Lakshmi explores the idea of “baggage” in today’s dating culture and the sneaky way it can show up for Later Daters in particular.  Sometimes weighing people like an anchor rather than filling them up with momentum and excitement about the future. 

Even terms like divorce, widow, infidelity, never married; they're not just words, they can shape our experience and your ability to connect with others. 

As A Later Dater it's worth figuring out how you want to talk about your past in way that give people a glimpse into who you are rather than simply reaching for the nearest available description. 

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Lakshmi was named among the "Best Guests of 2023" on tech and culture podcast PIVOT with Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-friends-of-pivot/id1073226719?i=1000639439067

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The Later Dater Today is a podcast all about dating Later In Life but mostly the 45-59 window. This overlooked and often misunderstood part of the dating timeline is both under-discussed and wildly undervalued. Host, Lakshmi Rengarajan has been trying to bring both innovation as well as an analog approach to how we date today for the past 15 years. 

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