An email response to a client’s dating question written by AI couldn’t possibly better than a real, authentic, human response from me, could it? Eek!

You be the judge. I’ll read you my client’s question, the AI response and my response and then we’ll discuss.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode / article:

❤ Why I’m usually late to technology and currently hate AI

❤ How Gmail AI almost responded to a client against my will

❤ Comparing the AI email response to my human response

❤ Why my response was better (even if the AI one was okay)

❤ Why a person who can relate to your feelings is irreplaceable

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Are you sick of men who don’t read your dating profile? Men who swipe right but don’t respond to your messages? Men who send boring opening messages?

Then you might be about to blow it with your Mr Right.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode / article:

❤ How Facebook Marketplace is kinda like online dating

❤ My slightly embarrassing Facebook Marketplace story

❤ Why it’s important to keep your cool on dating apps

❤ Remember: men are frustrated with online dating too

❤ How NOT to self-sabotage when doing online dating

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Two years and over 250,000 Facebook group members later, the Burned Haystack Dating Method is now a book called Burn the Haystack.

Burn the Haystack is to dating in 2026 what The Rules was in 1996 - popular but problematic - as I believe it'll prevent more happy relationships than it creates.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ My 2 year-old Burned Haystack Dating Method article that went viral

❤ The good, the bad and the ugly of the new Burn the Haystack book

❤ How Burn the Haystack is enlightening and empowering in some ways

❤ What Burn the Haystack gets wrong about dating coaches / mentors

❤ Why I believe you’re unlikely to find Mr Right using this dating method

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Entrepreneur, social media creator and reality TV star, Bethenny Frankel, has a new dating community called The Core.

But she's not your dating saviour. For that, you'll need to look elsewhere.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ All about Bethenny Frankel’s new dating community, The Core

❤ Why The Core isn’t going to save everyone from dating struggles

❤ The one and only thing that can save you from dating struggles

❤ What a hit song by Mariah Carey can teach you about dating

❤ The No. 1 best way to start dating with confidence and finesse

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Men and women have more in common than you might think.

And one of those things is that feeling of despair when you have everything you want in life except a partner (assuming you desire to have a partner).

So, if you want to solve this final piece of the puzzle, this is the surprisingly simple action step you need to take.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode / article:

❤ This was inspired by the latest episode of the Oprah Podcast

❤ Men are just as scared they won’t find love as women are

❤ An obvious reason why you might not have found love yet

❤ How to increase your chances of finding love even further

❤ Why dating and relationship skills start with your mindset

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Is there a point at which you’ve dated enough to know you’ll probably never find someone so it’s no longer worth it?

This is my personal take – from someone who did over a decade of online dating.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode / article:

❤ The last two boyfriends I had before I met my husband

❤ The last two epic dates I had before I met my husband

❤ A life-changing mindset shift when it comes to dating

❤ Two more examples of ladies who persisted with dating

❤ Three instances in which you should give up on dating

If you'd prefer read this podcast episode as an article on Medium or Substack, visit the show notes for links.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Feminism is important. Dating men who respect women and care about women’s rights is important.

But do you really need a man who self-identifies as a ‘feminist’? I’m not so sure. 

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ Why the first Golden Bachelor Australia said on TV that he’s not a feminist

❤ The difference between being a feminist and calling yourself a feminist

❤ The importance of considering a man’s point of view before ruling him out

❤ Why ‘shit tests’ aren’t a very good way to protect yourself from bad men

❤ The best way to find out if a man is safe and trustworthy with good values

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time. 

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Do you make sweeping generalizations about men? And have you ever stopped to ask yourself if they're true?

Here's how lies and stereotypes about 'men' can prevent you from finding one good man.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ Book recommendation: memoir about a woman’s midlife sexual escapades

❤ The depressing untrue belief that men don’t care for women in their old age   

❤ Five common generalizations about men that prevent you from finding love

❤ One simple mindset shift that just might change your entire outlook on dating

❤ Two ways a lie about men can ruin your chances at true love and happiness

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time. 

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Some women need more time than others to feel ready for intimacy - and that’s okay. But making a man ‘wait’ can feel risky. 

I’m going to teach you how to maintain this boundary without seeming like a prude. 

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ I have a number of clients who need lots of time before intimacy

❤ Why having boundaries is important – but so is having empathy

❤ What if a man’s boundary was never paying for you on a date?

❤ A spiel you can give a man you’re not ready to be intimate with

❤ Your various options: Communicate, compromise or call it quits

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time. 

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

What to do when men don’t ask questions is one of the most common dating dilemmas women have.

Here’s a five-step system for handling your next Mr No-Questions.

Here are the top 5 points I cover in this episode:

❤ The importance of having empathy before getting too frustrated

❤ A surprising possible reason why he hasn’t yet asked you a question

❤ Why it’s more important that he’s a good listener than question-asker

❤ A clever little tip you can try to encourage him to ask you questions

❤ When to give up and move on to men who are good question-askers

If you’d prefer to read than listen, you can view this as an article on ⁠Medium⁠ and ⁠Substack⁠.

As a professional dating mentor (kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee), I help women who want to find their Mr Right go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique 'best friend' approach.

Start with my FREE TRAINING - Empowered AF: How to Find Mr Right Without Having to Change Yourself, Lower Your Standards or Waste Your Time.

Just visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠YourDatingBestie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.