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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