Ask a Matchmaker

It's another edition of the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline! You've got questions? We've got answers! If you want to be on an upcoming hotline episode, be sure to follow Maria on Instagram to know when we'll open it up again. http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria Things discussed in this week's hotline…

• I can't tell if he's playing games. How do I trust my instinct?
• I'm struggling with connecting with potential dating partners because we have different faith.
• I set my Hinge profile location to another city I was traveling to. It went well! What do I do now?

This week, Maria chats with Aminatou Sow!Aminatou Sow is a writer, interviewer, and cultural commentator. She is a frequent public speaker whose talks and interviews lead to candid conversations about ambition, money, and power. Aminatou lives in Brooklyn.She co-hosted the podcast Call Your Girlfriend with her friend, the journalist and editor Ann Friedman. Together, they also wrote the best-selling book, Big Friendship.Follow Aminatou on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aminatou/ To join the next Online Dating Tech Support on Monday June 13th at 12PM, visit: https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/z1s18kn10qpwm8f/Maria is going to Tulum! Join her at the next Agape Intensive In Real Life by registering at agapeescapes.comWant to do an Agape Intensive virtual program instead? AgapeIntensive.comTo book a private dating strategy call with a member of Maria's team, visit https://calendly.com/felix-louie.Follow Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

This week, Agape Match's Online Dating Manager, Erika Ettin, is joining Maria for the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline to answer your questions. If you want to be part of the next tech support, click the link below!Erika Ettin is an online dating expert and dating coach who helps people navigate the world of online dating. Her expertise includes profile creation, photo selection and photography, message writing, and date planning. She is also the author of the book Love at First Site: Tips & Tales for Online Dating Success from a Modern-Day Matchmaker and the co-host of the popular dating podcast "So, We Met Online…"Questions this week include:

• Since the pandemic, I have been in a wheelchair and on crutches as I learn how to walk again. How do I talk about this on the dating apps?
• What kind of screening process should I have before agreeing to a date with someone?
• He loves to text me all day. I am really busy and not comfortable with it. How do I tell him?
• I'm studying to become a Rabbi. It feels like a grind being on the apps. What should I do?

Did you know there is actually a process to falling in love and staying in love? It's called the LovePath, and Kimberly Beam Holmes has been teaching people this proprietary process for the past decade.

This week, Kimberly reveals the four steps to falling in love and how individuals can use this process for better relationships in every area of their lives, including their marriage!

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Host of her own podcast It Starts with Attraction, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects people personally and the relationships that they hold dear. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be. She is currently working on her PhD in psychology. Kimberly lives in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband, Rob, and two beautiful children from India.

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Let's go to Tulum! Agape Intensive IRL registration is open! agapeescapes.com

Join the next Online Dating Tech Support - Monday 5/16 at 12PM https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/z1s18kn10qpwm8f/

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You've got questions. Maria has questions! The hotline is open and ready for your questions!Want to chat with Maria on an upcoming episode? Follow her on Insta to find out when the hotline will open next… http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria Things discussed in this episode include…

• Guys can be flaky on the apps about meeting up. How do I deal with it?
• I matched with a guy on an app in a different city. We've been talking online. Should I go and meet him?
• I'm 23. I want to date seriously. How do I go about doing that?

To register for the upcoming Agape Escapes event in Tulum, visit http://agapeescapes.com/

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This week, Maria is talking with The Love Doctor, Dr. Terri Orbuch.

Dr. Terri Orbuch (PhD) is a distinguished professor at Oakland University, research scientist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, author, speaker, therapist, relationship & date coach, and The Love Doctor® in the media. Her practical science-based advice has helped thousands of people find and create the loving relationships they deserve. She is the director of a landmark study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she has been following the same couples for over 3 decades. She is widely published in scientific journals and the author of "5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great" and "FindingLove Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship." Her latest book is called "Secrets to Surviving Your Children's Love Relationships" and will be published, March 2022. Dr. Orbuch has been featured in such publications as, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, USA Today, Women's Health, Cosmopolitan, and TIME magazine and has appeared on The Today Show, MSNBC, The Katie Couric Show, ESPN, HuffPost Live, and CNN. Her relationship segments are aired on Fox-2 Detroit News and her TEDx talk has over 2.8 million views. Also, her radio program called, "The Love Doctor is IN," is aired on Fridays at noon ET on Empower Radio. For more information, please go to: DrTerriTheLoveDoctor.com.

Learn about Dr. Terri at DrTerriTheLoveDoctor.com

5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great

Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship

Dr. Terri's TED talk: Is It Lust or Is It Love

Secrets to Surviving Your Children's Love Relationships

Check out Dr. Terri's radio show, The Love Doctor is IN

To book a Dating Strategy call with a member of the Agape Match team to discuss your dating goals, click here: https://calendly.com/felix-louie/ie-info-30-minute-call

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This week, we're opening up the hotline with some extra support to help with your questions!

Joining Maria this week to help you with your online dating problems is Agape Match's Online Dating Manager, Erika Ettin.

Topics and questions discussed this week include…

• How do you decide to go on another date with someone that you're not totally into?
• What's the line between people not really communicating and me not wasting my time?
• It can be extremely dating to be extroverted with people that are not friends or family. It feels like I am bringing all the energy to the conversations and dates.
• Should I still talk to other people when I'm going on dates with people?
• An update on a previous caller who moved to another city!
• Being empowered to communicate your communication needs.
• I keep finding men that just want something casual. How do I express what I'm really looking for?
• I'm suffering from app fatigue. It's becoming too much to juggle between different apps.
• I found out I can't have kids. How do I tell the guy that I'm seeing?

Erika Ettin is an online dating expert and dating coach who helps people navigate the world of online dating. Her expertise includes profile creation, photo selection and photography, message writing, and date planning. She is also the author of the book Love at First Site: Tips & Tales for Online Dating Success from a Modern-Day Matchmaker and the co-host of the popular dating podcast "So, We Met Online…"

Find Erika on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ALittleNudge/

Our next Online Dating Tech Support is Monday May 9th at 12PM ET. To register, go to https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/z1s18kn10qpwm8f/

To book a Dating Strategy call with a member of the Agape Match team to discuss your dating goals, click here: https://calendly.com/felix-louie/ie-info-30-minute-call

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This week, Maria is getting real about body image and dating with Dr. Lindsay Kite!

Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. Both received PhDs from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy. Lindsay and Lexie help girls and women recognize and reject the harmful effects of objectification in their lives through their social media activism, online course, and regular speaking engagements for people of all ages. Lindsay lives in New York City.Visit Dr. Kite's website at https://www.morethanabody.org/

Pick up Dr. Kite's book, More Than a Body, at Amazon or wherever books are sold.

Follow Dr. Kite on Instagram at http://instagram.com/beauty_redefined

If you'd like to receive a Dating Assessment with Agape Match's Louie Felix, use the link to book a time/day that is most convenient for you. https://calendly.com/felix-louie/dating-assessment

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This week, Maria is here to answer your questions on another edition of the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline! If you want to talk to Maria on an upcoming hotline episode, be sure to follow her on Instagram to know when the hotline will be open again. http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

On this week's episode, Maria digs into…

• Can you go from being a friend with benefits with someone to dating them?
• My next date with him is at his house to watch sports and I'm not a sports fan. What should I do?
• How do you talk to a potential dating partner about their values?
• How am I supposed to take it when people take days to respond to messages on dating apps?
• The way he's been communicating has changed. I'm so confused.
• I'm a single mom. What's the balance between keeping dates fun and sharing about my life?

If you'd like to receive a Dating Assessment with Agape Match's Louie Felix, use the link to book a time/day that is most convenient for you. https://calendly.com/felix-louie/dating-assessment

Follow Agape Match on Instagram at http://instagram.com/agapematch

Follow the podcast on Instagram at http://instagram.com/askamatchmaker

This week, Maria is talking all about fertility with experts Leyla Bilali and Elizabeth Lipov! She asks many of the questions you might have had about the process, no matter where you are in your dating life.

Leyla founded her fertility consulting & nursing services business, Fertility Together, to bridge the gap between clinic & patient, between fertility treatment & personalized care. She believes that a nurturing, knowledgeable partner can make all the difference in each individual's unique path to fertility - whether they're just curious about where they stand & what their options are, freezing their eggs or going all the way with IVF. Leyla provides personalization, continuity of care, proper education & endless encouragement.

Elizabeth Lipov has worked as a healthcare tech status that services fertility patients across the country. She worked at a large fertility clinic in NYC for over four years as an IVF (in-vitro fertilization) coordinator. She worked with couples, single women and oncology patients who were preserving their fertility prior to treatment start.

Follow Leyla on Instagram http://instagram.com/fertilitytogether

Learn more about Leyla at http://fertilitytogether.com

Follow Liza on Instagram at http://instagram.com/lizlip23 and http://instagram.com/thefoodiepiece

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