Late Bloomin Love

Perfectionism and anxiety in dating and relationships S2 Ep 9

This episode is short and sweet.
It reflects on a discussion about perfectionism, anxiety, and attachment theory, seen through a feminist lens.
That original conversation was on the podcast UnF•ck Your Brain
Here LBL host, Amanda Klang, shares why it may help people, and especially women, in their search for late bloomin’ love.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
 

Dating in French vs English-speaking Canada (replay) S2 Ep 8

Late Bloomin’ Love is back with an encore conversation about online dating from a male perspective.
It also contrasts dating cultures in English and French-speaking Canada.
Host Amanda Klang gets insights from Roberto, a European living in Montreal, who shares his dating experiences in BC and Quebec - where the game is definitely not played the same. 
Roberto also offers advice for anyone reluctant to step into dating. 
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.

A healthy aging researcher has advice about late bloomin’ love S2 Ep7

A special episode to mark the podcast’s one year anniversary!
Host Amanda Klang interviews podcast contributor, Shelley Morgan, about late bloomin’ love and taps into her expertise as a healthy aging researcher, educator and advocate for older adults.
They also compare notes on favourite podcast interviews of the past year.
This is Shelley’s last time as a regular voice on the podcast (but we hope she'll be back to visit!)
So check out this chat to hear her positivity and get inspired!
For more information about the podcast you can visit our website here

Dating as a queer, polyamorous person S2 Ep6

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
This is part two of a conversation with Kristen Hutchinson, a Montreal-based professor of art and pop culture.
Here Kristen offers her perspective on dating as a person who identifies as queer and polyamorous.
If you’re unsure of what a nesting partner is or how a relationship escalator works - or doesn’t, check out the conversation.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here

What can we learn from dating reality shows? S2 Ep5

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
And Happy New Year!
This episode is for anyone needing a gentle start to "getting out there" in 2023...
Because instead of going on dates yourself, you can watch others take that risk on dating reality shows!
Kristen Hutchinson is our guide to some of those shows today. She's a professor and journalist in Montreal who researches pop culture and art. And she's pre-watched the shows and has some thoughts and recommendations.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here

What’s Sex Got to Do With It? Part 2 (replay) S2 Ep4

This week it's a replay of a favourite episode from last season.
It’s part 2 of the conversation with sex educator and best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration.
And we’ll be back with new episodes of the podcast soon!
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This episode of Late Bloomin' Love continues the conversation with sex educator and New York Times best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Nagoski wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life." And with it, her goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies. 
In Part 1, Emily Nagoski told host, Amanda Klang, that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong. And that her book, which corrects those misunderstandings, is part of a larger project to dismantle sex-negative, oppressive messages around sexuality. It particularly seeks to dismantle the messages that negatively affect women's experiences of their bodies, their sexuality and their sense of self-worth.
In Part 2, Nagoski offers some how-to's for anyone to use if they want to adopt new beliefs that promote positive feelings about their body, their sexuality and their worthiness to love, to desire and to be loved and desired just as they are now.
This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.

What’s Sex Got to Do With It? Part 1 (replay) S2 Ep3

Hey there! This is Amanda, the host of Late Bloomin' Love, with a pre-intro to a favourite episode of mine from last season:
It’s part 1 of my conversation with sex educator and best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around.
And I’ll be back with new episodes of the podcast soon!
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If you're seeking late bloomin' love, how do your attitudes about sex and your body factor in for you? Do they help you create connection and intimacy with another person? Or do they mire you in negative feelings that get in your way?
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator whose goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies. She wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life"
And in this episode of Late Bloomin' Love, Emily Nagoski tells host, Amanda Klang, what she studied, and put in her book, after realizing that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong.
With her work, she aims to be part of a global, multi-generational process of dismantling sex-negative and oppressive messages around sexuality.
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.

Dating in French vs English-speaking Canada S2 Ep 2

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
In this episode we hear more about dating from the male perspective.
And also about how dating cultures can vary in different parts of Canada.
This time the guest is Roberto, a European living in Montreal, who shares some of his dating experiences in BC and Quebec. 
And, according to him, the dating game is not the same in those two places!
Roberto also offers advice for anyone reluctant to date. (And it's worth hearing him out!)
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here

Online dating from the male perspective: Season 2 Episode 1

Welcome to Season 2 of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
This episode is the first of the new, Fall season, and we meet a guest from Toronto, Ontario who shares his male perspective on the pros and cons of online dating. 
We also catch up with host, Amanda Klang, and her friend and co-conspirator, Shelley Morgan, to hear about their summer adventures (including some dating adventures!)
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
 
 

Episode 15 REPLAY: Could our friendships be our greatest love stories of all?

The podcast has been taking a summer break. And so we’ve been sharing our favourite episodes from season one.
This is the last summer replay.
It’s a conversation about friendships and where they fit into the search for late bloomin’ love.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around... Or if you just want to feel good!
And we'll be back next time with an all-new episode of Late Bloomin' Love!
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It's the start of another summer season, and here in Montreal, we all know summer is the best time of the year!
So, on this last episode before the pod takes a summer break, we're talking about friendships and asking how important they are in a world that values romantic relationships over all other types of relationship.
Up next, a chat with guests Kristen Hutchinson, a nationally syndicated CBC Radio culture columnist and friend of podcast host, Amanda Klang, and Jen, a friend of both Amanda's and Kristen's.
All three women are in their fabulous fifties, single and dating, and reflecting together on what matters in their lives.
And it turns out, friendships might just matter most of all, making the search for late bloomin' love a fun side project, worth undertaking, but not the ultimate quest for meaning in our lives.
Late Bloomin' Love will be back with new episodes in September.
Meanwhile, the pod team wishes everyone a wonderful summer!