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Christine Emba is an opinion columnist and editor at The Washington Post, where she focuses on ideas, society, and culture. Her first book, Rethinking Sex: A Provocation is about the failures and potential of the sexual revolution in a post-#MeToo world. She was named one of the World's Top 50 Thinkers by Prospect Magazine in 2022. "Men are Lost" essay (gift link): https://wapo.st/46mFZJo Rethinking Sex, book: https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Sex-Provocation-Christine-Emba/dp/0593087569 Substack https://christineemba.substack.com/about Washington Post follow page: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/christine-emba/ Instagram, Twitter, Threads, etc: @christineemba Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis! 🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃 💖Podcast Website: https://www.askamatchmaker.com/ 💖Agape Match Website: https://agapematch.com/ 💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria 💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria 💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch 💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch 💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

Our guest this week is Mark Greene. Mark writes, speaks, coaches and consults on the challenges we face as men, women and non-binary people impacted by our dominance-based Man Box culture of masculinity. He is the author of the groundbreaking The Little #MeToo Book for Men, Remaking Manhood, the Battle Against Dominance-Based Masculinity and co-author with Dr. Saliha Bava of the Relational Book for Parenting. The Little #MeToo Book for Men- In just 75 pages, a roadmap for understanding and breaking out of Man Box culture. https://a.co/d/iCZCpCH Remaking Manhood website: http://remakingmanhood.com Follow Mark on IG at @remakingmanhood Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis! 🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃 💖Podcast Website: https://www.askamatchmaker.com/ 💖Agape Match Website: https://agapematch.com/ 💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria 💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria 💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch 💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch 💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

Cara Alwill is a New York City based creative entrepreneur who encourages women to live their most effervescent lives, celebrate themselves every day, and make their happiness a priority. She is a best selling personal development author, mentor to women entrepreneurs, and creator of The Champagne Diet blog. Over 10 million listeners worldwide tune in to Cara's podcast Style Your Mind each week for powerful conversations and a mega dose of inspiration. Cara is the author of 9 best selling books, including the worldwide sensation Girl Code, that have inspired women around the world to step into their power and fulfill their potential. Cara's books have been translated into multiple languages like Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Mongolian, and Vietnamese. Her message continues to transcend cultures and break barriers for women across the globe. https://www.thechampagnediet.com/ Follow Cara on Instagram at @thechampagnediet

NEW STUDIO!!! Of course, I had to get my work husband and fellow matchmaker, Louie Felix to kick off my first episode in studio. We take your hotline questions, discuss why men are constantly thinking about the Roman Empire, chat GPT, dating advice, and more! INDULGE! Want to book a sess with Louie? https://calendly.com/felix-louie and follow him on IG @louiefelix Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis! Check out My Websites and Socials! Ask a Question HERE: https://www.askamatchmaker.com/ Learn more about Agape Match (and join!): https://agapematch.com/ Matchmaker Maria TikTok: @realmatchmakermaria Matchmaker Maria Instagram: @matchmakermaria Ask a Matchmaker on TikTok: @askamatchmakerpod Ask a Matchmaker on IG: @askamatchmaker ABOUT THIS PODCAST: Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

It's the end of the season and Maria wraps it up with a chat with her husband, George! They talk about the latest Agape Retreat in Greece and the future of upcoming events as well as the importance of dating each other even when you're married. Plus, Maria has some homework for you before the final season... it's the Five Fives Challenge! -Contact five friends — not your core friend group, but in your periphery or acquaintances, and ask them to set you up once before Labor Day. -Download Tinder (Stop grumbling.. just trust me) and go out with five guys before Labor Day. -Find Five events on Eventbrite to attend before Labor Day. (It's okay if it's a cooking class or a tech event or a lecture… just five five events!) -If you don't attend church/temple/synagog, invite yourself to your friends Shabbat or go to your local soup kitchen or community center and volunteer five times before Labor Day. (If you do attend church/synagog/temple.. there ya go. go five times before Labor Day.) -Go up to five guys and just say hello and start talking. Follow George on Instagram at http://instagram.com/nerdmeetsfood Follow George on TikTok at http://tiktok.com@nerdmeetsfood Follow Maria on Instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria *****Let's work together!***** Book your dating assessment: https://calendly.com/felix-louie/dating-assessment?back=1&month=2023-07 Enroll in an upcoming Agape Intensive: http://agapeintensive.com Pre-Register for Greece 2024 Retreat http://agapeescapes.com

Maria is joined once again by Melanie Cooke to take your questions on the hotline. If you want to ask Maria question on a future episode, follow her on Instagram to know when the hotline will open up again: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria Melanie Cooke is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and private practice owner. She works with high performers who are outwardly successful, but struggle with feelings of dissatisfaction, emptiness, and confusion--who feel that something is missing and who want to feel whole, but don't know how to. She helps them better understand their emotions, establish boundaries, balance control with acceptance, and work through conflict in order to have more fulfilling relationships. She practices trauma-informed Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Gestalt therapies, along with body based mindfulness because our emotions, fears, and wounds are as much in our bodies as they are in our minds. So is healing. Learn more about Melanie at https://www.melaniecookelmhc.com/ *****Let's work together!***** Let's work together! https://calendly.com/felix-louie Register for our Tulum retreat! http://agapeescapes.com (a few spots left!) or join an upcoming virtual Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

A new documentary on Amazon Prime "Shiny Happy People" about the Duggar family has been sparking up conversations about the Institute in Basic Life Principles, or IBLP. Today, Maria talks to an anonymous guest who grew up in IBLP and how it affected her life. She talks about her cheating husband, what it was like when she had to have an abortion and what she's doing now moving forward. WaPo article referenced in episode: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/christian-home-schoolers-revolt/ *****Let's work together!***** Let's work together! https://calendly.com/felix-louie Register for our Tulum retreat! http://agapeescapes.com (a few spots left!) or join an upcoming virtual Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

Drinking culture is prevalent in society and especially dating. Sarah Levy decided she wanted to take control of her life and stopped drinking. She wrote a book about it and joins Maria to tell her story! Plus she talks about having a long distance relationship with a guy she met on the other side of the country, who is now her husband! Sarah Levy is a writer and the author of Drinking Games, a memoir in essays that explores the role alcohol has in our formative years and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking. Drinking Games was named a most anticipated book by Good Morning America, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, BuzzFeed, Apple Books, and Pure Wow and has been featured on "Best Of" lists by Glamour, Goodreads, and more. Sarah's writing explores sobriety, relationships, culture, and identity and has been published by The New York Times, The Cut, Cosmopolitan, Cup of Jo, Vogue, and TIME, among other outlets. She is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied English and Creative Writing. Get a copy of "Drinking Games: A Memoir" at https://amzn.to/3N0NON3 Follow Sarah on… Instagram: http://instagram.com/sarahllevy Twitter: http://twitter.com/sarahliliane Learn more about Sarah at www.sarahllevy.com *****Let's work together!***** Let's work together! https://calendly.com/felix-louie Register for our Tulum retreat! http://agapeescapes.com (a few spots left!) or join an upcoming virtual Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

You have questions, Maria has answers! It's another hotline edition! If you want to chat with Maria on an upcoming episode, follow her on Instagram so you know when the hotline opens next: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria This week on the hotline… The mindset to have if you're dating while living with your parents. (it's okay!) They were supposed to have a mini golf date this weekend, but he never finished planning it! Maria tells our caller what to say and texts him live on the show! She's in her 40s and having a hard time finding men on the apps. It's their anniversary and she's upset that he hasn't made a grand gesture about it. *****Let's work together!***** Let's work together! https://calendly.com/felix-louie Register for our Tulum retreat! http://agapeescapes.com (a few spots left!) or join an upcoming virtual Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

This week, Maria sits down with Melanie Cooke and has a deep conversation into attachment theory. You'll learn the different types of attachment, how avoidant attachment is prevalent in today's dating environment and what you can do to make sure you are your best for a healthy relationship. Melanie Cooke is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and private practice owner. She works with high performers who are outwardly successful, but struggle with feelings of dissatisfaction, emptiness, and confusion--who feel that something is missing and who want to feel whole, but don't know how to. She helps them better understand their emotions, establish boundaries, balance control with acceptance, and work through conflict in order to have more fulfilling relationships. She practices trauma-informed Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Gestalt therapies, along with body based mindfulness because our emotions, fears, and wounds are as much in our bodies as they are in our minds. So is healing. Learn more about Melanie at https://www.melaniecookelmhc.com/ Join Maria and Melanie on the next Hotline - Wednesday, July 5: https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/z1ou628l1vanjkl/ *****Let's work together!***** Let's work together! https://calendly.com/felix-louie Register for our Tulum retreat! http://agapeescapes.com (a few spots left!) or join an upcoming virtual Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria