Late Bloomin Love: Recent Episodes
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A podcast about finding love when it’s about bloomin’ time! Conversations about overcoming barriers to finding love at any age. Advice and encouragement for anyone seeking a love relationship.
On this episode of Late Bloomin’ Love, a conversation with a couple who were friends for nearly two decades before any sparks flew between them.
Susan and Jeff, 48 and 44 respectively, were longtime colleagues, and then hiking buddies, who had no thoughts of romance until a fun road trip together took a surprising turn.
They explain to Amanda Klang why they almost didn’t let themselves open the door to love for fear of losing their friendship, why Susan was ultimately willing to risk it all to let Jeff know how she felt, and why it really IS worth being brave and courageous in that way because of what can happen next.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
Update: The podcast will be taking a break this fall to prepare a new season in 2025. We’ll be back with all new stories and interviews then!
On this episode of Late Bloomin’ Love, a conversation with a cross-cultural couple who met and fell in love after meeting IRL in Montreal.
Kren and Hanene, 62 and 43 respectively, both became first-time newlyweds when they got married last year.
And they explain to Amanda Klang why their cultural, linguistic and religious differences did not deterthem from making a life together but actually revealed a much deeper shared set of values that keep them together.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
On this episode of Late Bloomin’ Love, a conversation with a Montreal woman who didn’t date until her mid-thirties, when her arranged marriage with a man from her parent’s culture ended in divorce.
After that, as a mom of two young kids, she explored dating and began to question the values about relationships that she’d been raised with.
Today Naz is in her forties and happily remarried to someone she met in Montreal.
She explains to Amanda Klang what she learned from her first marriage and divorce and why the key, for her, to finding a great relationship was tapping into what really matters to her.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
Late Bloomin’ Love is back!
With three brand new summer episodes!
It’s THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin'time… with host, Amanda Klang, and guests who join her to talk about love and relationships.
It’s been a while!
But starting next week, Amanda will be bringing you three brand new episodes to round out the summer – a summer you may have spent dating, not dating, in relationship, or not in relationship… but, very likely, thinking about all of it.
Each episodes will consist of a conversation that explores something different:
From a conversation with a Montrealer who never dated before her mid-thirties, when her arranged marriage ended in divorce.
To a chat with a cross-cultural couple whose stark linguistic and religious differences actually drew them together.
And finally to the ultimate late Bloomin’ Love story about a couple who fell in love in their 40s, after being platonic friends - with no secret crushing on either side - for nearly 20 years.
That last episode will drop on Labour Day.
And the others will come, one per week, each Monday before that...starting a week from today.
So keep your your ears tuned!
And meanwhile, enjoy these wonderful, waning days of summer.
Late Bloomin' Love is back!
And so are dynamic guests, Graham and Doreen, aged 87 and 89 respectively.
The Montreal couple first spoke on the podcast last year, soon after they’d met though online dating.
One year later, the now-seasoned pair joins host, Amanda Klang, to talk about how it's all been going.
They share honestly about the joys and challenges of pursuing their love story at this stage of their lives.
They offer advice and answer the question, is it really all worth it?
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
On this episode of Late Bloomin’ Love, a conversation with a Montrealer whose relationship life keeps her busy.
Raquel is a mother of two teens who divides her time between her husband and her boyfriend.
She explains to host Amanda Klang how polyamory works for her and why it offers more rewards than monogamy even though it takes more time and focus.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
On this episode of Late Bloomin’ Love, a replay conversation with the fabulous Kristen Hutchinson, a Montreal-based professor of art and pop culture.
Kristen offers host Amanda Klang her perspective on dating as a person who identifies as queer and polyamorous.
If you’re unsure of what a nesting partner is or how a relationship escalator works - or doesn’t, check out this conversation.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
It's important to choose yourself first before you seek a new romantic partner.
That's what menopause transition coach, Luce Beaulieu, explains in this conversation.
She shares why self-love and self-compassion are important for everyone, but especially for women in mid-life.
Late Bloomin’ Love host, Amanda Klang, learns ways to practice this and why it can be so helpful for anyone who’s single and looking for love.
For more information about Luce Beaulieu’s coaching work, visit her website here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here
A replay episode about dating from the male perspective.
Late Bloomin’ Love host, Amanda Klang, speaks to a guy navigating the online dating world in Toronto and gets his feedback and some advice.
For more information on the podcast or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
Hear one pod listener’s experience of finding love in her forties, after a divorce.
Many, many coincidences are involved in Trish’s story.
And some key advice from her girlfriends.
Late Bloomin’ Love host, Amanda Klang, gets the lowdown on why we should trust that things CAN work out and maybe relax some of our search criteria as we look for love.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
This episode is short and sweet.
It reflects on a discussion about perfectionism, anxiety, and attachment theory, seen through a feminist lens.
That original conversation was on the podcast UnF•ck Your Brain
Here LBL host, Amanda Klang, shares why it may help people, and especially women, in their search for late bloomin’ love.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
Late Bloomin’ Love is back with an encore conversation about online dating from a male perspective.
It also contrasts dating cultures in English and French-speaking Canada.
Host Amanda Klang gets insights from Roberto, a European living in Montreal, who shares his dating experiences in BC and Quebec - where the game is definitely not played the same.
Roberto also offers advice for anyone reluctant to step into dating.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here.
A special episode to mark the podcast’s one year anniversary!
Host Amanda Klang interviews podcast contributor, Shelley Morgan, about late bloomin’ love and taps into her expertise as a healthy aging researcher, educator and advocate for older adults.
They also compare notes on favourite podcast interviews of the past year.
This is Shelley’s last time as a regular voice on the podcast (but we hope she'll be back to visit!)
So check out this chat to hear her positivity and get inspired!
For more information about the podcast you can visit our website here
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
This is part two of a conversation with Kristen Hutchinson, a Montreal-based professor of art and pop culture.
Here Kristen offers her perspective on dating as a person who identifies as queer and polyamorous.
If you’re unsure of what a nesting partner is or how a relationship escalator works - or doesn’t, check out the conversation.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
And Happy New Year!
This episode is for anyone needing a gentle start to "getting out there" in 2023...
Because instead of going on dates yourself, you can watch others take that risk on dating reality shows!
Kristen Hutchinson is our guide to some of those shows today. She's a professor and journalist in Montreal who researches pop culture and art. And she's pre-watched the shows and has some thoughts and recommendations.
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
This week it's a replay of a favourite episode from last season.
It’s part 2 of the conversation with sex educator and best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration.
And we’ll be back with new episodes of the podcast soon!
This episode of Late Bloomin' Love continues the conversation with sex educator and New York Times best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Nagoski wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life." And with it, her goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies.
In Part 1, Emily Nagoski told host, Amanda Klang, that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong. And that her book, which corrects those misunderstandings, is part of a larger project to dismantle sex-negative, oppressive messages around sexuality. It particularly seeks to dismantle the messages that negatively affect women's experiences of their bodies, their sexuality and their sense of self-worth.
In Part 2, Nagoski offers some how-to's for anyone to use if they want to adopt new beliefs that promote positive feelings about their body, their sexuality and their worthiness to love, to desire and to be loved and desired just as they are now.
This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
Hey there! This is Amanda, the host of Late Bloomin' Love, with a pre-intro to a favourite episode of mine from last season:
It’s part 1 of my conversation with sex educator and best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around.
And I’ll be back with new episodes of the podcast soon!
If you're seeking late bloomin' love, how do your attitudes about sex and your body factor in for you? Do they help you create connection and intimacy with another person? Or do they mire you in negative feelings that get in your way?
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator whose goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies. She wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life"
And in this episode of Late Bloomin' Love, Emily Nagoski tells host, Amanda Klang, what she studied, and put in her book, after realizing that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong.
With her work, she aims to be part of a global, multi-generational process of dismantling sex-negative and oppressive messages around sexuality.
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2, of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
In this episode we hear more about dating from the male perspective.
And also about how dating cultures can vary in different parts of Canada.
This time the guest is Roberto, a European living in Montreal, who shares some of his dating experiences in BC and Quebec.
And, according to him, the dating game is not the same in those two places!
Roberto also offers advice for anyone reluctant to date. (And it's worth hearing him out!)
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
Welcome to Season 2 of Late Bloomin’ Love, THE podcast about finding love when it's about bloomin' time!
This episode is the first of the new, Fall season, and we meet a guest from Toronto, Ontario who shares his male perspective on the pros and cons of online dating.
We also catch up with host, Amanda Klang, and her friend and co-conspirator, Shelley Morgan, to hear about their summer adventures (including some dating adventures!)
For more information about the podcast, or to contact us, you can visit our website here
The podcast has been taking a summer break. And so we’ve been sharing our favourite episodes from season one.
This is the last summer replay.
It’s a conversation about friendships and where they fit into the search for late bloomin’ love.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around... Or if you just want to feel good!
And we'll be back next time with an all-new episode of Late Bloomin' Love!
It's the start of another summer season, and here in Montreal, we all know summer is the best time of the year!
So, on this last episode before the pod takes a summer break, we're talking about friendships and asking how important they are in a world that values romantic relationships over all other types of relationship.
Up next, a chat with guests Kristen Hutchinson, a nationally syndicated CBC Radio culture columnist and friend of podcast host, Amanda Klang, and Jen, a friend of both Amanda's and Kristen's.
All three women are in their fabulous fifties, single and dating, and reflecting together on what matters in their lives.
And it turns out, friendships might just matter most of all, making the search for late bloomin' love a fun side project, worth undertaking, but not the ultimate quest for meaning in our lives.
Late Bloomin' Love will be back with new episodes in September.
Meanwhile, the pod team wishes everyone a wonderful summer!
The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people.
And so we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation about finding love after loss.
Have a listen if you missed this episode the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration.
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
This episode, we hear from two listeners of the podcast who wrote to share their experiences of seeking, and finding, late bloomin’ love after losing a partner suddenly, and in one case, tragically.
The first guest is Cynthia Lulham, Montrealer and longtime Westmount city councillor. She tells the story of finding her second great love after being widowed and staying on her own for many years.
The second guest is Helene, a divorced Montrealer in her early 60s who's recently returned home and feels ready to find love again.
Both women have great advice for anyone else seeking late bloomin' love. And as far as they're concerned it's possible for any of us to find it!
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people.
And so we thought we'd share some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation about finding love in your 80s with Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, aged 86 and 88 respectively.
Have a listen if you missed hearing their story the first time around....Or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps. Doreen, especially, recommends using them!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
If you want to be inspired by some New Relationship Energy...
and hear some wisdom, born of experience in life and love, the conversation in this episode is extra special.
Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, met a few months ago when they were 86 and 88 years old respectively.
Their story will make anyone feel optimistic about finding late bloomin' love.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people!
And so we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from season one.
This week it's a replay conversation with a woman who found love on the 50th online date
Have a listen if you missed it the first time around....or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
Need some dating inspiration? This summer replay episode of Late Bloomin' Love has it! Monique Polak tells her story of finding love on her 50th online date. The award-winning Quebec author for young readers says persistence is the key. And a few good luck charms don't hurt either! Her message to anyone on the search for love: Don't give up!
For more information about Monique Polak, you can find her here. For more information about the show, you can visit our website here.
The podcast is taking a summer break to give the team – and hopefully you – a little more free time to get out there and meet new people!
And so we thought w'd share some of our favourite episodes from season one. Starting with this replay conversation about online dating and how to do it!
Have a listen if you missed it the first time around....or if you need a little inspiration to dive back into those dating apps!
And we'll be back in September with all new episodes of Late Bloomin' Love.
REPLAY EPISODE 2: How to use online dating in the search for love
Are you online dating? Needing some inspiration to keep at it? This second episode of Late Bloomin Love has got you covered! Online dating coach, Erika Ettin, explains how she helps her clients get the most out of dating apps and sites as they search for love. She tells host, Amanda Klang, how to write a bang-up profile (hint: quirky is good!) and choose the right pics. And she shares her tips for making the search process both focused and fun.
For more information about Erika Ettin, you can find her here
For more information about the show, you can visit www.latebloominlove.com
It's the start of another summer season, and here in Montreal, we all know summer is the best time of the year!
So, on this last episode before the pod takes a summer break, we're talking about friendships and asking how important they are in a world that values romantic relationships over all other types of relationship.
Up next, a chat with guests Kristen Hutchinson, a nationally syndicated CBC Radio culture columnist and friend of podcast host, Amanda Klang, and Jen, a friend of both Amanda's and Kristen's.
All three women are in their fabulous fifties, single and dating, and reflecting together on what matters in their lives.
And it turns out, friendships might just matter most of all, making the search for late bloomin' love a fun side project, worth undertaking, but not the ultimate quest for meaning in our lives.
Late Bloomin' Love will be back with new episodes in September.
Meanwhile, the pod team wishes everyone a wonderful summer!
This episode features conversations with two listeners of the podcast who wrote to share their experiences of seeking, and finding, late bloomin’ love after losing their partners suddenly, and in one case, tragically.
The first guest is Cynthia Lulham, Montrealer and longtime Westmount city councillor, whose story of finding her second great love, long after the loss of her first husband, can only be called miraculous.
The second guest is Helene, a divorced Montrealer in her early 60s who's recently returned home after many years spent abroad and who feels finally ready to find love again. She is certain this year is her year and her positive energy about it is positively infectious.
Both women share generously from their experience and wisdom and both have great advice for anyone else seeking late bloomin' love.
As far as they're concerned it's definitely possible for any of us to find it.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
If you want to be inspired by some New Relationship Energy...
and hear some wisdom, born of experience in life and love, the conversation in this episode is extra special.
Montreal couple, Graham and Doreen, met a few months ago when they were 86 and 88 years old respectively.
Their story will make anyone feel optimistic about finding late bloomin' love.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
This episode of Late Bloomin' Love continues the conversation with sex educator and New York Times best-selling author, Emily Nagoski.
Nagoski wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life." And with it, her goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies.
In Part 1, Emily Nagoski told host, Amanda Klang, that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong. And that her book, which corrects those misunderstandings, is part of a larger project to dismantle sex-negative, oppressive messages around sexuality. It particularly seeks to dismantle the messages that negatively affect women's experiences of their bodies, their sexuality and their sense of self-worth.
In Part 2, Nagoski offers some how-to's for anyone to use if they want to adopt new beliefs that promote positive feelings about their body, their sexuality and their worthiness to love, to desire and to be loved and desired just as they are now.
This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
If you're seeking late bloomin' love, how do your attitudes about sex and your body factor in for you? Do they help you create connection and intimacy with another person? Or do they mire you in negative feelings that get in your way?
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator whose goal is to help people, and especially women, live with confidence and joy in their bodies. She wrote "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life"
And in this episode of Late Bloomin' Love, Emily Nagoski tells host, Amanda Klang, what she studied, and put in her book, after realizing that everything she'd learned growing up about sex, bodies, gender, safety, love and relationships was wrong.
With her work, she aims to be part of a global, multi-generational process of dismantling sex-negative and oppressive messages around sexuality.
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.
You can find more information about Emily Nagoski here.
For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
Why do we often repeat negative patterns as we search for love? Whether it's chasing someone unavailable or picking a new partner whose shortcomings echo those of our last partner.
Attachment patterns may explain this. They are part of the emotional system in our brain that motivates us to maintain close relationships. And they can prompt us to avoid close relationships if our history suggests to us that closeness is unsafe.
In this episode of Late Bloomin' Love, Dr. Tim Farmer explains the four main attachment patterns common to all humans and offers some strategies to work with them if they undermine our desire to create a close connection with someone. Dr. Farmer is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal who teaches developmental psychology. He also had a private practice as a therapist. For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
What are the chances of this? A Quebec woman finds love as a reality TV dating show contestant. She did not expect to fall in love; she just hoped to try new things (like surfing and hang gliding) with the man she'd been paired up with. And to benefit from the therapy sessions that came with the show. But in December 2021, in front of an audience of 800 thousand TV viewers, the two of them announced they'd become a couple. Vicky Tanguay's message to anyone on the search for love: Believe it's possible. (And maybe get some therapy too!)
For information on the reality show, Si on s'aimait, visit the show website here. For more information about the podcast, you can visit our website here.
Needing some dating inspiration? The 3rd episode of Late Bloomin' Love has it! Monique Polak tells her story of finding love on her 50th online date. The award-winning Quebec author for young readers says persistence is the key. And a few good luck charms don't hurt either! Her message to anyone on the search for love: Don't give up!
For more information about Monique Polak, you can find her here.
For more information about the show, you can visit our website here.
Are you online dating? Needing some inspiration to keep at it? This second episode of Late Bloomin Love has got you covered! Online dating coach, Erika Ettin, explains how she helps her clients get the most out of dating apps and sites as they search for love. She tells host, Amanda Klang, how to write a bang-up profile (hint: quirky is good!) and choose the right pics. And she shares her tips for making the search process both focused and fun.
For more information about Erika Ettin, you can find her here or here.
For more information about the show, you can visit www.latebloominlove.com
If you still haven't found the love relationship you want, you're not alone. In this first episode of Late Bloomin Love, Montreal relationship coach, Régine Coicou, explains that many of her clients feel they've never had the love relationship they want. She tells host, Amanda Klang, how she helps people change their mindset about what's possible in love. For more information about Régine, you can find her here @reginecoicoucoach or here @reginecoicou For more information about the show, you can visit www.latebloominlove.com