Caroline from Season 1 Episode 17 is back for a repeat engagement with RBL. She and Samantha are both on the dating apps this summer and we talk about how it’s going and what we're afraid of. We also focus on The Burned Haystack Dating Method ™ (BHDM) and the varying degrees to which they are employing the method.  BHDM is a method for women (who date men and are looking for a relationship on the dating apps), that claims to result in better quality

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Burned Haystack Dating Method Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/9116647515019601

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and

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This episode features Brandt—husband, father, blogger, yogi, actor, seeker and friend who has been through a lot. We talk about how his marriage has navigated grief, trauma, addiction and sobriety and how a friend’s

 Links & references from this episode:

·     Brandt’s blog “As Told by Brandt” https://astoldbybrandt.wordpress.com/

·     Brandt’s friend, Jackie Acho, https://jackieacho.com/ “The Currency of Empathy” available at the link

·      Brandt’s yoga story: https://soulyogaohc.com/news/brandt-butze

·      Sebastian Junger’s “In My Time of Dying” https://www.sebastianjunger.com/

·     Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Cathy's cousin Tricia joins RBL today and shares her story of making her way back to Hawaii post-divorce to build a new life for herself. Hawaii was one of the many places her husband’s military career had taken their family and when it was time to move from there to the next location, she knew she would be back someday. After her marriage ended while stationed overseas 11 years ago, she moved back the states with her three boys and over several years took steps toward her dream to get herself back to

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have many feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family,

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and nis a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships.

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

The episode in which we talk about sex with two guys we just met. Our guests Lance and Matt are the hosts of “Seniors 94” a podcast about “middle aged men and their feelings”. Lance is married to his high school sweetheart and Matt is separated from his wife and sorting all that out. It was a fun conversation for us (warning! not our usual PG content) and after sharing our individual

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have many feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships.

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Mindset coach Dawn M. Rivers, dedicated yogi, educator and entrepreneur, joins us to share her story of self

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RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Our guest, Dan, has learned that making marriage and love

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

It’s Just Lunch matchmaker Natalie Fry joins us today and talks

Natalie Fry | Matchmaker | It’s Just Lunch | 612.436.5008

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and

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Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

We’re back!  We have new tunes, new ideas and lots of fun and interesting guests lined up to share their stories. We’re kicking off Season 2 by chatting with Samantha’s neighbor, Jake, who discusses his dating experiences prior to “failing” at Tinder seven years ago. The conversation leads Samantha to a few realizations about what she might

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in

 Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Tune in to hear their stories and conversations on life and

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

The holiday season is upon us. Cathy and Samantha share their stories of holidays past, present and future and tips for getting through to January. As we all know, the holidays can be very emotional and complicated as often as they can be merry and full of cheer. Make plans with your friends, try not to over indulge in food and drink, have low expectations for everything and

Samantha and Cathy are two (50+) single women talking about love, dating, friendships, family etc. from the suburbs of the Rust Belt, USA. Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Linehan Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of

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Guest Caroline joins us to discuss a listener question about

We discuss the uncertainty we all are living with in the world right now, post-pandemic virtual burnout which has resulted in our disinterest in the dating app logarithms and our desire for seeking out  friendship and/or love with others IRL.   

The Pear Ring (“the world’s biggest social experiment”) https://pearring.co/en-us

Cuffing Season 2023 article: https://www.wellandgood.com/cuffing-season/amp/

Samantha and Cathy are two (50+) single women talking about love, dating, friendships, family, divorce etc. from the suburbs of the Rust Belt, USA.

Cathy works in a local healthcare system as a program manager and yoga instructor. She has 4 children. Tune in to hear their stories and musings on life and relationships.

Find and follow us on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: umumumu by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fania Katz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle