357. Ready to Date Again? Try the Burned Haystack Dating Method with Jennie Young
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready to date again but feeling overwhelmed by the process?
In this episode, you’ll meet Jennie Young: the professor and rhetorician turning the dating world upside down with her Burned Haystack Dating Method. Jennie explains why this method works, offering clear steps on how to identify dangerous patterns and why blocking unwanted matches can help you find your ideal partner.
Join us this week to learn how to stop getting stuck in the “ick” of dating apps and instead focus on eliminating red flags with confidence. By the end of the episode, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to approach online dating with less anxiety, more clarity, and greater safety. Whether you’re ready to date or just considering it, Jennie’s method will give you the tools to navigate the dating world with confidence.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I want to let you know about the Mom Goes on Spring Pass. |
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| 0:22.8 | Go to Coaching withcresta.com forward slash spring pass to get yours. Now on to the episode. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 357. Ready to date again? Try the burned haystack dating method. |
| 0:41.7 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process to help you work through your grief to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to. Here's your host, Master Certified |
| 0:57.9 | Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain. Hey there, welcome to another |
| 1:05.7 | episode of the podcast. Maybe you are ready to date. If so, this episode is definitely for you. Maybe you are not ready |
| 1:13.4 | to date, but you think you someday might want to date. I highly recommend you listen to this episode |
| 1:19.1 | because I think you will feel better after you do it. You will feel a sense of confidence |
| 1:24.6 | knowing that someone has a method that you can use that will make dating feel |
| 1:29.4 | safer, less overwhelming, give you a little bit more structure, and I would love that for you. |
| 1:35.6 | And listen, maybe you never want to date again ever and you don't ever want to be in another |
| 1:39.9 | relationship. Please don't hear me say that dating is a requirement to loving your life again. It is |
| 1:45.7 | 100% not a requirement. But if you are ready to date again, if you're thinking that at some point |
| 1:52.0 | you might want to date again, then this episode is for you. Let me tell you a little bit about my |
| 1:56.6 | guest. Her name is Jenny Young. She has a PhD. She's the creator of the Burned Haystack Dating |
| 2:01.7 | Method, and she's a professor of writing and rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. |
| 2:06.6 | She publishes work in humor, feminism, applied rhetoric, dating dynamics, and education. |
| 2:13.0 | And her writing can be seen in McSweeney's, Miss Magazine, The Independent, HuffPost, Inside Higher |
| 2:19.4 | Ed, and elsewhere. Also, the author of a textbook that applies critical discourse analysis |
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