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Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Rewriting the Dating Handbook and Standing Out Online with Ilana Dunn

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Episode 135: This is a first for The Real Reel and the bar is set high as the one and only Ilana Dunn joins Natalie to chat about all things dating-related. This episode is packed full of advice and funny dating stories that will remind you you’re not alone in your journey to find love. Ilana’s ability and willingness to be vulnerable landed her a job at Hinge where she discussed her romantic life on camera and on the mic. This served as the catalyst in her own journey to becoming an entrepreneur and she is still the go-to friend to call for dating advice. Ilana is the host of Seeing Other People, a podcast that discusses the ups and downs of modern dating and relationships with a healthy dose of honesty and empathy. She also offers 1:1 emotional support coaching and dating profile audits. Today’s episode dives into: Dating do's and don'ts How to create an online profile that stands out Some hot takes on dating rules and how to stop playing games The ups and downs of starting a business based on vulnerability Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Ilana on Instagram @ilana.dunn and her podcast @seeingotherpeople. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: CANVA - Go to canva.me/realreel to get your FREE 45-day extended trial. QUIP - Go to getquip.com/realreel to save $10 on a quip Smart Electric Toothbrush. CUROLOGY - Go to curology.com/real for a free 30-day trial and just pay for shipping and handling! NUTRAFOL – Go to nutrafol.com/realreel to save FIFTEEN DOLLARS OFF your first month’s subscription plus FREE shipping on EVERY order. BETTERHELP – Go to betterhelp.com/trr for 10% off your first month. PRINCESS POLLY – Go to princesspolly.com and use the code REAL20 for 20% off your next order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.

0:04.0

Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of

0:16.1

entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.

0:20.9

I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.

0:26.7

It's really tough. It is really scary to put yourself out there.

0:30.0

It is really scary to say like this is something that happened to me this is something that impacted me this is something that I struggled with

0:37.2

but at the end of the day I know that doing so is going to make somebody feel better and that's the thing is like if it

0:46.8

positively impacts one person or makes one person's day or one person struggle a little less pain

0:52.3

all then like it is absolutely so worth it. or one person struggle a little less pain.

0:52.5

All then, like, it is absolutely so worth it.

0:56.1

Hello everybody and welcome back

1:01.0

to the Real Real Podcast with with me Natalie Barboo. I am

1:05.2

super excited to be here on the mic with you. Today's been a bit of a rough day

1:09.4

not gonna lie so having this time to just take to record an intro and to talk to you guys is really nice and today's episode is one of my favorites.

1:17.8

I feel like I say that every time and I know that I say that every time, but it really is a really good good one I know that there are a ton of

1:24.6

dating podcast out there and there are so many podcasts that talk about dating and

1:28.8

relationships and advice and all of this stuff and I've I've never really had an episode like that on my

1:35.2

podcast like I've never had a full dedicated episode to dating advice with bringing a

1:40.4

guest on so I'm very very excited that. And if you don't know, I am in a relationship. I've been in a relationship for three years now, and we've been long distance, almost the entire time, except in September, Kion actually moved to Florida.

1:57.0

Kion has been living in Florida since September, so we are officially no longer long distance.

2:02.7

We don't live together, but we are in the same area of South Florida.

2:06.9

So we are pretty close to each other a lot closer than we were before.

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