I Needed To Be Single To Be My Best Self with Greg Grippo
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Greg Grippo opens up about life after The Bachelorette, his journey through grief, and finding happiness on his own. He shares why he took a year off from dating, the pressure of finding “the one,” and how therapy reshaped his mindset. We discuss emotional independence, slowing down in relationships, and the lessons he’s learned about love. Plus, Greg reflects on anxiety, personal growth, and what he’s looking for in his next partner.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:10.0 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing |
| 0:14.9 | their stories. Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even |
| 0:20.3 | cry along with us as we navigate the |
| 0:22.1 | dating scene together. Greg Gripbo, welcome to seeing other people. Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:26.7 | I do have to say that me, I don't know how many years ago would be absolutely losing my shit. |
| 0:32.4 | Oh, no way. I DM'd do the first night, like when you came out of the limo. Oh, wait, that's hilarious. |
| 0:54.3 | That's hilarious. Yeah. So here we are. Here we are. I love that. Years later. But no, seriously, I'm so excited to have you. Most people probably know you from your time on The Bachelorette. However, you are also a 31-year-old guy. I am. A Jersey boy living in New York City. |
| 0:56.8 | You have a whole life and world outside of your time on the franchise. |
| 1:02.2 | And I am really excited to kind of hear your story outside of reality TV. |
| 1:08.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.1 | What's it like for you to be opening up about your life in this way? |
| 1:14.1 | You know, I think that I was super cautious of, I think, letting everyone in right out of the show. |
| 1:21.4 | I would always go into podcasts, like really timid. But I mean, I'm proud about where I grew up and how I was raised. And I lived a good |
| 1:31.6 | life. And I don't know. I love my family. Everything, everything's been great, especially recently. |
| 1:38.9 | But, yeah, I mean, I went through a lot of hardships throughout life, especially like losing my dad |
| 1:43.3 | and everything. |
| 1:46.2 | And, yeah, excited to dive in. |
| 1:48.9 | There's a lot to cover. |
| 1:49.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:50.2 | There's a lot to cover. |
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