UK Health Radio Podcast
UK Health Radio Podcast
123: Saving with Steve with Steve Sexton - Episode 123
123: Saving with Steve with Steve Sexton - Episode 123
123: Saving with Steve with Steve Sexton - Episode 123
Saturday 28th March 2026
Dating after 45? Steve Sexton and dating coach Andrea Mcginty share smart, practical strategies for online dating, safety, and finding love again.
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Episode Overview
- Focus on 'intelligent dating': choose major, paid dating sites with good safety checks instead of small niche platforms.
- Treat dating like a strategy project: know your goals, pick the right platforms and consider expert help for guidance.
- Use five to six recent, honest photos, including a clear headshot, full-body shot, active shot and a social shot with friends or family.
- Keep early contact short: a few messages, a 10-minute phone call and a first meeting within about five days to avoid endless chatting.
- Give people a fair chance, but decide by the second or third date; if you still feel unsure then, it’s usually a no.
In this lifetime, when people are hitting 60, you have a very good chance you're going to live to your mid-80s or 90s. So it's like a third of your life left. So let's go.
What can we learn from those who have battled addiction? In this chat on UK Health Radio, money expert Steve Sexton surprisingly steps into the dating arena, talking love, online profiles and late-life romance with dating coach Andrea Mcginty, often called the “godmother of dating”.
Aimed at people 45 and over who might be divorced, widowed or simply starting again, the conversation centres on Andrea’s book *Second Act: Winning Strategies for Dating Over 50* and her 35 years of experience and 10,000-plus marriages. She explains that dating in your 40s, 50s and 60s is different from bar-hopping in your 20s, and you’ll hear why a clear strategy matters just as much here as it does with money.
Andrea breaks down the big trend she calls “intelligent dating” – choosing the right sites out of 1,400 options, paying for quality platforms, and getting expert help so you don’t burn out or give up too soon. She stresses staying on major dating sites, steering clear of tiny niche ones, and watching out for scams without letting fear keep you stuck.
There’s plenty of practical advice too: how to choose honest, recent photos (no car selfies, bathroom mirrors or fish, please), why first dates should last about an hour, and how to keep that first phone call to 10 minutes with clear boundaries. She even tackles dating for grown-up kids in their 20s and 30s, suggesting paid apps, meet-up groups, yoga classes and sports bars as realistic ways to meet people.
Throughout, the tone stays light and encouraging, with Andrea reminding people that many in their 60s and beyond easily have a third of their life ahead of them – plenty of time for love, travel and companionship. If you or someone you care about is sober, rebuilding finances and wondering how romance fits into a healthier life, this conversation might be the nudge to start a fresh “second act”.