Maui Bigelow on Dating, Red Flags, Body Confidence & Making Room for Real Love

In this powerful and hilarious Smart Love conversation, LaDonna sits down with Maui Bigelow — plus-size beauty influencer, journalist, community leader, and the creator behind PHAT Girl Fresh. Maui has built a platform around empowering Black women, elevating conversations about health, confidence, beauty, advocacy, and showing up fully in life. This episode gets real about dating with intention, keeping a roster, clearing space for the right man, and recognizing when someone is truly making room for you. Maui opens up about being a dater, why women should date them all until it is serious, her top red flags, embarrassing dating moments, and why some men need to clear their algorithm from too many toxic relationship videos. From health and self-worth to love, dating, faith, and boundaries, this episode is funny, bold, honest, and full of Smart Love lessons. Listen now and ask yourself: are you dating with standards, or just accepting what shows up? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.