Silver Linings: The Positive Side of Ghosting with This Morning's Emma Kenny

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08/29/23 • 54 min

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Helloooo, and welcome to Season 9 of Mads World! You're about to listen to Silver Linings: The Positive Side of Ghosting with Emma Kenny!

This week I am joined by psychologist, TV presenter, writer and expert media commentator Emma Kenny! Emma is recognised as one of the UK’s leading TV psychological experts. She is perhaps best known for her role as resident therapist and agony aunt on ITV’s This Morning where, during the viewer phone-in segment of the show, she provides expert advice on a whole range of sensitive issues. A regular voice on the airwaves, Emma provides expert opinion on many radio stations, including BBC Radio, Heart, Magic and many of the popular stations across the globe. Emma has featured on popular podcasts including Russell Brand’s Under the Skin and True Geordie.

Contributing regularly to editorial for publications including Grazia and Cosmopolitan, Emma’s weekly column and On the Couch therapy sessions are a popular feature in Closer magazine.

Emma has been working with Plenty of Fish on some research aiming to flip the narrative on ghosting so single people can explore the silver lining of ghosting! The research has shown that:

Singles save nine days every year from being ghosted
54% actually welcome being ghosted
Singles are using the time to invest in themselves including practising more self-care (33%), and prioritising relationships with family and friends (31%)
56% are choosing to reflect positively on the times they have been ghosted
47% of Brits would raise a toast to their ghost

In this episode, we discuss how mental health impacts our dating experiences, how self-esteem and mental health are intertwined, how handling ghosting appropriately can be seen as a positive tool for self-preservation, communication techniques or strategies, viewing ghosting as an opportunity and how ghosting could be seen as a healthy option.

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Music: The.Jones.Project_93

Helloooo, and welcome to Season 9 of Mads World! You're about to listen to Silver Linings: The Positive Side of Ghosting with Emma Kenny!

Contributing regularly to editorial for publications including Grazia and Cosmopolitan, Emma’s weekly column and On the Couch therapy sessions are a popular feature in Closer magazine.

Emma has been working with Plenty of Fish on some research aiming to flip the narrative on ghosting so single people can explore the silver lining of ghosting! The research has shown that:

Singles save nine days every year from being ghosted
54% actually welcome being ghosted
Singles are using the time to invest in themselves including practising more self-care (33%), and prioritising relationships with family and friends (31%)
56% are choosing to reflect positively on the times they have been ghosted
47% of Brits would raise a toast to their ghost

Click here to find Mads World social media, submit questions to the website, or buy me a coffee.

Cover Art: Veredien

Music: The.Jones.Project_93

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