Your Extraordinary Life & Dating After Divorce

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256. Burned Haystack Dating Method with Dr. Jennie Young

2026-04-0745:12

Every time Dr. Jennie Young used Bumble or Hinge, the same thing happened: high hopes on day one, horror by day two. Then she remembered what she does for a living. Dr. Jennie is a rhetoric professor. She spent years doing critical discourse analysis on high school disciplinary handbooks — coding for toxic, gendered language patterns hidden inside official policies. One day, she turned that same academic lens on men's dating profiles. What she found? Thirty-three distinct rhetorical patterns....

255. We Are So Compatible, How Come the Relationship Didn't Work Out? the Halo Effect in Dating & Relationships

2026-03-2735:22

In this episode, I break down exactly how the halo effect shows up in dating, in difficult marriages, and in divorce — and why smart, high-achieving women fall for it just as hard as anyone else. (Maybe harder. Because we're good at building convincing stories.) A man can pay for every dinner from the first date to the wedding — and still refuse to share anything that matters once you're married. A partner can be a good provider, a good father, and a terrible spouse all at once. These things ...

254. You're Doing Too Much: How Over-Responsibility Ruins Your Relationships

2026-03-1937:37

In this episode of Your Extraordinary Life and Dating After Divorce Podcast, I pull back the curtain on one of the most destructive patterns I see in women who are smart, capable, and completely worn out. I share stories from my own first marriage — including the season I drove to sales calls while six months pregnant so my ex-husband could build a business he never built. I was functioning as his parent, not his partner. This pattern doesn't disappear after divorce. It follows you into datin...

253. You're Not Paranoid. Situational Awareness In Intimate Relationships

2026-03-0636:00

This episode is for the woman who has ever looked back and said, "I knew it. Why didn't I trust myself?" Sade unpacks why so many women dismiss their own instincts and how that dismissal — not the red flags themselves — leaves them most exposed. Memorizing red flags doesn't protect you. Situational awareness does. When you build that skill, no disguise fools you. Your nervous system collects data. Fear, discomfort, that "off" feeling — those are not signs you are dramatic or paranoid. They ar...

252. Why You Never See It Coming: Being Blindsided In Predictable Relationships

2026-03-0430:00

You pride yourself on reading people. You pick up on moods, scan facial expressions, and adjust to keep the peace. But then your partner files for divorce, and you never saw it coming. A close friend betrays you, and it hits you like a truck. A man you're dating turns out to be nothing like you imagined. Sound familiar? In this episode, Sade breaks down why smart, capable women keep getting blindsided in relationships — and it has nothing to do with intelligence. She shares three psychology c...

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Your Extraordinary Life & Dating After Divorce