Your Extraordinary Life & Dating After Divorce

256. Burned Haystack Dating Method with Dr. Jennie Young

April 07, 2026

Every time Dr. Jennie Young used Bumble or Hinge, the same thing happened: high hopes on day one, horror by day two. Then she remembered what she does for a living.Dr. Jennie is a rhetoric professor. She spent years doing critical discourse analysis on high school disciplinary handbooks — coding for toxic, gendered language patterns hidden inside official policies. One day, she turned that same academic lens on men's dating profiles.What she found? Thirty-three distinct rhetorical patter...

255. We Are So Compatible, How Come the Relationship Didn't Work Out? the Halo Effect in Dating & Relationships

March 27, 2026

In this episode, I break down exactly how the halo effect shows up in dating, in difficult marriages, and in divorce — and why smart, high-achieving women fall for it just as hard as anyone else. (Maybe harder. Because we're good at building convincing stories.)A man can pay for every dinner from the first date to the wedding — and still refuse to share anything that matters once you're married. A partner can be a good provider, a good father, and a terrible spouse all at once. Thes...

254. You're Doing Too Much: How Over-Responsibility Ruins Your Relationships

March 19, 2026

In this episode of Your Extraordinary Life and Dating After Divorce Podcast, I pull back the curtain on one of the most destructive patterns I see in women who are smart, capable, and completely worn out. I share stories from my own first marriage — including the season I drove to sales calls while six months pregnant so my ex-husband could build a business he never built. I was functioning as his parent, not his partner.This pattern doesn't disappear after divorce. It follows you into d...