The episode in which we talk about sex with two guys we just met. Our guests Lance and Matt are the hosts of “Seniors 94” a podcast about “middle aged men and their feelings”. Lance is married to his high school sweetheart and Matt is separated from his wife and sorting all that out. It was a fun conversation for us (warning! not our usual PG content) and after sharing our individual stories, we got into post-marriage sex & intimacy, and communicating with new partners about STDs and preferences. “Seniors 94” also featured a version of our conversation on their recent podcast episode, so be sure to check them out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have many feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships.

Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Mindset coach Dawn M. Rivers, dedicated yogi, educator and entrepreneur, joins us to share her story of self discovery and empowerment and how she gained peace and strength during and after her divorce. Her goal to be “happy, whole and free” has informed her life for 10+ years and is allowing her to apply her experiences by coaching other women toward professional and personal fulfillment. Find Dawn on social media:

Instagram @dawnmrivers website www.dawnmrivers.com
tiktok @dawn_mindsetcoach

RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Our guest, Dan, has learned that making marriage and love last is an “act of will”. Dan met his wife 20 years ago on e-Harmony when they were both 58 and divorced. He fell in love with her and her artwork (and her artwork, incidentally, is how Samantha met Dan and convinced him to join us on RBL). Despite him living in Alabama and she in Michigan, they worked it out and are still working it out today. Dan shares that, at 78, he’s grateful for the opportunity to reflect on his past relationships and is learning to understand how his expectations of marriage and partnership perhaps did not serve him, his partners, or his relationships, well in the past. At this point in his life and his marriage he’s learned that a happy marriage doesn’t mean that you both have to be happy all the time and have identical thoughts and interests.

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

It’s Just Lunch matchmaker Natalie Fry joins us today and talks about the process of matchmaking, tells matchmaking stories and gives us her take on the matchmaking tv shows. Samantha concludes with a few stories from people she knows who have used matchmaking services. Biggest takeaway? Matchmakers can’t magically make the perfect partner appear for you—it’s a process that may take some time, patience and a little luck.

Natalie Fry | Matchmaker | It’s Just Lunch | 612.436.5008

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…

Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

We’re back! We have new tunes, new ideas and lots of fun and interesting guests lined up to share their stories. We’re kicking off Season 2 by chatting with Samantha’s neighbor, Jake, who discusses his dating experiences prior to “failing” at Tinder seven years ago. The conversation leads Samantha to a few realizations about what she might be looking for in a relationship and Jake makes some suggestions for her next foray onto the dating apps.

Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland Ohio, USA and have lots of thoughts and questions about love, friendships, relationships, family, divorce, dating and life.

Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.

Tune in to hear their stories and conversations on life and relationships. Find and follow Rust Belt Love on Instagram @RBLovePod.

Podcast music: Outside Friend https://on.soundcloud.com/W197DLsn7WDGrJDo9

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

The holiday season is upon us. Cathy and Samantha share their stories of holidays past, present and future and tips for getting through to January. As we all know, the holidays can be very emotional and complicated as often as they can be merry and full of cheer. Make plans with your friends, try not to over indulge in food and drink, have low expectations for everything and everyone, be kind to others and, most importantly--take good care of yourself.

Samantha and Cathy are two (50+) single women talking about love, dating, friendships, family etc. from the suburbs of the Rust Belt, USA. Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Linehan Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health therapy. She has two children. Cathy works in a local healthcare system as a program manager and yoga instructor. She has 4 children. Tune in to hear their stories and musings on life and relationships.

Find and follow us on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: umumumu by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fania Katz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Guest Caroline joins us to discuss a listener question about where to go on a first date and we get into over-planned dates, spontaneous dates, coffee dates, the friend zone, “cuffing season”, and the possibility of a misshapen eggplant.  

We discuss the uncertainty we all are living with in the world right now, post-pandemic virtual burnout which has resulted in our disinterest in the dating app logarithms and our desire for seeking out  friendship and/or love with others IRL.   

The Pear Ring (“the world’s biggest social experiment”) https://pearring.co/en-us

Cuffing Season 2023 article: https://www.wellandgood.com/cuffing-season/amp/

Samantha and Cathy are two (50+) single women talking about love, dating, friendships, family, divorce etc. from the suburbs of the Rust Belt, USA. Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Linehan Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health therapy. She has two children.

Cathy works in a local healthcare system as a program manager and yoga instructor. She has 4 children. Tune in to hear their stories and musings on life and relationships.

Find and follow us on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: umumumu by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fania Katz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle

Samantha’s friend, Joe, joins us to discuss his journey from “horrible husband” to consciously working on, and being present in, his current relationship. His journey includes two marriages, children, coming to terms with his extra-marital affairs, a cancer diagnosis, getting (and staying) sober and being accountable for his actions.

Samantha and Cathy are two (50+) single women talking about love, dating, friendships, family, divorce etc. from the suburbs of the Rust Belt, USA. Samantha is a masters level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed independent chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Linehan Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health therapy. She has two children. Cathy works in a local healthcare system as a program manager and yoga instructor. She has 4 children. Tune in to hear their stories and musings on life and relationships.

Find and follow us on Instagram @RBLovePod

Podcast music: umumumu by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fania Katz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Podcast artwork: Good Parts @goodpartscle