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Paging Dr. NerdLove

Paging Dr. NerdLove

Harris O'Malley

Doctor NerdLove is here to help you get your dating life in order with the best dating advice and positive masculine self-improvement on the Internet. Doctor NerdLove is not really a doctor
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Paging Dr. NerdLove episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Paging Dr. NerdLove for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Paging Dr. NerdLove episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Right now, we are living through the most stressful, even outright traumatic year that most of have ever faced in our lives. Even if you’re in a relatively good place, we’re all getting hit with bad news, more stories of police violence, political corruption, the continuing pandemic, even potential fallout from the election. It can be incredibly hard to have a positive attitude and solid confidence. It can be hard not to look around and say “how am I supposed to have the strength to keep going?"

But you need that emotional strength, powerful confidence and positive attitude more than ever. And the first step is to recognize the things that are stealing your happiness and sabotaging your life and learn how to build the emotional strength it takes to persevere, that appealing confidence and the positive attitude that can help build strong relationships and help you face and overcome the challenges in your life that seem impossible.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Why one simple word can ruin your self-confidence
  • How we convince ourselves that we're powerless... when we're not
  • The mistake we make that makes us miserable... no matter what we do
  • How we talk ourselves out of success
  • Why your rivals can be your greatest allies

... and so much more.

RELATED LINKS:

The 5 Things You Need To Know To Succeed At Dating

What "Forged In Fire" Can Teach Us About Manhood

Unlearning Helplessness

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy

"Your Attitude Controls Your Dating Success"

Transcript available at doctornerdlove.com

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #126 - Why Online Dating SUCKS (And 5 Ways To Fix It)
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11/06/19 • 19 min

Online dating sucks. Doesn't matter if it's Tinder, Bumble, OKCupid or Christian Mingle. Men get next to no matches, women get flooded with awful messages, bots, trolls and zombie profiles run rampant on most apps... it's like trying to find a diamond in a pit of sewage. Most dating apps seem designed to be frustrating to ANYONE who wants to date someone of the opposite sex.

But it doesn't have to bet that bad.

Here's why online dating is so awful... and 5 ways you can make it better.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What science has discovered about how men and women use Tinder
  • Why men match with women less than .6% of the time
  • How to use dating app algorithms to your advantage
  • Why you're using the WRONG dating app
  • How The Cat Theory of Online Dating can improve your matches
  • The biggest sin of online dating

... and so much more.

RELATED LINKS:

Private Coaching With Dr. NerdLove

How To Master Tinder

Tune Up Your Tinder Profile

How To Get Laid (Without Being a F*ckboy)

Texting Mistakes Men Make

How To Write The Perfect Online Dating Message Transcript available at patreon.com/DrNerdLove

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #80 - How To Make New Friends (When You're Out Of College)
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06/14/18 • 16 min

Men on the whole, and white, heterosexual men in particular, tend to have fewer friends than women and the friendships they do have tend to be shallower and less fulfilling. It’s really not uncommon for guys to look up and realize just how few friends they have outside of family members and romantic relationships. And by then... it feels like it’s too late. After all, it's easy to make friends when you're in college. But how do you go about making friends when you're a grown man?

Show Highlights:

  • How men train themselves out of having close friends
  • Why male friendships tend to be shallower than female friendships
  • Why it's harder to make friends after college
  • The Friendship Formula: what it takes to make close friends
  • How to turn acquaintances into lifelong friendships

...and so much more

Related Links:

Men And the Epidemic of Loneliness

Five Secrets To Make People Like You

How To Make New Friends

Building a Closer Friendship Between Men

Finding Strength Through Vulnerability

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Recently Henry Cavill gave his thoughts about flirting in a post #MeToo era during an interview with GQ Australia, where he claimed to be afraid that flirting with someone might lead to his being dragged through hell because... reasons. And while he has since apologized for his insensitive remarks, they struck a chord with many people: where do you find the line between welcome flirting and sexual harassment? Does it come down to “flirting is when women like you and harassment is when they don’t"? What are the rules that define what's flirting and what isn't?

Show Highlights:

  • Why do some men get away with flirting with women when other men get called out for it?
  • Why "Just Be Attractive" gets it wrong
  • The crucial details that make the difference between welcome flirting and unwelcome invasions of space
  • How to tell when someone wants you to flirt with them
  • Why nobody is harassing people by accident

...and so much more

Related Links:

How To Not Be The Office Creeper

Understanding The Dangers of Dating

What It Takes To Be A Better Man

Read Her Signs (Without Reading The Tea Leaves)

Sexual Harassment in Nerd Culture

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #94 - How To Be A Better Man

#94 - How To Be A Better Man

Paging Dr. NerdLove

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10/11/18 • 14 min

Over the last month, the nation has had one of many conversations about sexual assault and the affect it has on survivors. And as more women speak up, sharing their stories, sharing their pain and their rage, there are guys — guys who don’t want to be part of the problem, who want to be good men — who want to know what they can do to make things better.

And the answer is simple: men need to step up. We need to learn to be the men we were always meant to be and the men the world needs right now. We need to learn how to be better.

Show Highlights:

  • Why men need to do the work to make the world better
  • How the system we live in keeps men from seeing the realities women live with
  • Why it's important to simply listen to women
  • What #believewomen actually means
  • Why we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable

...and so much more

Related Links:

Nerds and Male Privilege

What Does It Take To Be A Better Man?

Reclaiming Manhood: Detoxifying Toxic Masculinity

Why It's So Hard To Be A Good Man

Captain America and Non-Toxic Masculinity

Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes , Stitcher and on YouTube.

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #101 - This is Why You Can't Get Over Her
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11/29/18 • 16 min

Friends, do you suffer from uncontrollable longing for someone who barely knows you’re alive? Are you unable to get over that break up, even after months or years? Do you have the sinking feeling that nobody in the world could be as right for you or mean as much as she does? Are you afraid that this was your last chance for true love?

Then you may suffer from a disease known as Oneitis. Symptoms include heart palpitations, hopelessness, anxiety, terminal loneliness, embarrassing Spotify playlists, failed romantic relationships and a tendency to seek out pornstars that look like your ex. But there is hope! Stay tuned for a special offer that’s guaranteed to cure your oneitis... Today!

Show Highlights:

  • Why it's so hard to get over an ex
  • What we get wrong about Oneitis
  • How to understand why you can't get over her
  • Why you need to practice some radical forgiveness
  • How learning to get over your ex can make your relationships better

... and so much more.

Related Links:

Eliminating Neediness

How To Develop An Abundance Mentality

Do You Suffer From Oneitis

How To Get Over Her

Getting Over Your Fear of Rejection

Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes , Stitcher and on YouTube.

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #88 - Why Nice Guys Lose (And Bad Boys Win)
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08/09/18 • 12 min

Doctor's Note: There's a recurring audio issue with this week's episode that I wasn't able to fully eliminate. I've edited around it as best as I could but it'll crop up a couple times. Sorry about that.

The idea that women like “bad boys” or “assholes”, and that there a bright line between guys who get dates — the assholes — and guys who don’t — the “nice guys” gets kicked around in dating circles as though it were gospel truth. It’s one that feels true, especially if you’re someone who thinks they fall into the nice guy side of the equation. But the reality is very different.

The issue isn’t that bad boys are desirable and nice guys are unattractive because science or evolutionary psychology or anything else. It’s far simpler than that. It’s not about what those supposed ‘bad boys’ do. It’s about what the nice guys... don’t.

Show Highlights:

  • Why nice guys buy into the myth of the bad boy
  • How nice guys hinder their own success
  • The simple, easy way to transform an average joe into a hot man about town
  • How your attitude affects your attractiveness
  • The one thing "bad boys" know that nice guys don't

...and so much more

Related Links:

Being a Nice Guy Isn't Good Enough

What Bad Boys Know That Nice Guys Don't

What is The "It" Factor

The Appeal of "Bad Boys"

5 Attraction Myths... DEBUNKED

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #142 — 5 Things You Need To Get Your Life Together
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05/07/20 • 21 min

How happy are you with your life right now? If you're like most people, you probably have a list of major changes you’ve wanted to make. You may even have looked at the current pandemic as your chance to work on yourself and get your life where you want it to be.

Now tell me, how far HAVE you gotten on that list? The odds are not very far. You probably attacked it like a man possessed... only to find your motivation and desire drained away. Now you’re basically back where you started, just more frustrated than before and wondering why you’re such a failure.

Except, you’re not a failure. Honestly, you were always going to end up in this situation. Because here's a secret: this was always going to backfire on you because you — like most people — were going about this the wrong way.

That's why,. Let's do this.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What everyone gets wrong about self-improvement
  • Why your problem isn't a lack of discipline or willpower
  • How you accidently sabotage your own progress
  • Why most self-improvement plans fall apart within weeks, if not days
  • How ritual and routine leads to success

... and so much more.

RELATED LINKS:

The Dating Accelerator Program

Starting From Zero How To Take Dating to the Next Level 5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Social Skills Maintaining Positive Changes in Your Life How To Improve Your Willpower

Transcript available here

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It's very easy to feel like you’re forever going to be defined by your worst decisions or your biggest mistakes. But while you can't change your past, you can change your future. By examining one of the best redemption arcs in modern media, we can learn how Prince Zuko overcame trauma and earned his redemption... and find how we can learn to find our own in the process.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How our response to trauma can shape our lives... and why it can transform us into different people
  • Why a desire for acceptance can turn people into villains
  • How to make a break with the past to build a new future
  • Why it's so hard to make amends
  • Why you have to let go of your desire to be "right"

...and so much more

RELATED LINKS:

How Do You Find Redemption? — https://www.doctornerdlove.com/find-redemption/

How Toxic Masculinity Hurts Everyone — https://www.doctornerdlove.com/toxic-masculinity/

Recovering From Failure — https://www.doctornerdlove.com/recovering-from-failure/

Why It's So Hard To Be A Good Man — https://www.doctornerdlove.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-be-a-good-man/

Solving The Incel Phenomenon — https://www.doctornerdlove.com/incel-phenomenon/

Transcript available at doctornerdlove.com

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Paging Dr. NerdLove - #90 - How To Be More Attractive... Instantly!
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08/23/18 • 17 min

When we talk about being attractive, we tend to think of it in terms of being physically good looking. But there’s a difference between being good looking and being attractive. People can be stunningly beautiful but have all the sex appeal of a block of wood. Meanwhile there can be people who are ugly as sin and yet have an almost mystical level of sex-appeal.

Being attractive isn’t about whether you have abs like whoah or cheekbones that you could cut cheese with. It’s not about your skull or your jawline; it’s about the way you present yourself and the effort you put in. Attractiveness is about the holistic person and the little changes that make you go from "nice" to "...niiiiiice".

Show Highlights:

  • Why physical looks are only a small part of attraction
  • The simplest and quickest way to change how you look
  • One simple tip for an amazing haircut
  • The number one way men kill attraction
  • Why most men will never actually improve

...and so much more

Related Links:

The Subtle Things That Make Men More Attractive

Which Matters More, Looks or Personality?

Discover Your Style

5 Things Men Do That Make Them Less Attractive

5 Ways To Look Better (Without Going Broke)

Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes , Stitcher and on YouTube.

Like the podcast? Become a Dr. NerdLove patron at Patreon.com/DrNerdLove

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How many episodes does Paging Dr. NerdLove have?

Paging Dr. NerdLove currently has 100 episodes available.

What topics does Paging Dr. NerdLove cover?

The podcast is about Geek, Nerds, Health & Fitness, Dating, Nerd, Love, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Advice, Sexuality and Geeks.

What is the most popular episode on Paging Dr. NerdLove?

The episode title '#155 — The 5 Things That Make People Like You... Instantly.' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Paging Dr. NerdLove?

The average episode length on Paging Dr. NerdLove is 22 minutes.

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Episodes of Paging Dr. NerdLove are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.

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The first episode of Paging Dr. NerdLove was released on Mar 15, 2018.

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