Reframing Attachment Theory: Embracing a Growth Mindset

This week, Erik talks to dating coach and former Stripe engineer Joyce Zhang and reveals her strategic dating frameworks and explains why people's standards are too low (not high). She introduces her controversial "hardball" filtering technique, and argues that dating apps work excellently with proper strategy—but self-love remains the biggest bottleneck.

Modern Relationships is a podcast from Turpentine. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

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LINKS:

Joyce Zhang Substack:
https://thejoycezhang.substack.com/

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Joyce - @thejoycezhang

Erik - @eriktorenberg

Turpentine - @turpentinemedia