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Better Conversations: Dating

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$59 AUD

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BRUXA x Nocturnal Salon

Hosted by Laura Roscioli & Madelene Kadziela

Sponsored by BRUXA & Moi Magazine

July we welcome Better Conversations: Dating an evening exploring modern dating, inviting us to ask the questions that so often go unspoken.

This evening is co-hosted by sex writer, podcast host ‘The Sex That Changed My Life’ and founder of Sexy Book Club, Laura Roscioli, alongside Madelene Kadziela, founder of the award-winning intimate care brand BRUXA and the private members' society Nocturnal.

Part intimate salon, part curated dating event.

Better Conversations: Dating weaves together the lived experiences of your hosts, with the work of some of the most influential writers, philosophers, psychologists and cultural thinkers exploring love, desire and modern relationships, including Esther Perel, Alain de Botton, Anaïs Nin, Nancy Friday and others.

Throughout the evening we'll move through a series of themes & questions exploring modern dating and relationships. Guests are then invited to wander the room, find someone new, and spend the next ten minutes exploring the question together. There is no set seating or formal rotation, simply a room full of curious people.

Arrive looking for romance, friendship, community or simply an evening of exceptional conversation.

Open to singles and anyone curious about modern dating and relationships.

WHEN

Tuesday 21st July, 7-10pm

WHERE

Slowpoke Lounge & Lookout, Level 4/50 Gipps St, Collingwood

DRESS CODE

First date attire

ABOUT

We're living in an age where we have more ways to communicate than ever before, yet many of us have become out of practice on how to truly converse. Our salon Better Conversations is an invitation to slow down, become curious, and rediscover the art of meaningful connection, one question at a time.

THE NIGHT

Throughout the evening we'll move through a series of themes exploring modern dating and relationships. Each chapter begins with a short introduction before a conversation question is revealed.

Guests are then invited to wander the room, find someone new, and spend the next ten minutes exploring the question together. There is no set seating or formal rotation, simply a room full of curious people discovering new conversations throughout the evening.

Conversation Chapters Excerpts

Finding Each Other

Modern dating in an age of endless choice.

Online dating and dating etiquette.
First impressions versus lasting attraction.

The First Date

What creates genuine connection?

Alain de Botton's idea of revealing your "weirdness" earlier rather than later.
Questions worth asking on a first date.

Desire & Intimacy

The conversations we're often too afraid to have.

Esther Perel on desire versus security.
How do we talk openly about sex, fantasies and kink?

Building Healthy Relationships

Moving beyond attraction.

Communication over assumption.
Emotional labour and shared responsibility.
Independence versus togetherness.

Modern Love

Rethinking what relationships can become.

Can chemistry be built?
What does a healthy relationship look like today?