The Only Dating Advice You'll Ever Need

Today, you are getting the best dating advice out there for both you and your loved ones.

Mel sits down with Logan Ury – a behavior scientist, dating expert, host of Netflix’s new dating series “The Later Daters,” and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge – to get her science-backed insights on finding success in dating.

If dating apps make you feel hopeless, if you feel like dating is broken, or can’t seem to find “the one,” Logan’s insights will change your approach to finding love forever.

Whether you're single, in a relationship, or supporting a loved one navigating the dating scene, this episode is packed with science-backed insights and actionable tools to help anyone find the love they deserve.

If you’re in your relationship and want tools and tips on how to make it better, listen to this episode next: 5 Signs of an Incompatible Relationship & 3 Signs You’ve Found “The One”

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‍In this episode: 

• 8:04: What the biggest misconception around dating is. 
• 11:59: Are dating apps helping people find lasting love? 
• 14:07:  If you have dating burnout you’re not alone, here’s how to recharge.
• 23:07: Are your dating app filters keeping you from finding the best match?
• 31:09: How to reclaim control of your dating journey and create the love life you want.
• 36:41: Date like a scientist: How to connect with different people. 
• 42:28: Stop looking for the “spark” and go after the slow burn.
• 46:12: The 3 toxic patterns keeping you single and how to overcome them.
• 50:39: The truth about love that will change how you see your dating life.
• 54:34: Top dating profile tips from Hinge’s Director of Relationship Science.
• 57:18: How to tell the difference between a pet peeve and a true dealbreaker.
• 59:21: Feeling swiped out? Here are the best tips to meet people in real life.
• 1:03:25: Nail your first date with this simple step-by-step guide.
• 1:12:09: Tips for anyone struggling with dating, whether in your 20s or 50s. 
• 1:16:25: You are NOT undateable: how to turn insecurities into strengths.
• 1:22:27: You’re holding yourself back from the dating life you deserve, here’s why. 

Logan Ury:

• Follow her on Instagram
• Watch her brand-new Netflix series
• Take Logan’s dating blindspots quiz
• Read her book, How to Not Die Alone
• Visit her website

‍Additional Resources: 

• Stanford Report: Meeting online has become the most popular way U.S. couples connect, Stanford sociologist finds
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Disintermediating your friends: How online dating in the United States displaces other ways of meeting
• The Economist: The science of love at first sight
• American Psychological Association: Sherry Turkle, PhD Social Psychologist
• Greater Good Magazine: How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
• Psychology Today: Why You Should Stop Looking for a Soulmate 
• Maria Shriver Sunday Paper: NYU Professor Scott Galloway on Our Current Gender Divide—and How to Come Together
• Hinge: Hinge’s First Gen Z Report Reveals Top Dating Trends and Tips to Find a Relationship in 2024
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice.
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Implicit theories of relationships: Assessment and prediction of romantic relationship initiation, coping, and longevity 
• Hinge Labs: Getting dating down to a science.
• The Gottman Institute: Dating Anxiety: How to Move Forward
• National Council on Aging: Dating After 50: What You Need to Know
• Couple and Family Psychology: Reasons for Divorce and Recollections of Premarital Intervention: Implications for Improving Relationship Education
• Pew Research Center: Key findings about online dating in the U.S.‍
• Institute for Family Studies: What Ever Happened to Dating? The Rise of 'Just Talking' Relationships