How can you make better decisions about who to go on second dates with? Why is the best catch not the best looking person in the room? Why is it critical to debrief with a friend after your dates? And what are the key questions to ask in a post-date debrief with your friends? We explore these questions and more with Julie Ferman. Julie is the Founder and CEO of LA’s most well-respected, professional matchmaking agency, where she has been providing personal introductions and dating coaching services since 2001. She also hosts the Cupid's Coach podcast.

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Today’s episode is our tip of the week! Amantha and Monique discuss a super effective strategy to dramatically increase the number of people writing back to you on the apps.

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How common are open relationships? What do you need to consider if you are thinking about trying an open relationship? How does sexual health work when you are in a non-monogamous relationship? How do we navigate feelings of jealousy? We explore these questions and more with Dr Heath Schechinger. Heath is the Co-Chair of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Consensual Non-monogamy, and Co-Founder of the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition. He is also a licensed Behavioural Health Psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Books

• Mating in Captivity
• Opening Up
• Polysecure

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Should we trust our gut when deciding whether to go on a date with someone? What can science tell us about whether opposites attract or do birds of a feather flock together when it comes to dating? What colour should we wear on our dates to maximise our attractiveness? What role does body language play in judging whether someone likes us? We explore these questions and more with Dr Simon Moss who is the Dean of Graduate Studies, as well as an Associate Professor in psychology, at Charles Darwin University.  He is a registered psychologist and has published approximately 10 books and 90 papers.

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Today’s episode is our tip of the week! Amantha and Monique discuss a simple strategy to use if you need to have a difficult conversation with the person you are dating.

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When is it ok to introduce our new partner to our kids? How do we know if our kids are ready to accept a new partner into our lives? When is it okay to have sleepovers with our new partner? We explore these questions and more with Child Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg. Michael is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists and if you live in Australia, you have probably seen Michael on your TV or heard him quoted in the media on the topic of mental health and children. He works in private practice at in Melbourne and consults to government, schools, and the private sector about mental health and the wellbeing on children. 

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Today’s episode is our tip of the week! Amantha and Monique discuss a simple way to uncover whether someone's profile photos are fake.

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Google's reverse image search: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en 

Bing's reverse image search: https://www.bing.com/visualsearch?FORM=IDPSBC

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How long should we wait to have sex with someone we are dating? How do you clearly voice what your boundaries are in relation to sex? Is it really such a bad thing to have sex on the first date? How can we make safe sex sexy? We explore these questions and more with Georgia Grace. As a Certified Australian Sex Coach, Georgia applies a client-centred approach in supporting individuals, couples and groups to mindfully, powerfully and radically become more aware of their bodies, sex and sexuality. Georgia works with clients at her practice in Sydney and globally via telehealth and also runs regular large scale workshops, appears on panels, and presents on a range of topics Australia wide. As a trained Journalist, she writes a column for GQ amongst other titles and has published a book on masturbation, Pleasure Journal. 

Connect with Georgia via her website (https://www.georgiagraced.com/) and on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/gspot._).

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Today’s episode is our tip of the week! Amantha and Monique discuss a simple way to decide who pays on your date.

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What is the most important quality we should be looking for in a partner? Do immediate sparks predict relationship success? What can we learn about someone based on why their previous relationships broke down? How can we practice conscious dating? We explore these questions and more with Dr. Alexandra Solomon who is a clinical assistant professor at Northwestern University and a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. She is the author of Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationships You Want (New Harbinger, 2020) and Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017).  She also writes a column for Psychology Today and is frequently asked to talk about love, sex, and marriage with media outlets including The Today Show, O Magazine, The Atlantic, Vogue, and Scientific American. 

Connect with Alexandra at DrAlexandraSolomon.com and on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dr.alexandra.solomon/?hl=en) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dralexandrasolomon). Grab a copy of Alexandra’s books here (http://www.dralexandrasolomon.com/book/) and check out the Mine’d app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mine-d-self-help-motivation/id1493129501).

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