Dating is supposed to be about connection — so why does it feel so lonely? In this episode, Emma sits down with Isabella Cassell, founder of The Full and creator of the NYC Dating Collective, to get honest about why modern dating feels so hard, what our swiping habits are actually revealing about us, and why ease might be the missing ingredient we're all overlooking. They get into the real cost of over-giving, what it means to live a full life before love finds you, and the one practice that changes everything: learning to sit with uncertainty without making it mean something about your worth. If you've ever felt like you were doing everything right and still couldn't figure out why dating felt so exhausting — this episode is for you.

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