
Navigating Love in the Digital Age
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12/23/24 • 19 min
Today's conversation navigates the complexities of modern relationships, focusing on rising single parenthood and the struggles with commitment. We discuss communication breakdowns, societal expectations of masculinity and femininity, and the influence of generational trauma on today's love lives.
• The rise of single parent households and its implications
• Importance of open communication in relationships
• How past traumas influence current dynamics
• Debating healthy masculinity and femininity
• Effects of generational trauma on modern love
• The impact of digital culture on dating behaviours
• Encouraging listener engagement and discussion
If you never try, you will never know
Today's conversation navigates the complexities of modern relationships, focusing on rising single parenthood and the struggles with commitment. We discuss communication breakdowns, societal expectations of masculinity and femininity, and the influence of generational trauma on today's love lives.
• The rise of single parent households and its implications
• Importance of open communication in relationships
• How past traumas influence current dynamics
• Debating healthy masculinity and femininity
• Effects of generational trauma on modern love
• The impact of digital culture on dating behaviours
• Encouraging listener engagement and discussion
If you never try, you will never know
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Have you noticed
Speaker 1that there's a lot of divorce ,
Speaker 1a lot of relationship breakups
Speaker 1and a lot of single parents
Speaker 1emerging everywhere ?
Speaker 1I've definitely noticed i
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