
Piece of the Puzzle
Unlocking the mysteries of midlife (30 to 50 year olds) dating through real-life stories to give hope and share learnings.Join a fellow midlife dater on the path to finding love, your host Anita, as she takes you on an authentic, relatable and humorous journey looking at midlife dating. Midlife dating can be beautiful, painful, funny, excruciating and inspiring. It can lead to the holy grail of a soulmate relationship but rarely without an interesting story along the way. This podcast focuses on everyday people’s stories – both the success stories and nightmare dates from hell – and teaches us that even the most disastrous stories can lead to us to important lessons in life and reminds us that we are not alone. Some of the questions we explore in the podcast– what is stopping people from online dating? What makes someone swipe left or right? What are the deal breakers when dating in midlife? Is there a strategy to success? What is ghosting and why do people do it? This podcast explores the everyday and the extraordinary moments of midlife dating, seeks to normalise the issues that arise, reduce the stigma of being single in midlife and support people who are on the sometimes difficult, sometimes beautiful journey to finding midlife love.
Podcasting since 2020 • 7 episodes
Piece of the Puzzle
Latest Episodes
POP006 - Is this the new babysitter? Single parenting and midlife dating
By the time we get to midlife, many of us have fallen into one of two camps - the 'have kids' and the 'have nots'. So how do both sides navigate midlife dating? What are the experiences and challenges of single parents trying to date midlife an...
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Episode 7
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50:36

POP005 - Infectious love. Dating during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic has thrown our lives into turmoil, including our traditional ways of dating midlife. However humans are incredibly adaptable, resilient and our need for human connection and intimacy does not vanish just because a life thr...
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Episode 6
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39:51

POP004 - I'm not racist but...
If there was ever a clear takeaway from this podcast episode regarding midlife dating, it is three simple words - Race Does Matter. As a woman of colour, I have always suspected that my race played a role in my dating prospects, and this was co...
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Episode 5
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35:32

POP003 - Boo! The Act of Ghosting
Ghosting. The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly, and without explanation, disappearing from all communication. This term is most often utilised in the context of online dating. Many of us midlife daters have bo...
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Episode 4
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22:18

POP002 - Should I swipe left or right?
The decision to swipe left or right on someone's online dating profile can be a decision we make within a few seconds. Within those few seconds we are making a series of micro judgments based on people's profile pictures and descriptions about ...
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Episode 3
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23:56
