Life Happens: The Dating Mindset Shift You Didn’t Know You Needed
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Life happens, and when it does, how you respond can change everything. In this episode, Dr. Rachel returns to talk about her new book When Life Happens, and why small, intentional shifts, not major life overhauls, are often what create the biggest change. We talk about dating burnout, confidence, body image, reacting vs. responding to stress, and why connections don’t always spark instantly. Dr. Rachel also shares the unexpected story of how she met her husband, and why a “boring” first date can still turn into something meaningful.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Rachel, welcome back to seeing other people. |
| 0:05.8 | Thank you so much. I'm so thrilled to be here with you again. |
| 0:09.3 | I am so excited to have you back. You were such an incredible guest the first time. |
| 0:14.2 | And we have developed not just like a work relationship, but a true friendship since then. |
| 0:19.6 | And I am so excited for you. We are here |
| 0:22.3 | because your new book, When Life Happens, has been born. Oh my gosh. It's so crazy to hear that. |
| 0:30.5 | Yes. I joke, it's my third baby. I mean, it is. This has been a labor of love. You've been |
| 0:35.7 | working on this for years. What led to this book |
| 0:40.8 | being brought to life? Yeah, you know, it's a long kind of haul, right, or a long journey. You know, |
| 0:47.9 | I just think back to when I was in grad school and I think everybody in grad school at some point |
| 0:52.7 | getting their doctorate for clinical psychology is like, I'm going to write a book one day. And I'm like, grad school at some point getting their doctorate for clinical psychology |
| 0:54.3 | is like, I'm going to write a book one day. |
| 0:56.5 | And I'm like, great, sounds like a good idea. |
| 0:58.9 | And I always say a goal without a plan is just a wish. |
| 1:02.8 | And looking back, that was a wish. |
| 1:04.6 | It was totally a wish until a few years ago. |
| 1:07.9 | And the seed kind of was planted and I started thinking about it. |
| 1:12.1 | And one day I was like, yes, I have a wait list for seeing clients and everyone's asking |
| 1:16.9 | me what book I recommend. |
| 1:19.0 | And I was like, this book and this book and this book and this book. |
| 1:22.7 | And I kind of wish there was one that kind of had everything and there wasn't. |
| 1:26.4 | So I was like, you know what? |
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