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Bela Gandhi

👤 Speaker
537 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Human biology is rigged for reproduction.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

It's not it's not set up to find long term committed love.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Right.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Family attachment patterns can make a big difference in that as well.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And then cultural messaging, the things that our culture says, there's a three-day rule, butterflies are good, right?

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

All of these things lead us to making decisions that

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

That aren't good for us.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

So these three things, biology, attachment and cultural kind of phrases and metaphors can all lead us to dating people that have red flags over and over again.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

It's like lather, rinse, repeat.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And that's what I see.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

You know, I wish people thought that more.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Some people think, OK, finding love, if I go on a dating app, it should be like Amazon Prime.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And I'm going to tick off a bunch of boxes and then my partner is going to be drone shipped to me within 24 hours.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

The thing with time is they believe that they don't have a lot of time left.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And that they've wasted a lot of time.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And I think so many people ultimately, like the fear in the gut is, I don't want to be alone.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

I don't want to die alone.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

And I don't have that much time to find somebody.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Exactly.

Good Life Project
Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Yeah, people kind of feel like, oh my gosh, I don't want to put myself out there on an app, right?