To do or not to do online dating? That is the question.

Online dating might FEEL like a waste of time, but is it REALLY a waste of time? Let’s talk about it.

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

❤ Whether or not dating apps are a waste of time depends on your goals

❤ How ‘You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket’ applies to dating

❤ Reasons finding love gets harder as you get older, especially for women

❤ The secret to making online dating less painful and more productive

❤ Three ways to meet eligible single men offline if you’re anti-dating-apps

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.

A rebellious approach to online dating has caught fire with women who are sick of most men on dating apps. It’s called the Burned Haystack Dating Method.

But will it really help you find your Mr Right? As a dating expert, I'm not so sure.

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

❤ How the Burned Haystack Dating Method has become a movement

❤ Three problematic aspects of the Burned Haystack Dating Method

❤ Why I’d still be single if I'd used the Burned Haystack Dating Method

❤ Two reasons the Burned Haystack Dating Method is so hot right now

❤ Another dating method that's far more likely to help you find Mr Right

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.

Welcome to MAFS 2024 from a dating expert’s perspective – Week 4.

In this podcast series, I cover all the juicy dating lessons that can be gleaned from Married at First Sight Australia 2024.

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

❤ Why every straight woman in Australia now wishes she were a gay man

❤ Two things you can do when you’re feeling burnt out with online dating

❤ Why realistic expectations of dating are essential if you want to find love

❤ Why you need to keep your crazy in check, especially in the early stages

❤ Signs a man is narcissistic, manipulative and untrustworthy with your heart

As a professional dating mentor kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee, I help women go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique ‘best friend’ approach.

Ready for Mr Right? Start with my FREE REPORT, Why You’re Still Single: 7 Reasons a Luscious Lady Like You Hasn’t Found Her Mr Right (Yet)

This will also give you exclusive access to my Q’sDay Tuesday emails (a weekly dating Q&A) and the opportunity to ask me a dating question and get it answered for FREE.

Get on the fast-track to love at YourDatingBestie.com.

Welcome to MAFS 2024 from a dating expert’s perspective – Week 3.

In this podcast series, I cover all the juicy dating lessons that can be gleaned from Married at First Sight Australia 2024.

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

❤ What I think of the demise of Natalie and Collins

❤ What I think of Tristan’s heartbreaking self-image

❤ What I think of Ben suddenly wanting to have kids

❤ Sara and Tim: which of them I think is in the wrong

❤ Conflict resolution skills: the sexiest unsexy quality

As a professional dating mentor kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee, I help women go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique ‘best friend’ approach.

Ready for Mr Right? Start with my FREE REPORT, Why You’re Still Single: 7 Reasons a Luscious Lady Like You Hasn’t Found Her Mr Right (Yet)

This will also give you exclusive access to my Q’sDay Tuesday emails (a weekly dating Q&A) and the opportunity to ask me a dating question and get it answered for FREE.

Get on the fast-track to love at YourDatingBestie.com.

Welcome to MAFS 2024 from a dating expert’s perspective – Week 2.

In this podcast series, I cover all the juicy dating lessons that can be gleaned from Married at First Sight Australia 2024.

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

❤ The role timing plays in whether or not a couple will end up together

❤ If you want to have kids, should you date someone who’s not sure?

❤ Why you shouldn’t assume all men want sex and all women want kids

❤ The couple who showed us how to resolve conflict in good relationship

❤ The importance of being wary of having a partner with a nasty streak

As a professional dating mentor kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee, I help women go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique ‘best friend’ approach.

Ready for Mr Right? Start with my FREE REPORT, Why You’re Still Single: 7 Reasons a Luscious Lady Like You Hasn’t Found Her Mr Right (Yet)

This will also give you exclusive access to my Q’sDay Tuesday emails (a weekly dating Q&A) and the opportunity to ask me a dating question and get it answered for FREE.

Get on the fast-track to love at YourDatingBestie.com.

Married at First Sight is a reality TV institution in Australia – for all the wrong reasons. MAFS (as us Aussies call it) is renowned NOT for its successful matchmaking but for its drama.

However, each year, there are some great lessons to be learned about dating and relationships. And in 2024, I’ve decided to cover them here on the Your Dating Bestie Podcast.

Welcome to MAFS 2024 from a dating expert's perspective – Week 1.

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

❤ The classic dating mistake one of the brides made

❤ Which bride I think should be your dating role model

❤ Who treated a groom as ‘guilty until proven innocent’

❤ What to do when something about a man concerns you

❤ Which well-meaning couple is totally incompatible

As a professional dating mentor kinda like the lovechild of Carrie Bradshaw and Crocodile Dundee, I help women go from ‘dating sucks’ to dating success with my unique ‘best friend’ approach.

Ready for Mr Right? Start with my FREE REPORT - Why You’re Still Single: 7 Reasons a Luscious Lady Like You Hasn’t Found Her Mr Right (Yet)

This will also give you exclusive access to my Q’sDay Tuesday emails (a weekly dating Q&A) and the opportunity to ask me a dating question and get it answered for FREE.

Get on the fast-track to love at YourDatingBestie.com.

So, you meet a man online, you swap a few good messages, you speak on the phone and then he asks you out. You’re at a pub or a casual restaurant having drinks, a light meal and a great chat. Then the bill arrives – along with a whole lot of awkwardness.

In this day and age, when men no longer have to pay because women earn their own money, who pays for the darn first date? I answer this question once and for all.

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

❤ Your five date-paying options and the pros and cons of each one

❤ Various reasons why a man may or may not choose to pay for a first date

❤ The ‘fake purse grab’ technique and why both men and women like it

❤ What to do if he plans a fancy first date and it makes you uncomfortable

❤ How first dates differ to second/third/fourth dates and relationship dates

This episode was inspired by the women’s finance podcast, Penny For Your Thoughts. The short version of my answer to ‘Why pays for the first date?’ was featured in this episode.

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.

Whether you’re swiping dating profiles, seeing someone new or trying to figure out if your current boyfriend is husband material, how do you know if you’re compatible with a man?

Which traits are important for a long, happy life with someone – and which ones don’t matter nearly as much as you might think? You’re about to find out!

This episode will blow the lid off your concept of compatibility and change how you approach dating and relationships. It was certainly a game-changer for me when it came to meeting my husband, David, and ending up happily married.

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

❤ How to answer the important question ‘Are we compatible?’

❤ 7 reasons you might think you’re compatible, but you’re not

❤ Why those 7 traits don’t matter as much as you may think

❤ The only three compatibility markers you need to check off  

❤ Relationship-ending deal breakers despite your compatibility

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.

You’ve met a man who rocks your world. He’s smart, successful and very sexy. You're over the moon... except for one thing: He doesn't want to commit.

If you’re dating casually, he doesn’t want to be exclusive. If you’re in a relationship, he doesn’t want to call you his girlfriend or introduce you to family and friends. If you’re in a relationship, he doesn’t want to move in together after a year. And if you live together, he doesn’t want to marry you.

Is this a deal breaker? Or is there a way to get him to come around?

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

❤ All the bad advice about commitment issues to watch out for

❤ Understanding that commitment is a series of mini commitments

❤ The appropriate level of commitment for each relationship stage

❤ Whether or not commitment issues are a deal breaker and why

❤ How you might accidentally be looking for love in the wrong way

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 do you do when you’re in a relationship with a wonderful new man, it’s been quite a few months and everything’s going swimmingly – and then you remember you’ve been here before and got blindsided by a breakup? 

When can you feel relaxed in your relationship and confident your man will stick around this time? I’m about to tell you.

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

❤ The two boyfriends I had before my husband, David, who lost interest unexpectedly

❤ The common mistake you do NOT want to make in the early stages of a relationship

❤ Why the first year of a relationship is the most precarious and what to watch out for

❤ How I almost blew it with David by having a meltdown 7 months into our relationship

❤ My 3-step system for enjoying the early stages of a relationship regardless of outcome

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.