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Long distance relationships are brought up every week on Ask a Matchmaker on Instagram. This week, we dig deep into the topic with The King and Queen of Long Distance, Maria and her husband, George! They met in Boston while George was living up there and Maria was still in New York City. For the next SIX YEARS (!!), they dated, got married and had a kid while living hundreds of miles apart! Don’t worry, they’re finally together in New Jersey! But how did the two of them do it for so long? What could you learn from their journey? Check out this very personal and heartfelt episode. To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch Follow Maria on Instagram Follow Maria on TikTok Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com Enroll in Agape Match’s Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit agapematch.com

We’re so excited to have her back! In episode 2, we welcomed Fotini Iconomopoulos to talk about negotiating in every part of your life, including your relationship! This week, she’s back to talk about new upcoming book “Say Less, Get More” and share some tactics in negotiating in your job, your relationship and every part of your life! e!  Nicknamed “the negotiator” as a child, Fotini has been honing her skills her entire life. For the last decade, she’s been empowering Fortune 500 executives and their teams to achieve their objectives through her expertise in negotiation, communication, and persuasion. She guides clients through high-stakes scenarios and creates customized intensive negotiation workshops for clients who want to further develop their teams across all industries. When she’s not strategizing with clients, Fotini is a frequent guest on CBC and CTV Television, a professor of MBA Negotiations at the Schulich School of Business and offers her experience to non-profit initiatives. Pre-order Fortini’s new book “Say Less, Get More” at Amazon  Follow Fotini on Instagram Find Fortini at her website  To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Match's Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

So often we focus on what a potential match is saying to us. But also what can we learn from their body language? Those little things we see can say so much.  This week, it’s all about the power of body language with body language expert Blanca Cobb! Blanca Cobb has been featured on national TV as well as numerous publications across the country. If they’re talking about body language, Blanca is there to give her expert advice! When it comes to love, relationships and romance, Blanca helps you find the right person to bring into your life by understanding and using body language and detecting deception techniques. She helps to identify partners who really love, care and respect you. Get your copy of Emotions Behind the mask at http://emotionsbehindthemask.com  Visit Blanca at her website at https://blancacobb.com/ Follow Blanca on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blancacobb/ Follow Blanca on Twitter at https://twitter.com/blancacobb To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Match's Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

With the vaccine rollouts across the world, is it safe to start dating in person again? What does dating look like once we have the shot? How do we keep ourselves safe as we transition through the vaccine process? So many questions. Today, we have some answers for you. Last week, Maria was the moderator of a special panel called “Dare to Date: The Covid Vaccine and Dating Safety.” It was put on by The Meet Group’s Safer Dating Advisory Board, which was formed in July 2020 and is made up of health experts.  In this episode, you’ll hear the panel chat. Maria asks the questions you’ve been wanting answers to! To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Matchs Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

This week on the podcast, Maria is reading your closure letters with one of her good friends, Katie Murphy! Katie took the crazy situation of 2020 and made something amazing out of it! When she lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic, she bought a tent, packed her car and camped out across the country! Plus, they will share a letter Maria received from someone that was gaslit by a man last year. It involves travel, facetime calls and even her daughter. You’re not going to want to miss this. Follow Katie’s adventures on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/katiewisdm/ To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Matchs Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

During the pandemic, she was bored. So she started her own dating show! This week’s guest is Serena Kerrigan, AKA Serena F*cking Kerrigan, or SFK. She hosts her own dating show on Instagram called Let’s F*cking Date, in which she goes on weekly live dates as her friends and fans watch and comment.  Watch episodes of Let’s F*cking Date on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/letsfuckingdate/ Follow Serena on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenakerrigan Get Serena’s Card Game:https://letsfuckingdate.com/ To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Matchs Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

“Did I just date a narcissist?” More than likely you or someone you know has asked this question. Narcissists come off as charming and amazing at first.  But then you start to see the patterns. The truth comes out. What do you do then? This week, Maria is joined by Heather Kent to help you, whether you’re currently dating one or dated one in the past. Heather Kent is a Registered Psychotherapist with a training background in trauma assessment and treatment. She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of the books Heal From Your Narcissist Ex and I Left My Toxic Relationship – Now What? Much of her professional practice is focused on helping clients through the process of recovering from the trauma and PTSD of abusive relationships. Having survived her own experience in an abusive relationship, Heather soon came to realize that many other women (and men) find themselves in the same situation, which leaves them feeling broken, ashamed, and paralyzed by fear. Heather combines her experience from her previous teaching career with her integrative therapeutic approach to counselling. Through her virtual programs, speaking engagements, workshops, and retreats, Heather is able to serve a larger population of clients who want interactive guided support from a licensed professional, as they navigate their way through trauma recovery from an abusive relationship and begin the next phase of their lives with safety and confidence. Heather currently resides in Ontario, Canada. Visit Heather's Website: https://www.heatherjkent.com/ To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Matchs Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

Financial compatibility is such an important part of a relationship. Yet it’s also one of the toughest things to talk about with a potential partner. Heck, it can even be tough to talk about when you’re married! Do you two have the same beliefs about money? Are you two in debt? Do you spend a lot or do you prefer to save? How do you take care of the bills when you get married? So many questions!  This week, Dr. Shannon Curry is here to help answer them! Dr. Shannon Curry is an award winning Clinical Psychologist and a national expert in psychological and interpersonal issues. She has been interviewed for major media outlets including the TODAY show, New York Magazine and The Cut. She talks about topics from trauma, violence and abuse to intimate relationships, parenting, career change and motivation. She regularly works with couples who are experiencing financial conflicts.  In this episode, we talk about everything from knowing how you’re a financial match in a relationship to having those awkward conversations about money early on and even after you’re married.  Learn more about Dr. Curry at https://currypsychology.com/ To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch  Follow Maria on Instagram: http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  Follow Maria on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJaSAhfw/  Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com  Enroll in Agape Matchs Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events  To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit http://agapematch.com  

The cold weather in Texas has been all over the news the last two weeks. This week, Maria talks to someone on the ground and is dealing with it first hand... lifestyle blogger, Danielle Price. After graduating from film school at the University of Southern California in 2014, Danielle worked at a content creation focused ad agency & house of lifestyle magazines in Los Angeles. Danielle quit her job and put her whole life into a storage unit in January 2020 (great timing!) to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live in the South of France where she planned to learn to cook from the chef/owner of a bed & breakfast in Provence in exchange for overhauling the social media of the business. However, the pandemic struck and she unexpectedly ended up back in her childhood bedroom in the middle of the West Texas desert instead. While spending 2020 soaking up precious time with her parents, Danielle dove into writing and creating social media videos for She’s Fun, her lifestyle blog for all things feminine & fun. She continues to help small businesses with unique content creation and branding. Find Danielle on Instagram Visit Danielle’s website, She’s Fun To help the people of Texas, Venmo to these great organizations: Feed the People Dallas: http://venmo.com/feedthepeopledallas Mutual Aid Houston: http://venmo.com/mutualaidhou Mutual Aid Austin: http://venmo.com/austinmutualaid Mutual Aid Trinity/San Antonio:  http://venmo.com/trinitymutualaid To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch Follow Maria on Instagram Follow Maria on TikTok Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com Enroll in Agape Match's Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events

You loved it! We loved it! So we’re doing it again! This week on the podcast, Maria is reading your closure letters with her friend Katie Morse. Those words you wish you could say to someone but you know it’s better you don’t. But you still need to get the words and feelings out! We happily read them and put them out in the universe for you! Plus, Maria and Katie talk about how they became friends. Spoiler alert: It started when they realized that at one point they both were with the same guy! To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch Follow Maria on Instagram Follow Maria on TikTok Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com Enroll in Agape Match’s Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit agapematch.com