren bring you up to date on how they’re both coping with everything that is going on, and all things BABY! Lauren gives her thoughts on old wives tales, what it’s like to parent a newborn amidst a pandemic and protests, how sh...

We're all trying to adjust to this new way of life, how it affects love and the search for it. We have Michele Russo, the author of “Suddenly Single: Modern Tales Of Fairy Fails” and host of “Diming Out” and “Sunday Scaries,” in to discuss why she thinks people are still single, if the pandemic has a greater effect on singles or couples, what a fairy fail is and why we need to be able to laugh at...

Most of us haven’t had much, or any human contact in a while, so NOT doing sex may be a byproduct of the pandemic. We think isolation has changed the dating game for good, so we’re wondering if there really is something to be said for waiting to do the deed even after the safer at home ban is lifted. This is why we are bursting with excited to have best selling author of Why Waiting Works , founde...

We are just trying to survive but without toilet paper, nail salons and the lack of human connection, the struggle has never been more real. We are especially happy to have creator of The Break Up Survival Kit Noelle Cordeaux in to discuss alternative and non-monogamous relationships, how she discovered this type of relationship was right for her and ways to determine what works best for you, why...

We’re still safe at home and trying to figure out ways to better ourselves and our relationships so that when we come out of the isolation, we’re set up for success which is why we’re so excited to have coach and creator of Level Up, Thomas Edwards in to discuss how to become a dynamic dater, why Thomas thinks that men seek dating help more than women, how the quarantine has affected people’s view...

The overload of bad news and social media posts are stressing us out! THANK GOODNESS we have Dr. Lori Whatley, a clinical psychologist who specializes in digital media and author of Connected and Engaged , in to discuss how device addiction can affect your relationships and loved ones, tips for staying connected and dating during this shelter in place isolation period, how the human brain is wired...

We are anxious AF about what this damn pandemic is serving us right now and we need an expert to enlighten us about how to stay mentally and physically healthy, as well as keep love alive while we are stuck at home. We are excited to have transformational speaker, life coach and bestselling author Valerie Gangas on to discuss how alone time can be powerful and how to apply this new perspective to...

We’re terrified of getting COVID because of the various different accounts of what it’s like, and wonder if it’s got a similar stigma to STDs. We have the hosts of Shooters Gotta Shoot Podcast, Erica Spera and Molly DeMellier in to discuss Molly’s play by play of contracting coronavirus, the painful testing process, how she quarantined, and her recovery, how Erica dodged the illness and how it com...

Lauren’s about a month away from having a baby so she needs some help, like coming up with the baby’s name! That’s why we are pumped to have writer, actor and director and co-founder of Don’t Call Me Mommy, Haely White in to discuss why there is SO much shit that people don’t tell you, how your journey towards pregnancy is super personal but can still be sexy, why “milking yourself” post birth is...