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What it's Like For Singles in America: Interview with Dr. Amanda Gesselman [EP 214]

Release Date: 07/11/2025

This North Star Question Is the Key To Finding Lasting Love [EP 221]

Deeper Dating Podcast

There is a North Star question that is the single greatest key to find lasting love. In this episode, I'm going to teach you that North Star question. I show you how to use it, and I'll explain how it will speed your path not just to love, but the kind of love that can truly last and feed your heart and soul. Listen For: 1:59 What is the North Star Question that changes everything about dating? 4:25 Why does asking “Do I feel safe and seen?” lead to better love? 6:41 What if you're not inspired by the person in expected ways? 13:24 How does being your true self become...

How to Stop Self-Abandoning in Your Relationships [EP 220]

Deeper Dating Podcast

Self-abandonment is one of the most powerful ways we lose love and sacrifice self-love in our relationships. In this episode, you'll learn a truly inspiring process to stop self-abandoning. Join me as I interview one of the most inspired teachers I know: Dr. Margaret Paul, co-creator of Inner Bonding. This process has changed the lives of countless people, myself included. Listen For: 4:57 – The Four Pillars of Self-Abandonment 11:04 – Need vs. Neediness: The Hidden Trap in Relationships 16:43 – The Six Steps of Inner Bonding Explained 25:50 – The Art of Making a...

7 Signs You’re Finally Ready for a Healthy Relationship [EP 219]

Deeper Dating Podcast

There are 7 indicators that prove you are speeding your path to the kind of love that can last and grow. In this episode of the Deeper Dating Podcast, you'll learn what those seven signs are, and what you can do to make them happen for you. Listen For: 3:03 Trusting Your Body’s Wisdom in Dating 8:25 Letting Go of Shame to Find Real Connection 10:31 When Toxic Stops Being Attractive 12:51 Discovering the Power of Inspired Attraction 16:06 How Friends Can Help You Break Love Patterns Leave a positive rating for this podcast with CONNECT WITH KEN: ...

The Most Powerful Hack to Uplevel Your Search For Love and Deeper Intimacy [EP 218]

Deeper Dating Podcast

Are you ready to learn what might be the most powerful hack for upleveling your entire search for love and deeper intimacy? In this episode, you'll learn what that is and how to do it! Listen For: 1:49 Why Upleveling Your Love Life Changes Everything 5:22 The 4 Fierce Questions That Will Change Your Dating Life 9:35 The Friend Who Called Him Out (And Changed Everything) 11:31 His 96-Year-Old Mother’s Life-Changing Metaphor 15:34 The Inner Mentor Practice That Bypasses Your Inner Critic Leave a positive rating for this podcast with CONNECT WITH KEN: | ...

What Happens When You Go Back To A Narcissist As a Partner and as a President [EP 217]

Deeper Dating Podcast

What happens when you leave a narcissist, and then go back? The level of danger escalates profoundly. We may have seen this in the lives of people we love, and all of us are seeing this in our country as we have re-elected Donald Trump. In this episode you'll learn what to look out for, how to protect yourself and how to create change on a personal level, in our communities, and our nation. Listen For: 4:23 Narcissistic Abuse Cycle Explained by a Psychotherapist 6:46 Why Returning to a Narcissist is More Dangerous Than Ever 9:26 How Narcissism Fuels Racism,...

REPLAY - Do You Know Your Sexual Core Gifts? [EP 216]

Deeper Dating Podcast

This is an episode first published in October 2024. It’s one of our most popular. Your sexual Core Gifts are the language of your true sexuality. When you can name, claim, and embrace them, your sexual experiences will become so much more amazing, connected, and filled with love and excitement. In this episode, you'll learn how to discover your own sexual Core Gifts. Listen For: 2:34 Sex as a Mirror of Your Life 7:00 The Hidden Power of Shame 12:56 What Makes You Feel Safe 18:58 Finding Themes in What Moves You 23:37 Naming Your Sexual Core Gifts Leave a...

How To Ask For What You Really Want [EP 215]

Deeper Dating Podcast

If you want to supercharge the intimacy in any relationship, think about the asks that you don't ask. In this episode, I will teach you how to name those asks, how to deshame them, and how to present them in a way that leads to greater closeness with your friends, with your family, in your love relationship, and with yourself. Listen For: 01:59 Asking as an act of self-love 09:25 How unspoken needs harm connection 16:15 Self-honoring exercises you can try 20:45 Why big asks reveal relationship truth 21:52 Awkwardness, risk, and intimacy growth Leave a positive...

What it's Like For Singles in America: Interview with Dr. Amanda Gesselman [EP 214]

Deeper Dating Podcast

The biggest study of the American single experience just came out. In this episode, I interview one of its key authors; Dr. Amanda Gesselman, Director of Sex & Relationship Science at Match and a Research Scientist at the Kinsey Institute. Get ready to hear some really fascinating things about what's happening for single people in America. Sex, love, dating, AI; it's all in this report! Listen For: 4:21 Turning the Tables: Singlehood as Empowerment 9:34 The Emotional Disconnect Between Men and Women 17:56 Intentional Dating The 30-Minute Rule 23:16 Attraction...

The Two Greatest Questions That Lead You To Real Love [EP 213]

Deeper Dating Podcast

Are you chasing love that leaves you feeling unworthy or uplifted? Ken Page reveals the two pivotal questions that can revolutionize your search for love and shield you from unnecessary heartache. Drawing from four decades of psychotherapy and personal growth, Ken explores the profound difference between "attractions of deprivation"—those intense, addictive relationships that mirror old wounds—and "attractions of inspiration"—connections rooted in mutual respect, safety, and emotional integrity. He also unpacks how asking one soulful question—“Do I feel safe and seen?”—can...

Sex, Spirit, Love, and Longing: My Personal Journey | Part 3 [EP 212]

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Can a broken road really lead you home to love? Ken Page shares the raw and profound story of how he finally found real, lasting love—by embracing his deepest fears, honoring his longing, and listening to the gentle whispers of spirit. From navigating intimacy during the AIDS crisis to forming a heartfelt support group of “chronically single shrinks,” Ken weaves a touching narrative of heartbreak, healing, and joy. His journey leads to adopting a child from Cambodia, launching his Deeper Dating movement, and marrying the love of his life just before his father’s passing. This is a...

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The biggest study of the American single experience just came out.

In this episode, I interview one of its key authors; Dr. Amanda Gesselman, Director of Sex & Relationship Science at Match and a Research Scientist at the Kinsey Institute.

Get ready to hear some really fascinating things about what's happening for single people in America. Sex, love, dating, AI; it's all in this report!

Listen For:

4:21 Turning the Tables: Singlehood as Empowerment

9:34 The Emotional Disconnect Between Men and Women

17:56 Intentional Dating The 30-Minute Rule

23:16 Attraction vs. Attraction Patterns

30:35 The Silent Epidemic Miscommunication in Dating Intentions

39:52 Gen Z and the Gender Spectrum

41:26 AI in Dating Useful Tool or Dealbreaker

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