Divorce Curious

Then & Now: Finding Love After 50 (Because Science) with Dr. Duana Welch Almost 10 years ago, Dr. Duana Welch sat down with Lisa on the Shiny Things podcast and changed how she thought about love, luck, and choosing a partner. Now she’s back for the “then and now” episode we didn’t know we needed. Since that first conversation, Duana went through an unexpected divorce in her 50s. She suddenly had to become her own client, using research she’d only ever written about while married. Plot tw...

On this throwback episode from Shiny Things with Lisa Mitchell, I have not one, but two dating and relationships experts who happen to be married to each other after meeting on Match.com. Coaches Mark & Michaela Logue have an awesome story about how they met, how they got to where they are now, and how they are helping other people find love and healthy relationships in the digital dating space. They spend a lot of time unpacking the process of preparing yourself before you even post a pr...

From the Archives of Lisa Mitchell's previous podcast: "Shiny Things with Lisa Mitchell": Dating and forming relationships can seem like a complete mystery. But there is a science behind it and by understanding what the science tells us, we can better understand what to expect and more importantly, how to act in a way that moves us closer to our desired outcomes. On this episode Duana C. Welch PhD, author of the book Love Factually and founder of the blog LoveScience breaks down what the scie...

Two excellent communicators. Zero good dates. What is happening out there? In the finale of this series, Lisa and Heather DeSiena bring the energy way up — because we're talking modern dating, and honestly, it's a lot. These are two women who are accomplished, self-aware, genuinely curious about other humans, and somehow still eating dinner alone. If that's relatable to you, pull up a chair. In this episode: The false abundance mindset — why infinite swiping has trained everyone to never actu...

You did everything right. You communicated. You tried. You listened to your gut. And it still ended. This week Lisa and Heather DeSiena get into the part nobody really talks about — what happens when a relationship ends not because of some dramatic blow-up, but because you were brave enough to be honest with yourself. Heather opens up about being engaged twice in her thirties, walking away from a wedding with eight weeks to go, and the particular kind of loneliness that comes when the life yo...