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Founder Suzanna Mathews has appeared on podcasts and video shows across the globe, and has been featured in major publications across the United States. Here are a few of her thoughts on dating and relationship topics that come up …

Attachment.

Ready to Build Your DI? (Dating Intelligence)

How Good Are You At Dating? (And How to Get Feedback to Find Out)

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Aug 22, 20131 min read

Crave Love

As human beings we crave intimacy and love — to give it and receive it. Yet, it’s not always easy to do so. Sometimes we have no idea...

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Jun 28, 20132 min read

The Virtual World VS Your Relationship

Many people now favor electronic and digital communication as their primary form of communication. But one man who wrote to “Dear Abby”...

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Mar 27, 20131 min read

Seven Ways to Channel some Easter Charm!

1. Log onto your online dating site and change your profile photo to pic with a sherbet or pastel color. 2. Revise your headline or...

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Feb 27, 20133 min read

Science Says: True Love Waits?

In his posting entitled Liberal Education as Problem Identification — Part 2: The Case of Sex, posted on September 2, 2012, big thinker...

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Dec 27, 20121 min read

Resolve to Prioritize Dating & Your Hunt for Love

Some of us can’t help ourselves. In spite of the experience of years of combined successes and failures, we continue to make New Year’s...

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Dec 14, 20122 min read

Behaviors Speak Louder and With More Truth Than Word

I long to remind singles of this every time I encounter someone who refuses to modify (even a little) or soften a self-defeating...

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Nov 13, 20121 min read

What is your biggest obstacle to meeting single men or women? To getting a date? Or to getting a sec

This is a foundational question I ask my new clients. It gives us a “pulse on the problem,” so to speak, and forces some get-real...

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Oct 21, 20123 min read

How To Make Space for Mr. or Ms. Quality to Show Up In Your Life

What does bad dating have to do with reaching your full potential? Imagine a “tide me over” boyfriend (or girlfriend, or husband, or...

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Invitation to Make a Nomination for iDate’s “Best Dating Coach”

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Oct 10, 20121 min read

Invitation to Make a Nomination for iDate’s “Best Dating Coach”

I humbly whisper in your ear that I’d be grateful for your nominations and votes in the “Best Dating Coach” category…...

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Aug 16, 20122 min read

Energetics for Daters

You can clock the hours at the gym or the bar, give it a coat of your shiniest lip gloss, read The Rules, and give it your all. You can...

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Aug 16, 20127 min read

If Benjamin Franklin Had Been a Dating Coach . . .

Many of us remember Ben Franklin’s advice for right living from a high school English or civics class. Ben outlined a list of character...

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Aug 13, 20123 min read

The Value of the Dollar you Spend on Better Dating

Regular blog readers know I often find inspiration and interesting points for discussion in a blog written by Danielle LaPorte. She’s...

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Jul 2, 20123 min read

HOW TO STEER THROUGH UNCERTAINTY

I have been stuck. I have gone nuts from being stuck. I’ve set up camp in the land of confusion. I’ve prayed, begged, negotiated, and...

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Jun 20, 20122 min read

The Limits of Online Dating

Some dating industry professionals – particularly matchmakers – believe that online dating sites amount to nothing more than electronic...

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May 23, 20122 min read

How do I Define Success as a Dating Coach?

Provide a service that feels good to give + Create resonance & significance + Imbue the process with Constant and Never Ending...

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Nov 14, 20112 min read

WANTED: Passionate Marketing & PR Student Superstar To Help Spread Love In The Midwest

Are you a social butterfly? Do you have a warm heart, kind eyes, sweet smile and a brilliant marketing mind? Does helping people be...

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Oct 10, 20112 min read

The Gamble of Romance

Romance is a roll of the dice. It’s powerful, but it’s risky. As author Amy Bloom describes it, “We revel in compatibility, secrets,...

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Aug 15, 20112 min read

3 Big Bold Steps for Getting the Word Out

Want to get dates? Then TELL PEOPLE you want to date. Punch fear in the face, toss those long, lustrous locks of hair back, and climb to...

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Jul 25, 20113 min read

So You’ve Been Seated in the Exit Aisle…

One of the questions I hear most often from my female clients is some variation of: “He seemed to be attracted to me/interested in...

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Jul 21, 20112 min read

Thirty Minutes to Make (Or Break) a Date

What could you do with 30 minutes? Watch a sitcom? Get in some cardio at the gym? A survey from It’s Just Lunch reported...

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