S12E12: Single on Purpose w/ John Kim

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

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

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

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

So you're single...but are you single on purpose? And why do we stop working on ourselves once we get into a relationship? You're about to find out as we dive in with the angry therapist himself, John Kim, about how he realized post-divorce that the problem lied in his sense of self. We discuss building a fulfilling life beyond just loving someone, how to really masturdate, and why it's so damn important to cultivate your relationship with yourself whether you're single or not. Follow John @theangrytherapist and visit the https://www.theangrytherapist.com/ and read 'Single on Purpose' today! Follow us @dateablepodcast. Check out our website for more content, virtual live show dates, and merch. Join the Sounding Board at https://www.dateablepodcast.com/soundingboard Thank you to our partners for this episode: BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dateable with the code DATEABLE Title Nine: Get $10 off and free shipping on orders over $100 by going to titlenine.com/dateable Prose: Get 15% off your first order of custom shampoo and conditioner by going to prose.com/dateable Z-Man Games: Check out Love Letter for $11.99 at Target, your local game store, or directly through Z-Man’s webstore. Cover art Photography Credit: Larry Wong #lwongphoto Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/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	The dateable podcast is an insider's look into modern dating that the
0:04.8	Huffington Post calls one of the top 10 podcasts about love and sex. On each
0:09.5	episode we'll talk to real daters about everything from sex parties to sex droughts, date fails to diaper
0:15.3	fetishes, and first moves to first loves.
0:17.8	I'm your host, U.S.U.
0:19.4	Former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:22.0	You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Craft Chick
0:25.2	as we explore this crazy dateable world.
0:31.8	Hello and happy season finale are dear dateable listeners.
0:37.0	Welcome to another episode of dateable a show all about modern dating where we're going to wrap up the season with how to be single on
0:44.3	purpose and what it means to be single and how to relish in being single and at
0:50.0	the same time balancing wanting to date and wanting to be in a relationship.
0:54.2	And don't worry, we're not going anywhere.
0:56.1	Basically, we're still here every week.
0:57.8	So if that was a fair of yours, no fair.
1:00.2	But I still can't believe we're at the season finale of season 12.
1:04.0	It just keeps going, you know, like this is the gift that keeps giving.
1:07.2	There's always new material in the world of dating and relationships.
1:10.4	We're not going to stop, okay?
1:12.1	We're not going to stop. We're not going to stop.
1:13.0	Just because the season is ending, doesn't mean we stop.
1:16.0	And we are constantly thinking of new topics.
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