Buckle up, because this week’s episode is basically a dating fever dream—and it all came from ONE listener’s DMs. (Girl, you know who you are 👀)

Ellyn dives into a buffet of dating shenanigans courtesy of one brave soul who submitted everything from questionable Facebook ads to cruise ship heartbreak.

I’m throwing it back to exactly one year ago when I met a guy on the 4th of July—and it somehow turned into four months of lukewarm texting, weird memes, and “are you free right now?” phone calls.

This guy? Not quite a stage 5 clinger. More like a solid stage 3. But it got weird. From Insta-stalking my stories to texting me at 5:45 AM with “we should do attractive things,” it was a slow, cringe-filled spiral that ended with him texting me TWO months after I said I wasn’t interested. Bro. Take the L.

I'm talking about a wild (or just interesting...?) update: my MOM wants to set me up on a blind date.

Is this what hitting dating rock bottom looks like—or is it the start of a Hallmark movie arc? I'm spilling the tea on the text that started it all, her mixed feelings about community matchmaking, and why she's both mortified and lowkey into it.

But that’s not all.

I'm sitting down with my friend Michal Kaye, a single Jewish woman living in Israel, to unpack what dating looks like across generations, cultures, and belief systems—yet feels remarkably the same.

Someone recently said, “It’s not the apps—it’s the people on them.”

My response? Nah. It’s the apps.

And this episode is the full rant you’ve been waiting for.

Ever walked away from a “perfectly nice” date and still felt off about it? That’s not you being dramatic—it’s your intuition doing its job.

Feeling like dating is a second job you never applied for? You're not imagining it. In this crossover episode pulled from Ellyn’s ⁠Burnout Proof podcast⁠, we’re diving deep into what it means to date from a place of exhaustion, disillusionment, and straight-up emotional whiplash.

This one’s fresh off a 2000s dance party—and I’ve got a hot take for the men still standing on the sidelines. If you've ever looked around the club and thought, “Why do all these men look like they were dragged here against their will?”—same, babe.

Why would a 36-year-old high-achieving solopreneur—who’s definitely still single—start a dating and relationships podcast? In this very first episode of You're Too Picky, Ellyn gets radically honest about her own dating history, insecurities, and the real reasons she's launching this pod.

The You’re Too Pick podcast is HERE and I’m SO excited to share it with you! Consider this your intro podcast into the You’re Too Picky podcast!

We’ll dive into what you can expect, some of the fun segments to come, and TONS more! Enjoy!