Late Bloomin Love

Episode 14 REPLAY: Finding Love After Loss

The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people.
And so we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation about finding love after loss.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration.
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
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This episode, we hear from two listeners of the podcast who wrote to share their experiences of seeking, and finding, late bloomin’ love after losing a partner suddenly, and in one case, tragically.
The first guest is Cynthia Lulham, Montrealer and longtime Westmount city councillor. She tells the story of finding her second great love after being widowed and staying on her own for many years.
The second guest is Helene, a divorced Montrealer in her early 60s who's recently returned home and feels ready to find love again. 
Both women have great advice for anyone else seeking late bloomin' love. And as far as they're concerned it's possible for any of us to find it!
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.

Episode 13 REPLAY: Finding love in your 80s

The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people.
And so we thought we'd share some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation about finding love in your 80s with Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, aged 86 and 88 respectively.
Have a listen if you missed hearing their story the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps. Doreen, especially, recommends using them!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
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If you want to be inspired by some New Relationship Energy...
and hear some wisdom, born of experience in life and love, the conversation in this episode is extra special.
Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, met a few months ago when they were 86 and 88 years old respectively.
Their story will make anyone feel optimistic about finding late bloomin' love.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
 

Episode 12 REPLAY: Finding love on the 50th online date

The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people!
And so we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation with a woman who found love on the 50th online date
Have a listen if you missed it the first time around....or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
 
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Need some dating inspiration?
This summer replay episode of Late Bloomin' Love has it!
 
Monique Polak tells her story of finding love on her 50th online date.
The award-winning Quebec author for young readers says persistence is the key. And a few good luck charms don't hurt either!
Her message to anyone on the search for love: Don't give up!
 
For more information about Monique Polak, you can find her here.
For more information about the show, you can visit our website here.

Episode 11 REPLAY: How to use online dating in the search for love

The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people!
And so we thought w'd share some of our favourite episodes from season one. Starting with this replay conversation about online dating and how to do it!
Have a listen if you missed it the first time around....or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
REPLAY EPISODE 2: How to use online dating in the search for love
Are you online dating? Needing some inspiration to keep at it? This second episode of Late Bloomin Love has got you covered! Online dating coach, Erika Ettin, explains how she helps her clients get the most out of dating apps and sites as they search for love. She tells host, Amanda Klang, how to write a bang-up profile (hint: quirky is good!) and choose the right pics. And she shares her tips for making the search process both focused and fun.
For more information about Erika Ettin, you can find her here
For more information about the show, you can visit www.latebloominlove.com

Episode 10: Could our friendships be our greatest love stories of all?

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!

Episode 9: Finding love after loss

This episode features conversations with two listeners of the podcast who wrote to share their experiences of seeking, and finding, late bloomin’ love after losing their partners suddenly, and in one case, tragically.
The first guest is Cynthia Lulham, Montrealer and longtime Westmount city councillor, whose story of finding her second great love, long after the loss of her first husband, can only be called miraculous.
The second guest is Helene, a divorced Montrealer in her early 60s who's recently returned home after many years spent abroad and who feels finally ready to find love again. She is certain this year is her year and her positive energy about it is positively infectious.
Both women share generously from their experience and wisdom and both have great advice for anyone else seeking late bloomin' love.
As far as they're concerned it's definitely possible for any of us to find it.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.

Episode 8: Finding love in your 80s

If you want to be inspired by some New Relationship Energy...
and hear some wisdom, born of experience in life and love, the conversation in this episode is extra special.
Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, met a few months ago when they were 86 and 88 years old respectively.
Their story will make anyone feel optimistic about finding late bloomin' love.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.

Episode 7: What’s sex got to do with it? Part 2

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.

Episode 6: What’s sex got to do with it? Part1

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.

Episode 5: What’s ”attachment” got to do with it?

Why do we often repeat negative patterns as we search for love? Whether it's chasing someone unavailable or picking a new partner whose shortcomings echo those of our last partner.
Attachment patterns may explain this. They are part of the emotional system in our brain that motivates us to maintain close relationships. And they can prompt us to avoid close relationships if our history suggests to us that closeness is unsafe.
In this episode of Late Bloomin' Love, Dr. Tim Farmer explains the four main attachment patterns common to all humans and offers some strategies to work with them if they undermine our desire to create a close connection with someone.
 
Dr. Farmer is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal who teaches developmental psychology. He also had a private practice as a therapist.
 
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.