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Dating While Gray™

(Encore) The Older Brain on Love

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4650 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Remember the PSA that aired on TV for years, with the egg and the frying pan: This is your brain, this is drugs, this is your brain on drugs? It seems like love can be a lot like that, too, even when we’re older. Why? For answers, we turn to perhaps the premier expert on the brain and love: Helen Fisher.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Laura Stasi here.

0:09.0

This week, we've dug into the archives to bring you an encore episode of Dating While Gray.

0:14.7

Maybe you missed it the first time around.

0:17.0

Or maybe you're at a different place in your life and it will hit differently.

0:22.7

I know I always find hidden gems with every repeat listen. Please enjoy and get in touch with any questions or comments

0:28.6

about this episode or anything else that's on your mind about seeking, finding, and keeping

0:34.4

love in the later years of life. You know, I love hearing from you.

0:40.0

That's Laura at dating while gray.com.

0:43.2

Thanks in advance for reaching out, and thanks for listening.

1:01.0

This is Dating While Gray, the grown-ups guide to love, sex, and relationships.

1:02.5

I'm Laura Stasi.

1:12.5

Remember that PSA that aired on TV for years with the egg and the frying pan?

1:13.9

This is your brain.

1:15.0

This is drugs.

1:16.5

This is your brain on drugs?

1:17.6

Yeah.

1:19.7

I think love is a lot like that too.

1:23.3

This episode, The Older Brain on Love. Thank you. A Meta Woman, let's call her Mia, who was willing to talk about her relationship with a man will call Ben.

1:40.6

But not only did Mia not want to use her real name, she didn't want her voice to be heard.

1:45.6

So we're using a voice actor to help share her story.

1:49.6

Mia didn't want anyone to know who she is because she's really embarrassed about her behavior.

1:54.6

She tells me she's normally very rational, emotionally strong.

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