There is a blueprint for how we're supposed to have relationships.

Date, find the one, get married, have kids.

And almost all the dating apps are built based on that blueprint, except for one.

Anna Carova is the CEO of Field, a dating app for people who don't want to follow the

blueprint.

It's a dating app for alternative relationships, every kind of alternative relationship.

But the best part about Field is that it's a safe container for people to feel fully

at peace with who they are, what brings them happiness, and how to actually find joy

in their relationships.

This is a bit of optimism.

I was really excited to talk to you for a reason that I think you wouldn't expect given

what you do or what your company does.

We're living in this world where we're seeing record high levels of anxiety, depression,

the pursuit of happiness has become an industry with all kinds of talking heads and books

and online courses offering to help somebody find happiness, whatever that means.

I so admire what you're doing because your work, I think, sits right in the front of

people finding happiness in part, finding love and relationship and whatever they're looking

for, but more so about being at peace with who you are if you don't fit the norm and

finding community.

That's why I wanted to talk to you.

For those who don't know, we should probably tell them what Field is.

Field is a dating app, but specifically it's a dating app for whether you want to call

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