Manifesting Better Dating Experiences & Relationships for 2026

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Sexuality, Social Sciences, Relationships, Science, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Happy 2026 all! We're back bringing that new year energy and sharing why 2026 – the year of the horse – will be better for your love life. We kick off this episode with a special segment with Dr Serena Sterling, the founder of the new dating app Satya, about what she's doing to change dating app culture (which includes keeping people in purgatory for bad dating behaviors!). We also discuss how to manifest better dating experiences and relationships for 2026 – beyond just imagining what you want but actually putting it all into action with a four step ritual that anyone can do this year. Enjoy! Get your dating profile reviewed: https://www.findingyourperson.com/offers/dfeankaK/checkout Learn more and download Satya today: https://www.satyadating.com/ Take the Dating Archetypes quiz now: https://howtobedateable.com/ HOW TO BE DATEABLE IS OUT! Order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	All right, fellow Romantasy lovers, I've been waiting to talk about this one because it completely took my weekend.
0:05.7	The epic romantic finale, Dawn of Chaos and Fury by Melissa K. Rourke, is finally here.
0:11.7	And if you're into anything book talk is raving about right now, you need this.
0:16.3	This is the fourth and final book in the legacy series, a dark romantasy packed with fay, dragons, shifters,
0:22.4	vampires, witches, meddling gods, you name it. And what I love about this world is that
0:26.8	it's not your typical medieval fantasy backdrop. Think high fantasy meets modern tech. Magic
0:33.0	everywhere. But people are still texting, driving, dating, using computers.
0:40.2	It gives big Crescent City vibes in the best way.
0:46.5	And honestly, I got so pulled into the emotional roller coaster that heroin is dealing with depression and anxiety.
0:51.0	And the way the story handles her mental health made the stakes feel so real.
0:52.1	Plus, the tropes.
0:56.4	Fated mates, morally gray chaos, one bed, touch her and die. It's basically a book talk bingo card of everything we love. Now, if you haven't read the series yet, this is the
1:01.9	series finale. So don't start here, but the good news, all four books are out now. And they make
1:07.1	such a great gift for that friend who is constantly reading Romanticy and keeping up with
1:11.4	every online book trend. Dawn of Chaos and Fury is on sale now, available for the first time as a
1:16.7	Kensington trade paperback and e-book. So grab your copy and dive into the chaos. You can find
1:22.3	Dawn of Chaos and Fury by Melissa K. Rourke, wherever books are sold in print and in e-book. Hi, I'm U.E.S.U.
1:29.9	And I'm Julie Craftchick. We're active daters turned dating insiders. Here to dive into everything,
1:35.5	modern dating and relationships. Welcome to Datable. Hello, friends. Welcome back to Datable in 2026. Happy new year. Happy new everything. Do we feel
1:54.1	brand new? Refreshed model. So I've been seeing so much about how 2025 were exiting the year of the snake where there was so much tension and a lot of things not panning out.
2:10.2	And we're entering the year of the horse where there's supposed to be major breakthroughs.
2:14.8	Do you think there's any truth to that or is that just TikTokers spewing things off? I totally believe in Chinese zodiac. Do you know your zodiac sign?
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