Episode 16 - Human Connection: Why It's Missing in Today's World — A Conversation with Gia Sullivan

Amazing.

And can you explain a little bit of how it works? Because I really think it's so interesting, especially now where a lot of people are afraid to approach others, and I, I get this comment a lot from men specifically.

Men are terrified of r- of approaching women.

Fear of rejection is one of them, and I think that's inevitable, right? That's kind of just putting ourselves out there.

We- we're going to face rejection, men and women alike, but that's one of the big ones, I think.

And just coming off as a creep.

Yeah.

Men are terrified of that.

We see things-

Yeah

... one of the ...

I had a men's dating coach on a few weeks ago, and he was just saying there's this huge stigma against men reaching out, or not reaching out, but approaching women s- specifically at gyms and things like that.

So yeah.

Yes.

[laughs] You know, it's funny 'cause the gym topic is one that just keeps coming up.

Yeah.

Good one.

I was talking to a guy today, and it's like, you know, he's like, "Sometimes I think about it, but I've been told never to approach women at the gym, so I just like, you know, put my head down." And I think everybody has different opinions on whether or not they would like to be approached at the gym, but the way that Ready to Mingle works, and one of my favorite things about it, is that you're in complete control.

So there are times where I'm going to the gym, and I do not wanna be approached, right? I'm letting go of my day, doing my thing.

And then there's other times where I would love it if someone would come up and say hi, and sometimes I'm like, "Why isn't anyone coming up and saying hi?" So when the Ready light's on, it lets others know that they have permission to approach, and when it's off, they don't.

So it brings clarity and consent back to real life connection, whether you're at the gym or, like, any other setting.

And I, I often hear from my guy friends too, it was kind of like things changed post-COVID, and I think things changed post-Me Too as well.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, so they're feeling, you know, even less comfortable approaching women.

And I think if you have, like, one bad experience [laughs] at the gym, you know, it's embarrassing, and you don't want it to happen again, and so then you stop approaching.