Are They a Walking Red Flag? Case Kenny on Maturity, Relationships, and Self Worth

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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JVN sat down with Case Kenny, host of the podcast New Mindset, Who Dis?, to talk all things dating, relationships, self-worth, and confidence. Together, they dive into the surprising power of language, how the words we use shape our lives, and what it really takes to build healthy relationships in today’s world. From unpacking the ways straight men and women approach love, to understanding how self-talk can either boost or break your confidence, mindfulness in our lives and what mindfulness really looks like. Let's dive into: Why do men pull away? How do words impact attraction and connection? What can I do to rethink my dating patterns? Get Case’s new book, The Opposite of Settling, here. Full Getting Better Video Episodes now available on YouTube. Follow Case Kenny on Instagram @casekenny Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Anne Currie and Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visit www.ollie.com/better today for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, better babes. Welcome back to getting better. Are you ever confused with straight man and how to relate to them better?
0:09.9	Same. And also, the particular straight man who we're going to talk to about this today to, like, relate to straight men better, also does a bunch of other amazing things too.
0:18.6	I'm talking to Case Kenny. He's the host of New Mindset,
0:22.3	Who Dis, where he helps people rethink love, purpose, and self-worth. Case, how are you?
0:27.3	Amazing. Thank you. How are you? I'm great. You're gorgeous and we're just very happy that you're
0:33.2	here. So you've said that you're just a quote, regular guy who writes inspirational quotes on the
0:37.9	internet. But honestly, your work has helped millions of people think differently about dating,
0:43.1	confidence, and what they deserve? You were not always in the wellness world. What made you
0:46.4	embark on this journey of authorship and self-help and helping straight men and just everybody
0:52.0	get it together? Yeah, get it together, right? Well, I think that was always my mission with myself trying everybody get it together. Yeah, get it together, right? Well,
0:55.6	I think that was always my mission with myself trying to get it together. I'm 37 now. I had a whole
1:00.7	career and like many lives over in my 20s and early 30s. Somewhere along the way, I worked in
1:07.4	advertising for a long time. And, you know, I felt very secure in who I was as like a
1:11.8	professional career guy and that felt really good but on the inside I really didn't feel like I knew
1:17.5	myself. I feel like I was unfair to myself. I feel like I was doing a lot of things just because
1:22.1	that's what a single guy does or that's what it means to be happy and I've a lot of emulating a lot
1:26.5	of copying and I'm also very
1:28.9	type A and impatient. And I was like, well, this is crazy. I need to know myself. Like I'm clock's ticking.
1:33.8	I'm 30. 31. I need to know myself. So I started my podcast in 2018 when I was like 29, literally
1:42.6	as a challenge to myself to know myself, I would sit down,
1:45.6	I wouldn't have guests on or anything like that. I would take a question, an anxiety, a piece
1:50.1	of vulnerability, and I would just force myself over like 15 to 20 minutes to figure it out,
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