"How Family Dynamics, Religion, and All Girls High School Shaped My Dating Life"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
I’m joined by Liz Mina to talk about approaching dating from a place of security and curiosity rather than the fear of being alone. We chat about dating as an adult after never having romantic interests in high school, why society should stop putting pressure on people to find partners at a certain age, how being an only child has impacted her dating life, and the importance of having vulnerable conversations on early dates. Finally, Liz shares what it’s like dating as a Middle Eastern woman and how religion and family values have played a role in her relationships.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.9 | My dad does not know that I date. |
| 0:07.9 | Just straight up. |
| 0:09.4 | I've had four boyfriends. |
| 0:11.7 | He's never known about a single one. |
| 0:13.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered. |
| 0:18.4 | It's Thursday. |
| 0:19.5 | So that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered. It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, |
| 0:22.9 | sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences. Think you're alone out there? Think you're |
| 0:27.9 | the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom or whose last date ended up being a catfish. |
| 0:32.7 | Think again. Hi, my name is Liz Mina. I'm Los Angeles-based. I an actor and I also make TikToks about dating in my spare time. And something that I really like to talk about and that that's really like the goal of my platform is I really want to inspire mostly women to take control of their dating lives and to feel confident in dating. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm so passionate about that. I really love dating and I think so many people out there hate it. |
| 1:03.5 | They think it's the scariest thing in the world. They think it's a chore. And that makes me so |
| 1:07.8 | sad because it's something that's so fun. And I want people to allow dating |
| 1:14.0 | to make them feel more confident and not less confident and maybe teach them some things about |
| 1:18.2 | themselves and other people. I love that so much. And obviously we have very similar missions. |
| 1:23.5 | So I'm excited for this conversation. I'm really curious, like, what first made you start |
| 1:29.6 | trying to get that message out there? I know, like, you also everyone go check out her |
| 1:35.0 | TikTok. It's linked in the show notes. But like, you do such an amazing job at articulating that |
| 1:39.1 | message and really trying to show all the different sides of dating and your journey. And I'm so |
| 1:43.4 | curious, like, what really got you to start doing that? Because a lot of people, I think about doing it, |
| 1:48.6 | but never actually do it. And you weren't just doing it to talk to talk. Like, you actually |
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