Rust Belt Love

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Rust Belt Love episodes

  • S2 E8: Summer Dating Update

    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

    (and likely far fewer) dates. BHDM founder Jennie Young, PhD, is not a dating coach or dating consultant, she is a writer and a professor of English and explores rhetoric, language and metaphor analysis and how it applies to dating in these times and happily shares it with anyone who is interested through her social media platforms.

    Jennie Young on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/word_case_scenario/

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

    Rust Belt Love 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.

    Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and

    conversations about life and relationships.

    Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    38 min
  • S2 E7: Change, Resilience & Empathy

    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

    brutal honesty sparked a commitment to being a better human, more empathic and healthier all around.

     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

    (EMDR) therapy is a treatment that can help people heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences.

     

    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.

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

     

    Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    39 min
  • S2 E6: Riding the Waves of Life

    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

    Hawaii, where she finally arrived in 2019, knowing no one. In her new life, she’s living as she chooses--catching waves, doing meaningful work, thriving in her relationship
    and loving the people, the weather and the culture of the islands.   

    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 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.

    Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    37 min
  • S2 E5: A Date with the “Seniors 94” Podcast

    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

    stories, we got into post-marriage sex & intimacy, and communicating with new partners about STDs and preferences. “Seniors 94” also featured a version
    of our conversation on their recent podcast episode, so be sure to check them out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

    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.

    Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    45 min
  • S2 E4: Happy, Whole & Free

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

    discovery and empowerment and how she gained peace and strength during and after her divorce. Her goal to be “happy, whole and free” has informed her life for 10+ years and is allowing her to apply her experiences by coaching other women toward professional and personal fulfillment. Find Dawn on social media:

    Instagram @dawnmrivers

    website www.dawnmrivers.com
    tiktok @dawn_mindsetcoach

    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.

    Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and

    conversations about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    44 min
  • S2 E3: An Act of Will

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

    last is an “act of will”.  Dan met his wife 20 years ago on e-Harmony when they were both 58 and divorced. He fell in love with her and her artwork (and her artwork, incidentally, is how Samantha met Dan and convinced him to join us on RBL).  Despite him living in Alabama and she in Michigan, they worked it out and are still working it out today. Dan shares that, at 78, he’s grateful for the opportunity to reflect on his past relationships and is learning to understand how his expectations of marriage
    and partnership perhaps did not serve him, his partners, or his relationships, well in the past. At this point in his life and his marriage he’s learned that a happy marriage doesn’t mean that you both have to be happy all the time and have identical thoughts and interests.

    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.

    Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and

    conversations about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    33 min
  • S2 E2: Meet the Matchmaker

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

    about the process of matchmaking, tells matchmaking stories and gives us her
    take on the matchmaking tv shows. Samantha concludes with a few stories from
    people she knows who have used matchmaking services. Biggest takeaway? Matchmakers
    can’t magically make the perfect partner appear for you—it’s a process that may
    take some time, patience and a little luck.

     

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

     

    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.

     

    Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations

    about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

     

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    43 min
  • S2 E1: Advice from a Tinder Fail

    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

    be looking for in a relationship and Jake makes some suggestions for her next foray onto the dating apps.

     

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

    the suburbs of Cleveland Ohio, USA and have lots of thoughts and questions about love, friendships, relationships, family, divorce, dating and life.

     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

    relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod.

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

    Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

    40 min
  • Ep 18: The #!!@*&% Holidays

    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

    everyone, be kind to others and, most importantly--take good care of yourself.

    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

    mental health therapy. She has two children. 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

    31 min
  • Ep 17: Is the Grass Greener Over Here? (or Over There?)

    Guest Caroline joins us to discuss a listener question about

    where to go on a first date and we get into over-planned dates, spontaneous dates, coffee dates, the friend zone, “cuffing season”, and the possibility of a misshapen eggplant.  

    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.

    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 mental health therapy. She has two children.

    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

    36 min

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