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Joining Maria on the hotline this week is Seeing Other People podcast host Ilana Dunn! Check out the Seeing Other People podcast on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/seeingotherpeople/  Follow Ilana on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ilana.dunn/  Follow Ilana on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@ilana.dunn  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Or join Maria on an upcoming Agape Intensive! http://agapeintensive.com  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

Today, Maria welcomes author Tara Schuster. Tara Schuster is an accomplished entertainment executive turned mental health advocate and best selling author. On February 28th, she’ll be releasing her highly anticipated new book, “Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way.”  Pre-order your copy of “Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way” at https://amzn.to/3QGDU4F. Follow Tara on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/taraschuster/   Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Or join Maria on an upcoming Agape Intensive! http://agapeintensive.com  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

This episode is sponsored by First Rounds on Me. Download here: https://firstroundsonme.co/?utm_source=Maria&utm_medium=Ad&utm_campaign=December We start the new year taking your dating and relationships questions with online dating expert, Erika Ettin! To find out when we open up the next hotline, follow http://instagram.com/askamatchmaker  Things we talk about on this week’s episode…  How long should I give a guy a chance? I’m not really attached to him physically. How do I tell a guy that he should plan a date? How do I get out of a date that I’m just not feeling? What can we do with our online dating to have more fun dates? How do I know if I want a hoe phase or if I want a relationship? 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/  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

First things first, happy new year! I’m so glad you’re here!  Download my 2023 Goal Planner! https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/2023-goal-planner/ Let’s work together! Follow this link to learn more about Agape Match’s programs or schedule a Dating Strategy call. https://linktr.ee/matchmakermaria  Welcome to 2023! This week, Tinder made a major announcement regarding a great change to the app! Joining the podcast this week to talk about it as well as dating in the new year is Tinder’s new CMO, Melissa Hobley! Follow Melissa on Instagram at http://instagram.com/melissahobley  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria   Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie 

This episode is sponsored by First Rounds on Me. Download here: https://firstroundsonme.co/?utm_source=Maria&utm_medium=Ad&utm_campaign=December  Humble the Poet is a Canadian born rapper, spoken word artist, poet, international best selling author and former Elementary school teacher who began reciting spoken word poetry in coffee shops to impress girls evolved into a creative adventure that has spanned across the last 10 years, crossing genres, mediums and oceans. His first two releases, Unlearn and Things Nobody Can Teach Us, have become international best sellers. Pick up Humble’s new book, How to Be Love(d), at https://amzn.to/3BNzwdR Learn more about Humble the Poet at http://humblethepoet.com  Follow Humble the Poet on Instagram at Instagram http://instagram.com/humblethepoet  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

This episode is sponsored by First Rounds on Me. Download here: https://firstroundsonme.co/?utm_source=Maria&utm_medium=Ad&utm_campaign=December  Maria’s guests this week are the hosts of the True Romance podcast, Carolina Barlow and Devin Leary. They guide you through the trials and tribulations of public and personal love stories. They’ve been there for each other’s best and worst romantic moments because that’s what friends do. Both have become obsessed with relationship dramas. As romantics, they want to hear and discuss everyone’s love stories. How they made it, how they did it and in what positions.  Listen to "True Romance" HERE.  True Romance is from Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.  Follow Carolina on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/carolinarosebarlow/ Follow Devin on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/devin_hunter_leary/  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

This week, Maria celebrates a birthday and her 10 year anniversary with her husband, George! To celebrate, she has a chat with him about their last year and where life is headed for them.  Check out George’s food videos: instagram.com/nerdmeetsfood Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

Maria is joined by her work husband, Louie Felix, to take your questions.  This week, Maria and Louie talk about… Our communication has drastically changed. Is he cheating on me? Expectations around emotional intimacy. How much is too much to share? I gave him a h***job and now he’s not talking to me as much. Am I reading into this? I found out the guy I’m sleeping with doesn’t vote the same way I do. Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie

***Join Maria on her next retreat to Greece! June 24 - July 1, 2023 Register at http://agapeescapes.com *** Match Group’s annual Singles in America study has been released and Maria has a few thoughts about it! Today, Online Dating Coach Erika Ettin joins her to discuss the data.  See the study for yourself at https://www.singlesinamerica.com/  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/  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie 

This week, Maria takes your questions with Celebrity Dating Coach, Damona Hoffman! Damona Hoffman has been coaching singles on how to find love online and offline for over 15 years. Damona Hoffman is the dating expert of the new generation. An online dating early-adopter and success story, she has been showing singles how to harness the power of technology to find love for over a decade. Her articles appear regularly in The LA Times and The Washington Post. Plus, she’s a regular on-air contributor to The Drew Barrymore Show, NPR, and NBC’s Access Daily. Damona also starred in two A+E Networks’ TV shows: #BlackLove and A Question of Love. Her weekly podcast Dates & Mates has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Huff Post, Bustle and tops the charts in the Relationships category on the major podcast platforms. Check out the Dates and Mates podcast at https://damonahoffman.com/dates-and-mates-podcast/ Follow Damona on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/damonahoffman  Learn more about Damona at https://damonahoffman.com/  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Want to join Maria on her next retreat to Greece? June 24- July 1, 2023  #Escape2Paros registration is officially open. http://agapeescapes.com 

Maria has a chat with Violetta Lazé on the energetics that shape our relationships.   Follow Violetta on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/violettalaze/   Violetta Lazé is an intuitive guide, astrologer, hypnotherapist, and spiritual psychology coach in life and relationships. She has assisted in the soulful transformation and individuation of high achieving professionals from all over the world to embody their innate power while awakening their divinity. Violetta possesses the gift of foresight where her sharp intuitive readings offer depth and insight. In her relationship work, she has counseled couples and helped single men and women to step into their authenticity and confidence while dating. The synthesis of jungian psychology, eastern philosophy, metaphysics, and the numinous is a strong motif in her private practice.     To book a session with Violetta, go to https://healingwithvioletta.as.me/schedule.php?notembedded=1 Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Want to join Maria on her next retreat to Greece? June 24- July 1, 2023  #Escape2Paros registration is officially open. http://agapeescapes.com 

Loving reminder! We’re a week away from the midterm election. Make a plan to vote!  Joining Maria to answer your dating and relationship questions is Congressman Eric Swalwell!  Follow Rep. Swalwell on Instagram at http://instagram.com/repswalwell  Representative Eric Swalwell was elected to represent California’s Fifteenth Congressional District in 2012, which includes a large part of the East Bay. Now in his fourth term, he’s working hard to bring new energy, ideas, and a problem-solving spirit to Congress, with a focus on advancing policies that support equality, opportunity, and security. Even while addressing national and international issues, Congressman Swalwell remains rooted in the region he represents. He is present and attentive in the district, and was an early leader in adopting social media and video-conferencing technology to stay in constant contact with constituents. Visit Rep. Swalwell’s website at https://swalwell.house.gov/  Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Want to join Maria on her next retreat to Greece? June 24- July 1, 2023  #Escape2Paros registration is officially open. http://agapeescapes.com 

This week, Maria speaks with relationship therapist Kim Polinder. Kim is a relationship expert who assists others through individual and couples counseling. Kim was born in South Korea and adopted when she was a baby. Her personal journey involved navigating abandonment issues, alcohol addiction, and barriers to emotional intimacy. Kim’s studies of eastern and western approaches to healing have given her a well-informed perspective on the root of suffering. Kim now teaches others tools for communication, conflict resolution, and building long-term relationships.   Follow Kim… Instagram: https://instagram.com/kp_counseling  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@kp_counseling108  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kpcounseling108 Web: https://kimpolinder.com/ Follow Maria on Instagram for more dating and relationship content: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Want to join Maria on her next retreat? #Escape2Paros 2023 registration is officially open. http://agapeescapes.com

It’s another hotline and this week, Maria is joined by her friend and comedian Joyelle Johnson! Follow Joyelle on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/joyellenicole/ If you want to ask Maria a question on an upcoming hotline, be sure to follow her on Instagram to know when she’ll be going live: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Questions this week include… How do you stay hopeful when you have bad dating moments? Should I ask “what are you looking for?” when you first meet someone? When is the time to ask it? I keep finding unavailable men. How do I change that? I want to date someone who is going through a divorce. How do I do that? Want to work with Maria? Book a Dating Strategy call with a member of her team and learn more about her matchmaking and coaching programs. https://calendly.com/felix-louie Want to join Maria on her next retreat? #Escape2Paros 2023 registration is officially open. http://agapeescapes.com

This episode is brought to you by Nuuly. You can get $20 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with the code MATCHMAKERMARIA20.  Visit https://bit.ly/nuulymatchmakermaria. In this episode, Maria shares insane text screenshots sent to her from our listeners. Maria dissects these with her podcast producer and the host of the Meet a Stranger podcast, Matt Haze. Follow Matt on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matthaze  Listen to the Meet a Stranger podcast… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-a-stranger/id1624565485  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1QJqZCICH7mYa7jrISduvF  Then, Maria welcomes one of her favorite TikTokers, Charlotte Warren!  She’s been blowing up on the app by explaining dating and relationships with charts!! Can a casual situation be exclusive? There’s a chart for that. Need to know how cuffing season works? A chart is available to assist! Be sure to check out her links to see her great work! See all of the charts at https://medium.com/@welcometothepeasantparty  Check out Charlotte’s TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@welcometothepeasantparty  Follow Charlotte on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/charty805/  Follow Matchmaker Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria and to learn more about Agape Match, visit http://agapematch.com or visit http://agapeintensive.com to enroll in an upcoming group intensive, hosted by Maria.  #Escape2Paros2023 registration is open! Visit http://agapeescapes.com to reserve your spot for next year's trip! 

Maria is joined by her work husband, Louie Felix, to take your questions.  Questions Asked This Week Include… I’m moving to Austin in a few months! Should I wait to date when I move? I can’t tell if he’s love bombing me or just ito me. How do I tell the difference? I’m really interested in a guy, but I take health more seriously than he does. How else can I tell him that this is a priority and really important for me? When it comes to committing to someone, I start to lose interest in them. I find things wrong with them. Is there something I can do to reflect on why I’m doing that?  Follow Matchmaker Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria and to learn more about Agape Match, visit http://agapematch.com.  To schedule a Dating Assessment with Louie, visit https://calendly.com/felix-louie This episode is brought to you by Nuuly. You can get $20 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with the code MATCHMAKERMARIA20.  Visit https://bit.ly/nuulymatchmakermaria.

Maria is joined by her work husband, Louie Felix, to take your questions.  Questions from this week’s episode include… I feel sad about my single life ending. How do I shake this off? I’m getting back into the dating life after being burnt. Can you give me any tips? The man I’m dating is not the man I imagined I would be with. What do I do? Follow Matchmaker Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria and to learn more about Agape Match, visit http://agapematch.com.  To schedule a Dating Assessment with Louie, visit https://calendly.com/felix-louie This episode is brought to you by Nuuly. You can get $20 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with the code MATCHMAKERMARIA20.  Visit https://bit.ly/nuulymatchmakermaria.

We have some exciting news to share with you about Season 3 of Ask a Matchmaker, which returns next week on Tuesday, September 27th! Remember new episodes this season come out on TUESDAYS! Follow Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

 This week, Maria talks with Logan Ury! The two talk about everything from her recent wedding, how time is different in online dating apps, the science behind online dating and even circumcision. (Seriously!) Plus the two talk about how to really have deep, compelling conversations early on in dating.Logan Ury is a behavioral scientist turned dating coach and the author of the bestselling dating book How to Not Die Alone. She works as Hinge’s Director of Relationship Science, conducting research into modern dating. She studied psychology at Harvard and ran Google’s behavioral science team, the Irrational Lab. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband Scott. Sign up for Logan's weekly newsletter and learn about her online courses at  https://www.loganury.com/ Pick up Logan's book, How to Not Die Alone, here.Follow Logan on Instagram at  https://www.instagram.com/loganury/  Want to join the community? Sign up for an Agape Intensive at http://agapeintensive.comJoin Maria and the crew in Mexico! Register at http://agapeescapes.com Follow Maria on Instagram to know when the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline will open again for calls! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria To learn more about how Maria and her team can help you, visit http://agapematch.com 

We’re answering YOUR questions again this week! If you have a question you’d like to personally ask Maria, be sure to follow her on Insta to know when the hotline will open up next! @MatchmakerMaria  This week, we talk about… How do I find confidence in my body and myself when going out on a date? Should I move to a new city to find men that meet my criteria? Maria goes on a rant about women’s preference in height in men. (She is 5’11’’. Do what you will with that information.)  (this episode originally aired on October 06, 2021) Want to join the community? Sign up for an Agape Intensive at http://agapeintensive.com Join Maria and the crew in Mexico! Register at http://agapeescapes.com  Follow Maria on Instagram to know when the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline will open again for calls! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  To learn more about how Maria and her team can help you, visit http://agapematch.com