Seeing Other People

Welcome to the Third Annual End of Year Episode! I sit down with my Associate Producer, Camila Vola, to reflect on 2023 and look ahead to 2024. We discuss my highs and lows of the year, biggest wins and biggest challenges, accomplished goals, and more. We talk about wedding planning, favorite episodes and guests, New Year's resolutions, mindset shifts, how to best approach dating in the new year, and so much more.Thank you guys for the best 2023 ever. Cheers to a happy and healthy 2024! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm joined by a 25-year-old male listener from South Africa, who shares the painful dating experience he recently went through and how he's navigating his healing era. Then he answers your questions about what guys want to see on a dating app profile, what to do if you're a bad texter, whether or not men put you in a hookup vs date box, what his dealbreakers are, if it matters which gender says ILY first, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Gulotta, NYC Therapeutic Wellness founder and host of Quiet The Clock Podcast, discusses societal pressures on women to meet milestones, challenges expectations, and overcomes feeling behind. Reflects on love and relationships, the illusion of a perfect relationship, and the importance of having a clear vision in dating. Explores attachment styles and the need to be kind to ourselves while recognizing accomplishments. Shares evolving beliefs and invites listeners to engage and share dating horror stories.

On this solo unfiltered, I'm answering your questions about fears I have for marriage, fighting in relationships, people having photos of their ex on their Instagram, friendships changing, how I knew Jake was the one, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TW: This episode may be triggering to those with sensitivities surrounding disordered eatingI'm joined by health and wellness creator, Jordanna Drazin AKA The Daily Schvitz! We hear how Jordanna met her long-term boyfriend on Birthright while she was dating someone else. We hear how they ended up reconnecting once she was single, and how she wasn't sure if their first date was actually a date or a catch-up as just friends. We discuss changing in your twenties, maintaining independence in relationships, dating in eating disorder recovery, and so much more.Follow Jordanna on TikTok @thedailyschvitz and Instagram @thedailyschvitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm joined by a 66-year-old divorcee who opens up about looking for love a third time around. She opens up what she learned from her first two marriages, what she say if she could go back and give her younger self advice, and what she's looking for now. We hear about her dating app experiences including which apps she's using, what points she's experiencing, and how she makes the most of each date. Finally, she shares some hilarious date fails along with the best advice she has for all of us.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m joined by Dara Pollak and Kunal Arora, hosts of You Both Suck podcast, to decide once and for all what the best type of date is: dinner, drinks, or activities. We chat splitting the bill, whether or not there is such thing as too much therapy, and what red flags we missed in our last relationships. We answer listener questions about navigating a situation where you realize you don’t want something casual with someone you hooked up with, and how to find out if someone you met IRL is in a relationship or not.  Check out You Both Suck on Spotify!No more boring dates! Take your dates (or your relationship, wine nights, family dinners & more) to the next level with Where Do You Draw The Line, the best icebreaker game of all time. Grab yours at wdydtl.com/buy and enter code ILANA at checkout for 20% off.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Unfiltered, I'm joined by Jason, a 34-year-old from Cape Town living in London. He shares how men rarely open up about their dating lives and feelings to each other, which can lead to a feeling of loneliness when going through something. He takes us through situations with four women he met last year on dating apps that all ended in a similar way. We hear what he's learned from these experiences, how they've impacted him, and what he's hoping for moving forward in his dating life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m joined by Dani Kravette, a longtime friend and 27 year old navigating modern dating in NYC. We chat about being a “boyfriend girl,” feeling surrounded by friends in relationships, and debate if someone’s reason for ending things actually matters. We dissect her Hinge profile, chat about not drinking on dates, discuss her dealbreakers, and cackle over her hilarious dating stories.No more boring dates! Take your dates (or your relationship, wine nights, family dinners & more) to the next level with Where Do You Draw The Line, the best icebreaker game of all time. Grab yours at wdydtl.com/buy and enter code ILANA at checkout for 20% off.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Unfiltered, I'm joined by a 40-year-old woman who opens up about getting divorced after 15 years of marriage to her high school sweetheart. She shares how their relationship changed over time and how they were able to end things on positive terms. We hear what it was like to be independent for the first time ever in her mid-thirties and how she processed the divorce by moving to LA and taking time to heal. Finally, we hear what it was like dating for the first time and what's been going on with the relationship she has been in for the past year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices