In this episode of Last Date, I sit down with Dana, a self-described recovering people pleaser who went from losing herself completely in relationships to building a life so full that it's hard to find a partner who is a value add.

We get into how she went from boy crazy to briefly hating men — and why this mentality was holding her back, what she learned when she stopped morphing herself into whoever she thought a guy wanted her to be, and the moment she pushed a guy away mid-kiss and told him exactly why.

We discuss:

- Going on good dates with bad men vs bad dates with good men

- How a fancy resort trip fooled her into thinking there was real chemistry

- "I wasn't attracting the same type of man — I was accepting the same type of behavior"

- Setting boundaries to explain how she wants to be treated

- The thing many men are getting wrong on the first date.

Dana also shares the line that stuck with me: "I used to fear abandonment from men. Now I fear abandonment from myself."

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In this episode of Last Date, I sit down with Keighley, who recently went through a breakup--with someone she still works with.

We discuss:- The difference between how men and women process a breakup — and why women feel a bigger void

- Why she won't sleep with someone until they're officially her boyfriend

- How to make women feel safe

- The slow burn: how she ended up falling for someone she never would have considered

- The single biggest first date mistake men make

- The friend group blacklist — and how your reputation follows you in a small community

Keighley also shares what it's actually like when your ex is dancing with someone else two feet away from you, why she once reverse-catfished herself on Hinge, and what a man reveals about himself when he says "my mom never hugged me" within the first two minutes of a date.

This conversation is honest, funny, and one of the more unfiltered takes on modern dating we've had on the show.

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In this episode of Last Date, I sit down with Jenn Mann, founder of Meet at the Mirror — an intentional Christian singles community in Austin, Texas. Jenn has a front-row seat to what separates people who find their person from people who don't.

We discuss:

• The approach gap: women want to be approached but men aren't approaching

• Why "just say hi" is better than any pickup line

• The real reason men avoid intentional dating spaces (it's not the money)

• What actually makes two people compatible — and why your list is probably too long

• How to figure out your non-negotiables by asking how you want to feel in a relationship

• Why the three-day texting rule doesn't work anymore

Jenn also shares how redoing her values exercise a month ago ended a long stretch of being "invisible to men" — and how the dates that followed were some of the best she's been on.

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