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Aug 2021
55m 42s

"Get Knocked Down 2 Times, Get Back Up 3...

Ilana Dunn
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Ilana sits down with a 28 heterosexual woman who currently lives in New York. She opens up about her first dating app experiences in 2019, which included somebody who ghosted her out of nowhere followed by a situation that had a tremendous negative impact on her mental and physical health. We discuss how she overcame these traumatizing experiences in order t ... Show More
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