The week of Monday, Oct. 12, Please Advise is hosted by Nayeema Raza, host of the podcast "Smart Girl, Dumb Questions." The theme for this week is "Dating, mating and procreating"

• Relationship expert Jillian Turecki shares her tips on finding love (starting with loving yourself) and dating for long-term compatibility.
• Author Stephanie Coontz, whose many books interrogate gender dynamics, marriage and partnerships throughout history. She offers advice from her research on building a happy, emotionally healthy, stable home life with a partner.
• Journalist Anna Sussman, author of "Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty," shares her insights on choices around family planning, complicated fertility, and other logistics that go into growing your family.

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