When you’re facing a terminal illness, getting and keeping a partner is a unique challenge. Dating is hard enough, but singles with a limited time left may want to have some social fun while they can.
Taking a light-hearted approach to dating while dying makes it simpler and more enjoyable. Honesty about your situation can make things a little less stressful.
Listen as Josie Rubio joins Dr. Pamela Peeke to discuss her personal journey of dating while dying.
Sponsor:
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Featuring:
Josie Rubio, Writer
Josie Rubio is a New York City–based writer and editor with 20 years of experience in print and digital publications. Her work has appeared on
DealNews.com,
Guggenheim.org,
CMJ,
The Huffington Post,
Refinery29,
DailyWorth,
Brooklyn Based,
Van Winkle’s,
Addiction.com and
The Local,
The New York Times blog covering the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and in print in
The New York Times,
The Red Hook Star-Revue,
Music’s Bottom Line, Shape and
Vegetarian Times.
For five years, Josie worked at
VIVmag, a digital magazine for women, where my responsibilities included overseeing the nutrition section and the VIV Says daily blog. Before working at
VIV, she was employed at
Columbus Monthly, Columbus, Ohio’s premier city magazine, for nearly 10 years.
