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***Matchmaker Maria’s Eurovision Party in NYC this weekend, Saturday, May 13! Get tickets now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matchmaker-marias-eurovision-party-tickets-617316860347 *** This week on the hotline, Maria is joined by her BFF and fellow matchmaker, Laurie Berzack! She’s the founder of Carolinas Matchmaker and the host of the Love on the Go podcast. Read the VOX article mentioned in the episode: https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/5/3/23707936/surgeon-general-loneliness-epidemic-report  Follow Laurie on Instagram at http://instagram.com/carolinasmatchmaker  Follow Laurie on TikTok at http://tiktok.com/@carolinasmatchmaker  Listen to the Love on the Go podcast on… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-on-the-go/id1631398944  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZLPYIsjL3p8HYYjaAXwax  *****Let's work together!***** Is matchmaking right for you? Let’s find out!  https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  And join an upcoming Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ 

*** Join us at Matchmaker Maria’s Eurovision Party on Saturday, May 13th in NYC! Get tickets now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matchmaker-marias-eurovision-party-tickets-617316860347 *** This week on the hotline, Maria is joined by her husband, George, to answer your questions! Follow George on… Instagram at http://instagram.com/nerdmeetsfood TikTok at http://tiktok.com/@nerdmeetsfood  *****Let's work together!***** Is matchmaking right for you? Let’s find out!  https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  And join an upcoming Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/

This week, Maria is getting real about body image and dating with Dr. Lindsay Kite! Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. Both received PhDs from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy. Lindsay and Lexie help girls and women recognize and reject the harmful effects of objectification in their lives through their social media activism, online course, and regular speaking engagements for people of all ages. Lindsay lives in New York City. Learn more about Dr Kite at http://morethanabody.org/  Pick up her book, More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0358229243/  Follow Dr. Kite on Instagram at http://instagram.com/beauty_redefined  *****Let's work together!***** Is matchmaking right for you? Let’s find out!  https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  And join an upcoming Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ 

This week, Maria is back with another hotline episode with award-winning writer, actor, comedian, and musician Lane Moore! Her first book, How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don’t, became an instant #1 bestseller and was praised as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, New York Magazine, NPR, Good Morning America, Fast Company, Marie Claire, and many others Her second book, You Will Find Your People: How To Make Meaningful Friendships As An Adult, will be released on April 25, 2023. Pre-order now! https://www.amazon.com/You-Will-Find-Your-People/dp/1419762567  Follow Lane on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/hellolanemoore/  Follow Lane on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hellolanemoore  Learn more about Lane at https://www.lanemoore.org/  *****Let's work together!***** Is matchmaking right for you? Let’s find out!  https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  And join an upcoming Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ 

After two weeks off, Maria is BACK with another edition of the hotline! If you want to join us for a live taping of a future hotline episode, be sure to follow Maria on instagram to know when the hotline will open next: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Selena Coppock is a former standup comedian, writer, author, and storyteller based in NYC. She is the creator and voice of @NYTVows, the parody Twitter and Instagram account that lampoons the New York Times Wedding section, the wedding industrial complex, WASPs, and courtship rituals of the rich and insufferable. She is also the creator and host of TWO WICK MINIMUM, America’s favorite and only podcast about candles. Follow NYTVows at… http://twitter.com/nytvows http://instagram.com/nytvows Find Selena at… http://instagram.com/selenacoppock  http://twitter.com/selenacoppock Check out Selena’s podcast, Two Wick Minimum, on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wick-minimum-with-selena-coppock/id1440652282?mt=2  *****Let's work together!***** Is matchmaking right for you? Let’s find out!  https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  And join an upcoming Intensive! https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ 

********* Pre-Registration for Tulum 2023 is open! Visit http://agapeescapes.com.  Or enroll in a virtual Agape Intensive instead: http://agapeintensive.com  ********* When it comes to modern relationships, our thumbs do the talking. We swipe right into a stranger’s life, flirt inside text bubbles, spill our hearts onto the screen, and use emojis to convey desire, frustration, and rage. Where once we pored over love letters, now we obsess over response times, or wonder why the three-dot ellipsis came. . . and went. Nobody knows this better than our guest this week, Dr. Mimi Winsberg. A Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist who cofounded a behavioral health startup while serving as resident psychiatrist at Facebook HQ, her work frequently finds her at the intersection of Big Data and Big Dating. Like all of us, Winsberg has been handed many a smartphone accompanied by the urgent plea: “What does this mean?” Unlike all of us, she knows the answer. She is a text whisperer. Pick up her new book, Speaking in Thumbs, at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J7M5X2P/ Learn more about Dr. Winsberg at https://www.drwinsberg.com/ Let's work together!  Schedule a Dating Strategy call: https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria 

********* Pre-Registration for Tulum 2023 is open! Visit http://agapeescapes.com.  Or enroll in a virtual Agape Intensive instead: http://agapeintensive.com  ********* It feels like narcissism has taken a bigger role in society in the last few years. What might start off as charming and great can quickly turn negative and unhealthy.  How do we make sure we don’t get caught up with someone who is a narcissist? What should we look out for? How can you know if your partner IS one? Dr. Ramani Durvasula (better known as Dr. Ramani)  is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. She takes on our modern scourges of entitlement and incivility in the book  “Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility She is the author of the modern relationship survival manual Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist.  The focus of Dr. Ramani’s clinical, academic and consultative work is the etiology and impact of narcissism and related high-conflict, entitled, antagonistic personality styles on human relationships, mental health, and societal expectations.  Dr. Ramani is an honest, authentic, and brutally honest voice on the struggles raised by narcissism in the US and globally. Follow Dr. Ramani on Instagram at http://instagram.com/doctorramani  You can find Dr. Ramani’s books on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Ramani-Durvasula/e/B00C2C5U0O  Find Dr. Ramani at her website http://www.doctor-ramani.com  Let's work together!  Schedule a Dating Strategy call: https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria 

********* Pre-Registration for Tulum 2023 is open! Visit http://agapeescapes.com.  Or enroll in a virtual Agape Intensive instead: http://agapeintensive.com  ********* Often during Ask a Matchmaker on Wednesdays, Maria gets asked about STIs. She’s joined by comedian Erica Spera to change the conversation and debunk the myths of herpes. If you’re nervous about having the herpes conversation with your partner, sit down with them and listen to this together.  Erika is a comedian and the host of the Shooters Gotta Shoot podcast.  Follow Erika on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/spericaa/  Find links to Erika’s podcasts at https://linktr.ee/spericaa  Find out where to see Erika live at https://www.ericaspera.com/  Let's work together!  Schedule a Dating Strategy call: https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria 

Pre-Registration for Tulum 2023 is open! Visit http://agapeescapes.com Or enroll in a virtual Agape Intensive instead: http://agapeintensive.com  ********* Joining Maria on this week’s hotline is Logan Ury, the Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, who has the awesome job of conducting research into modern dating.  Logan Ury is a behavioral scientist turned dating coach and the author of the bestselling dating book How to Not Die Alone. She studied psychology at Harvard and ran Google’s behavioral science team, the Irrational Lab. Sign up for Logan's Love Letter, her 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/ Let's work together!  Schedule a Dating Strategy call: https://calendly.com/felix-louie  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria 

If you’ve recently been through a break up or know someone that has, this week’s episode is a must listen. Joining Maria to talk about the 4 Rs to get through a break up is Tough Love Healer, Gilza Fort-Martinez. Gilza Fort-Martinez, MS, LFMT is a Latina therapist, speaker, and writer that specializes in helping women rebuild self-love and confidence after betrayal. For 30 years, Gilza has helped hundreds of individuals navigate life transitions and create paths of resolution that have turned their lives around. She is the founder and CEO of Resolution Counseling Center, a private practice in Miami, Florida. Her passion for helping individuals improve their lives drives her to continuously find ways to reach the community, which is why when she’s not working directly with individuals and couples, she can be found leading workshops or speaking at corporations and organizations. Gilza is a therapist trained in marriage and family therapy with a degree in Psychology from Barry University and a Master’s Degree from the University of Miami. She is certified in hypnotherapy, family therapy, and meditation. Follow Gilza on Instagram at http://instagram.com/toughlovehealer  Learn more about Gilza at https://www.gilzafort.com/ Let's work together!  Schedule a Dating Strategy call: https://calendly.com/felix-louie  or Enroll in an upcoming Agape Intensive! http://agapeintensive.com  Follow Maria on instagram at http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria