Last First Date Radio

If you’ve been in any type of toxic relationship, it can be challenging to regain confidence and learn to trust someone new. My podcast guest, Anne Paphitis helps people rebuild their lives with resilience, purpose, and confidence after major life transitions. She shares practical insights on midlife reinvention, emotional wellbeing, and creating meaningful second chapters. Why so many women lose...

If you’ve been swiping and messaging for months (or years) without much to show for it, it’s not because love isn’t out there for you. It’s usually because a few fixable habits are quietly getting in your way. I see the same five online dating mistakes over and over with the women I coach, and the good news is that every one of them is completely within your control to change. Here they are, along...

Every argument you've ever had was trying to tell you something about yourself, if you were willing to listen. In this episode, we're exploring what your conflicts are really pointing you toward, and how they can become one of the most powerful tools for your own growth. Dr. Sue Morter is a New York Times bestselling author, Bio-Energetic Medicine pioneer, and founder of the Morter Institu...

Do you have a pattern of over-functioning in your relationships? You do too much, and you feel depleted and resentful over time. You attract partners who under-function, and the relationship eventually ends. Let’s break this pattern now so you can go on your last first date! ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl....

Lisa Cheek said “I do” for the first time at 49. She is an author and former film and television editor known for her humorous, candid writing about relationships and identity. Her debut memoir, Sit, Cinderella, Sit, received much acclaim. Her latest  memoir, THE BIG DAY: Saying I Do, Only To Discover I Didn’t, is a funny and vulnerable look at love, marriage, and the complicated question of wheth...

Loving a people pleaser can be frustrating and confusing. I’ve coached so many people who say the same thing: people pleasers are kind, agreeable, generous with compliments, and somehow they still leave them feeling unseen and unheard.  Here are the top five challenges of dating a people pleaser, and what to do if you find yourself in a relationship with one. ►Please subscribe/rate and review the...

Low libido? Learn what it means after 50 and the best ways to treat it. Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is a nationally recognized sex therapist, author, educator, and sexual health advocate. Formerly the Clinical Director of a leading sexual health center, she is the author of Satisfaction Guaranteed and was profiled in The New York Times Magazine as “The Orthodox Sex Guru.” She is known for her warm, candi...

Have you ever fallen for someone’s potential instead of who they are right now? You really like them (except for a few small or not so small things), and you start building a fantasy relationship with that imagined future person. You  overlook a few of the very important deal breakers that are showing up today. Here are five common ways that dating someone’s potential shows up so you can prevent h...

Did you know that jealousy can strengthen a relationship? That’s what my podcast guest, Ally Iseman, believes. She’s an award-winning creator, author, Certified Relationship Coach and Kink Aware Professional. Ally works with couples and individuals who are at transition points in dating and relationships. Whether they want to open their relationship to include more people, explore play parties tog...

Ladies, men who waste your time tend to show the same five patterns. Once you can spot them early on, you’ll be able to save yourself time, frustration and heartache. ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl.com/lfdradio   ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first da...

What’s the science of betrayal, and what drives people to cheat? My guest, Dr. Glenn Hutchinson, is a clinical psychologist and behavioral researcher whose recently published book, Unfaithful Minds: The Science and Psychology of Infidelity, uses infidelity as a window into a much bigger question about human behavior. In this episode: What people misunderstand about why people cheat The role of the...

Can you turn a situationship into a relationship? Sometimes. It depends. Here are five ways to make the shift from a situationship to a relationship! ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl.com/lfdradio   ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first date, apply for a c...

Wondering if you should stay or leave a relationship? My podcast guest Francesca Zoia, is a relationship and self-love coach that helps women in long-term relationships feeling confused and stuck in the "should I stay or leave" mental loop, figure out whether they're in the right relationship.  In this episode: How to know if you should stay or leave Why it’s so hard to leave a relat...

If you’ve been dating for a while, you’ve probably felt the pull of scarcity thinking. It can sound like “there’s no good people left to date” or “I need to lock this down before he loses interest.”  Abundance thinking sounds more expansive and hopeful. When you date from a place of abundance, you believe there’s enough love, enough time, and enough good people out there, so you can slow down and...

How can you rewrite your love story so you end up in a healthy relationship? Owen Smithyman works with self-aware people who have done significant work on themselves – talk therapy, somatic work, plant medicine, coaching -- and still feel something running in the background, making decisions for them or making life difficult. As a Peak States Therapy Practitioner, he helps clients resolve emotiona...

If you’re dating casually because you’re not ready for a relationship, that’s okay. I support you. But be careful not to make these five common mistakes. ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl.com/lfdradio   ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first date, apply for...

Which red flags in dating have you missed? Katharina is an Attachment-Based Specialist and an Emotionally Focused Individual therapist with over 25 years of experience helping couples and individuals build stronger, more resilient relationships. A graduate of Columbia University, she is the Founder and Clinical Director of Love Frontier Therapy Group and has dedicated her career to helping people...

Learn how to break dysfunctional relationship patterns so you can finally go on your last first date! Here are five ways to begin... ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl.com/lfdradio   ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first date, apply for a complimentary 30-m...

Learn how to build extraordinary relationships! Jena Jake is a Compatibility Strategist, speaker, and author who helps successful professionals stop choosing relationships by chance and start creating them by design. Through her signature Love Smarter™ methodology, she helps clients identify true compatibility, break unhealthy patterns, and build extraordinary relationships rooted in alignment—not...

If you don’t define your needs in dating, you’ll end up dating the wrong people and you may not even know why. Here are five ways to define your needs so you can be aligned and finally go on your last first date! ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio or Spotify https://tinyurl.com/lfdradio   ►If you’re feeling stuck in dating and relations...

How do you increase erotic pleasure? Practice the five lust languages, says Susan Bratton, “Intimacy Expert to Millions”. She is a champion and advocate for all those who desire intimacy and passion their whole life long. Susan has spent over two decades doing something that censorship and shame have long tried to silence: teaching people the pleasure-based sex education they never received. As CE...

Detachment in dating has nothing to do with being cold or playing games. It's the inner stability that comes from building self-worth, the ability to care deeply without losing yourself, and to stop chasing approval. When you're truly detached in this way, you attract love by becoming someone who doesn't need it to feel complete. You draw the right people to you more effortlessly. Here...

How do you reprogram your brain so you stop dating the wrong people and finally find love? Misha Saidov is a modern philosopher, mystic, entrepreneur, and author focused on personal transformation and human potential. He’s the founder of the Institute of Metacognitive Programming, where he helps people break inherited patterns and live with greater clarity, intention, and authenticity. In this epi...

More and more people over fifty are choosing to be deeply committed to a partner while keeping their own home. It’s called LAT, short for Living Apart Together. And while it might raise eyebrows at a family dinner, it’s one of the most intentional, self-aware relationship structures I’ve seen people embrace, especially later in life. A relationship where you’re not together 24/7? Would that work f...

What are the communication mistakes that can slowly ruin relationships? Lior Illouz is the co-founder and CEO of Bonds, a PhD-backed AI relationship app with 10,000+ users, built with his childhood friend, clinical psychologist Dr. Lior Kritzman. A former Meta leader, husband who married at 38, and first-time father, Lior helps people catch the small communication patterns that quietly end relatio...