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Hanging by a Hair's Breadth

Friday, December 05, 2014 - 8:09 PM

Hanging by a Hair's Breadth
A few years ago I was asked to comment on the results of a Pantene survey looking at men’s feelings about women’s hair. There were amazing conclusions such as 74% of men indicated that they notice women because of their hair and 44% of men surveyed said that hair is the first thing they ... Continue Reading

The Secret to a Satisfying Sex Life

Sunday, November 30, 2014 - 4:22 PM

The Secret to a Satisfying Sex Life
Countless relationships end due to infidelity. Men and women cheat because they are insecure, unsatisfied, insatiable or sociopathic. There's little accounting for the sex addicts or social deviants of the world, but there is a secret to satisfying those with a healthy appetite for sex, and to keepi... Continue Reading

5 Steps to Finding, Forming and Maintaining Lasting Relationships

Saturday, November 29, 2014 - 6:20 PM

5 Steps to Finding, Forming and Maintaining Lasting Relationships
As a professional matchmaker and personal coach I find myself repeating a lot of the same advice over and over again. It’s remarkable how the more we change, the more things stay the same. The process for finding, forming and maintaining a long lasting relationship is the same for anyone looki... Continue Reading

Vulgar Vigilantes of Tinder & OkCupid

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 8:34 PM

Vulgar Vigilantes of Tinder & OkCupid
Lauren Giordano/The Atlantic Olga Khazan does a fabulous job of exposing the underbelly of online dating this week in a terrific article for The Atlantic. She writes on the catharsis that women get when they public shame someone who offended them with inappropriate messaging or requests online. K... Continue Reading

When Dating Online, Just Copy And Paste

Monday, October 13, 2014 - 6:04 PM

Christian Rudder is one of the co-founders of OkCupid and to this day he is still crunching numbers and digesting its data. Because of his insider access into the databases of a prolific online dating site, he is able to get his hands on information that very few social scientists can. In his new bo... Continue Reading

How Effective Is Online Dating

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 5:36 PM

How Effective Is Online Dating
Internet dating has taken America by storm. And with almost 125 million singles now living in the US, it doesn't appear likely to slow down any time soon. At first matchmakers coast-to-coast felt threatened by this new way of meeting people, but as the industry matured it only reinforced the need fo... Continue Reading

Dating Disparity In America

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 3:35 PM

With the exception of my commentary, nearly all of this post was derived from the research and findings of Wendy Wang and Kim Parker at Pew Research. Pew Research Center has just released some telltale findings regarding marriage in America. I am color-blind when it comes to matchmaking, an... Continue Reading

Texting Anxiety and Typing Awareness

Monday, September 22, 2014 - 1:16 PM

Texting Anxiety and Typing Awareness
This post pertains to an article written by Jessica Bennett that originally appeared in The NY Times on August 29, 2014.   There is a conversation I have with every client I coach which typically occurs in our second session that is usually focused on “finding” the ideal... Continue Reading

The Coupling Inequality Is Here

Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 11:43 AM

For years the divorce rate has been a hot topic of conversation. Since the statistic was first measured it's climbed steadily as the stigma of divorce has faded away. When The Great Recession began in 2008 the divorce rate actually dipped as unhappy spouses chose to stay in their relationships due t... Continue Reading

Does Texting Lead To Sex Sooner

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 4:54 PM

Does Texting Lead To Sex Sooner
by Kelly Lynch This article originally appeared on WorldLifestyle.com. We asked best-selling author and 'Tough Love' host Steve Ward why texting is a game-changer when it comes to dating.  This is his explanation of why texting may lead to intimacy sooner than... Continue Reading

When To Ask or Say If You Have or Want Children

Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 11:39 PM

I coach a lot of women who are intelligent, beautiful, successful and childless. Most of them want a child really, REALLY bad. Some want a child more than they want a partner. A few just never really saw themselves as mothers and opted out of parenting. But I wouldn't know where to begin telling sto... Continue Reading

How Facebook Can Make You Less Likable

Monday, August 18, 2014 - 7:25 PM

The scientific community has been conducting extensive research lately into the effects that social networks have on our health and psychology. Facebook just revealed their own secret study where they determined that your mood can be altered for days based on the posts you see from others. They call... Continue Reading

Why Are Women Leaving Their Amazing Husbands

Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 11:48 AM

I am engaged to marry an incredible woman. She is strong, independent, and self-assured. She brings out the best in me. As I have been morphing into the future husband I know I can be, I have often stopped and marveled at how different I am from the man I was just two years ago. Moments ago, while w... Continue Reading

Match Challenges Eharmony Claims

Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 10:37 AM

CBS News is reporting that Match.com has called bullshit on Eharmony.com and enlisted the support of the NAD (National Advertising Division), to publicly condemn them for it. The independent body that looks into advertising claims as part of the industry's self-regulation has agreed. As a ... Continue Reading

Proof That Soul Mates Don't Exist

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 11:08 AM

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology scientists concluded through a series of experiments that: • Framing love as perfect unity can hurt relationship satisfaction. • It hurts relationship satisfaction only in conflicts, not in... Continue Reading

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