But there’s nobody that’s scanned this much terrain and has the same level of range of expertise as her.”Ĭlients come to Ms. Finkel said, and “she has less research experience than John Gottman. She doesn’t have the clinical experience that Esther Perel has, Dr. Ury is her distillation of different strains of research on relationships, said Eli Finkel, a psychology professor at Northwestern University and the author of “The All-or-Nothing Marriage,” one of the books on Ms. Ury has been a staple on podcasts, a go-to source in articles and a morning-show guest, often speaking about pandemic-delayed dating. She could fill the self-help aisle of a bookstore with her collection of dating and relationships titles - “Attached,” “Come As You Are,” “Marry Him” - which sit next to 18 copies of her own, “How to Not Die Alone,” a synthesis of psychological literature filled with cutesy takeaways on modern dating. Ury’s carefully curated background includes succulent stubs sticking out of terra cotta pots and a color-coded bookshelf. When I visited, a private chef was “auditioning” for a regular catering gig by serving vegan lox she had concocted out of carrots.
At Radish, members eat dinner together nearly every night and guests are welcome. Research shows that people are happiest when they live in groups, Ms. In layman’s terms, it is a four building compound that she and her husband share with 12 engineers, behavioral scientists, venture capitalists and others, where the bathroom is stocked with goat milk soap and residents communicate using a Slack channel called “not_a_cult.” Ury’s own life too, from her intermittent fasting routine to her life at Radish, the luxury commune, which she deems a scientifically designed utopia. “If it’s an engineering-focused guy, I’ll say ‘loss aversion,’ ‘ sunk cost fallacy.’ I know, with certain people, that makes them want to work with me.”ĭata defines Ms. Her language makes a subset of her clients - especially men from Silicon Valley - “feel safe,” she said. (Translation: Go out with a few younger guys, see how you feel, recalibrate.) “Date like a scientist!” she said when a woman asked how young was too young for her to consider someone a viable romantic partner. Ury’s job: to validate, as much as to volley back what she claims are research-backed strategies for hacking modern romance. “I just want to validate that that’s confusing.” She coiled an enormous scrunchie around her fingers, twisting the fabric into smaller and smaller knots while talking about knees.Ī man wanted to know why the woman he’d just gone out with had turned down a second date, even though she had given him a long hug when they parted and her knees had been pointed at him for much of the date, he said. Ury led a Zoom session for 67 people who had paid nearly $2,000 each for a six-week course, which gave them the chance to ask their most pressing questions about dating. Ury packages her coaching as precise and prestigious, applying the language of Silicon Valley C.E.O.s to a throng of anxious daters.īack at her desk an hour later, Ms. To stand out amid those who love to explain love, Ms.
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