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Emotional Availability

September 21, 2026

He Says He's Ready But Isn't: The Self-Love Deficit Behind It

When a man says he is ready but pulls away as things get real, the answer is rarely in his words. Laurie Gerber talks with dating coach Jonathon Aslay about the self-love deficit that can make emotional availability feel impossible. They explore the questions, patterns, and…

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Dating Mindset

September 17, 2026

Why Good Enough Beats Perfect in the Dating Game

You keep swiping because you're sure someone better is one profile away. Here's why good enough on Head, Heart, and Hoo-ha beats hunting for a 10, and how to know by date three.

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Dating Profiles

September 14, 2026

She Changed 3 Things in Her Dating Profile: Matches Skyrocketed

Your profile can be full of good intentions and still disappear in the crowd. Laurie breaks down three practical changes you can make today, from choosing better photos to writing a bio that gives the right person a reason to lean in. You’ll also see why widening your search…

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Communication

September 4, 2026

You’re Not a Gold Digger

Are your dating standards protecting you, or are they keeping you single? In this mailbag episode, Laurie answers six real listener questions about trauma and attraction, “wife appliance” fears, eight-out-of-ten chemistry, height and income filters, introvert compatibility, and…

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Sex

August 27, 2026

Sex and Intimacy After 50: The Complete Guide

Desire does not disappear after 50. But your body, confidence, and needs may change. This candid guide covers menopause, libido, body image, erectile dysfunction, sexual health, and the conversations that make intimacy better. If you are ready to stop treating this part of life…

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Dating Mindset

August 25, 2026

Dating Dilemmas After 50: Is He Pulling Away or Are You Overthinking It?

From Mrs. to Ms. host Andrea Knoche talks with Laurie Gerber about three real midlife dating dilemmas: when his texts suddenly slow down, when his ex is still in the picture, and when he won't put a label on the relationship.

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Age Gaps

August 20, 2026

5 Reasons Men Are Drawn to Older Women

I have coached daters for over 20 years, and one theme keeps getting louder every year. Younger men (and of course older men) are actively seeking out older women, and it is a real, growing part of the dating world. If you are a woman over 50 wondering whether you still have…

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First Dates

August 14, 2026

First Dates After 50: The Complete Guide to Early Dating

If you're over 50 and standing at the edge of dating again, first dates feel enormous. More than they did at 30. More than they probably should. That's because at this age, you know things. You know what a bad relationship costs. You know how fast years go. You know you're not…

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Compatibility

August 7, 2026

5 Telltale Signs of Relationship Incompatibility

You matched on a dating app, or maybe a friend set you up, and the first date felt promising enough to keep going. For a minute, you let yourself hope this could be it. Then a few weeks in, something feels off. You can't quite name it, but the excitement fades faster than it…

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Sex

July 30, 2026

When to Have Sex While Dating: 6 Questions to Ask

The dating game after 50 comes with a lot of unwritten rules. The biggest one? The third date is when sex is supposed to happen. Maybe you followed that rule. Maybe you walked away from a promising new relationship wondering why romantic relationships that felt so real suddenly…

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Dating Apps

July 23, 2026

Are There Securely Attached People on Dating Apps? (And How Do You Find Them?)

If you've spent more than ten minutes on online dating apps, you may have asked yourself: "Are there any emotionally healthy people on here at all?" Fair question. Because sometimes dating apps can feel like a strange social experiment where 1 person wants a soulmate, another…

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Healthy Relationships

July 16, 2026

Living Apart Together: Is It the Right Choice for You?

The number one concern I hear from many daters is: there are not enough eligible people where I live. My heart goes out to you. It's enough to make you give up altogether. On the other hand, I meet happy couples every day who started (or even remained) in a long-distance…

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Red Flags

July 9, 2026

6 Red Flags in Dating Over 50 You Keep Ignoring

Most of us don't miss the red flags. We see them. We just talk ourselves out of what we saw. I've been helping women in the dating pool for over 20 years, and I will tell you with total certainty: the problem is rarely that you're oblivious. The problem is that you're hopeful.…

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Dating Profiles

July 2, 2026

Changed these 3 things in Dating Profile and Was Shocked by The Results!

You know the feeling. You've spent hours on your profile. You answered the prompts, picked a few photos, filled in the basics, and hit "publish." Then... crickets. Or worse, messages from men who seem like they wandered in from a different planet. Here's what I want you to know:…

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Attachment Styles

June 25, 2026

How to Stop Repeating Old Relationship Patterns

Here's a story I've heard a hundred times. A woman finally gets out of an unhappy marriage. She promises herself: this time, things will be different. She gets back in the dating game, meets someone new, and then, slowly, a familiar feeling creeps in. Same fights. Same dynamic.…

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Online Dating

June 18, 2026

The Complete Guide to Apps, Profiles, and Showing Up Like Yourself

Let me be honest with you about online dating. Most women over 50 approach it like a chore they've been assigned, at best. They download an app, spend ten minutes on a profile, upload a photo from three years ago, and wait to see what happens. Then they come to me completely…

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Getting Started

June 11, 2026

The Complete Guide to Finding Love Again After 50

I've helped hundreds of women through this exact moment: standing at the edge of the dating pool, wondering whether the water is too cold, whether anyone will even be there, whether you are somehow too late.

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Dating Mindset

June 4, 2026

Why Is a Man Over 50 Still Single?

In my family, there is a famous story about my grandmother Sylvia, who came to the US from Poland in the 1930s. Sylvia was notoriously skeptical, untrusting, and frugal. She could spend hours in a store examining potential purchases and still leave with nothing. No decision came…

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Dating Mindset

June 4, 2026

All the Single Ladies: Hacks for Dating After 60

I recently joined Lori Dube and Constance Bauer on their wonderful podcast, We Ain’t Dead Yet, for an episode called All the Single Ladies: Hacks for Dating After 60.

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Trust

May 28, 2026

7 Things People Lie About in Dating Over 50 (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)

If you've been in the dating pool for any amount of time, especially in your later years, you already know this: People lie. Not always in big, dramatic, scammy ways. Not always with bad intentions. But in small, strategic, sometimes unconscious ways that can derail your chance…

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Dating Mindset

May 21, 2026

Dating Over 50: How to Actually Feel Good About It Again

Dating over 50 can feel like stepping into a whole new world. And not the cute "new adventure" kind of way. More like: Wait, what is this? Why does everything feel harder?

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Attraction

May 14, 2026

Attracting The Wrong Men After 50? The Real Reason

If you are a smart, self-aware woman who has done the inner work and still ended up in a romantic relationship that looks exactly like the last one, hear this: you are not broken. You are unconsciously running a pattern. And patterns can be changed. Dating over 50 brings a…

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Dating Mindset

May 8, 2026

Why Your Dating Life Isn't Progressing: 5 Reasons Women Over 50 Stay Stuck

You're texting. You're going on dates. You're staying hopeful. And nothing is actually moving. I call it: action without traction. In today's Love at Any Age episode, I break down the 5 reasons your dating life isn't progressing. If you're putting in the work and still not…

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Dating Challenges

May 7, 2026

From Bad Dates to Real Love: Laurie Gerber's Playbook

Hosts Dr. Nicole Martin and Dr. Tiffany Moon talk with Laurie Gerber on Scrubs to Stilettos about what keeps people single, why women settle into situationships, and how to shift your mindset toward the relationship you actually want.

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Divorce

April 30, 2026

Dating After Divorce: What Really Works Over 50

If you've been staring at your divorce papers, wondering whether your window for love has closed, I have someone I want you to meet. I recently sat down with Lauren Handel Zander. She's the creator of the Handel Method, my former boss, my mentor, and the woman whose framework…

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Vulnerability

April 17, 2026

He Won't Open Up Until You Stop Doing This One Thing

He talks to strangers on airplanes. He opens up to colleagues he barely knows. But with you? One-word answers. "Why is it so easy for him to talk to someone else?"

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Dating Challenges

April 16, 2026

Where Are the Good Men?

I hear this every week. “Laurie, where are the good men?” "I can't seem to find any." "I don't think there are any good ones left." "All the good ones are taken." "I've been on the dating apps, and there are none there. Where are they?"

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Sex

April 9, 2026

Sex Over 50: What Nobody Tells You About Desire

I am going to say the thing most women over 50 are thinking but not saying out loud: I am not sure I can have a great sex life anymore. Maybe you have quietly decided that the chapter is closed. Maybe the physical changes, the low libido, the vaginal dryness, the hot flashes,…

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Dating Profiles

April 2, 2026

How (Not) To Use AI For Your Dating Profiles

I had a small breakdown recently. Not a dramatic one. Don't worry. But I was struggling. A client sent me his dating app profile, and the second I read it, I knew. ChatGPT wrote it. Not him. And something in me cracked.

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Emotional Availability

March 26, 2026

Are You Sending Mixed Signals? 7 Things Women Say They Want and What They Really Mean

What men say—over and over—is that women tend to speak in signals instead of just asking directly for what they want. And here’s the uncomfortable truth: most women aren’t doing that on purpose. They’re doing it because they don’t actually know what they want yet.

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Dating Mindset

March 19, 2026

Dating Over 50: Are Your Girlfriends Helping or Hurting?

Dating over 50 is brave. Tender. Hopeful. And yet—sometimes the hardest part isn’t the men.

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Compatibility

March 13, 2026

Dating over 50: 7 Compatibility Factors That Predict Success

Chemistry is intoxicating. It feels like a sign. But it might be the thing that's costing you the most time. "Am I falling for the right person, or am I just finally feeling wanted again?"

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Healing

March 12, 2026

Handling Rejection After 50 Without Losing Hope

Romantic rejection is part of life. It always has been. But that doesn’t mean rejection hurts less just because you’re older or wiser. What changes after 50 is the emotional reaction it can trigger and the meaning we sometimes attach to it.

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Dating Challenges

March 5, 2026

5 Dating Mistakes Women Over 50 Still Make — And How to Stop Them Fast

If you are dating over 50, here is the good news. Dating can actually get better with age. Not easier. But better.

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Breakups

February 26, 2026

The "One" Didn’t Get Away: Letting Go and Moving Forward

First of all, there is no ONE “the one.” Second of all, this notion that your "one" got away, whether because: He picked someone else You picked someone else He had an insurmountable issue He died As a relationship coach, I can tell you: It just isn’t true.

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Commitment

February 19, 2026

How to Tell if a Man is Ready for Long-Term Commitment

One of the biggest reasons women grow tired of online dating is simple: it can feel like a waste of time. Based on years of work as a dating coach, I can tell you this: only a portion of the people on dating apps are genuinely ready for a committed relationship or a long-term…

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Sex

February 6, 2026

Sex, Erectile Dysfunction, and the Myths That Hurt You | Epi #14

Today’s conversation on Love at Any Age is a spicy one, and it's for people over 50 who still want intimacy, pleasure, and sex in their love lives. I’m joined by the extraordinary Joan Price, an internationally recognized expert on sex in later life, and at 82, she is living…

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First Dates

January 29, 2026

The 3-Date Strategy: Key Signs He’s the Right Guy After 50

If you’re back in the dating world after 50, you already know what’s changed. There are more options, more confusion, more false starts, and more ways to lose time with someone who was never really right for you. What I want for you instead is clarity. Not eventually. Not after…

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Healing

January 15, 2026

The Secret Reason You're Not Ready for Love: How to Detox from Your Past Relationships

If dating feels like the same movie playing over and over—same type of person, same disappointment, same ending—you’re not imagining it. And no, this is not because you’re “bad at dating.” It’s not because the dating pool dried up. It’s not because you waited too long. What’s…

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Getting Started

December 26, 2025

How Women Can Get Ready for Dating Sunday and Make Their Love Resolution Come True

If finding love (or getting back out there) is going to make your New Year’s resolution list, this is your perfect moment. The holiday season will soon be over, and everyone’s in that new beginnings mindset. Are you ready?

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Getting Started

December 18, 2025

Ready to date again after 50? Laurie Gerber shares 10 practical, soulful steps to prepare your head, heart, and hoo-ha for real love—starting now.

If you’re over 50 and thinking about dating again—whether it’s been a few months, or a few decades, or since your last heartbreak—it’s time to get intentional. No more winging it, hoping for chemistry, or letting the dating apps decide your fate. You get to do this your way:…

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Healing

December 12, 2025

💔How to Give and Receive Rejection Without Shutting Down

If the fear of rejection has ever kept you on the sidelines of dating (or sent you running back there), this week’s Love at Any Age episode is for you. I can’t take away the fear, but I want to help you move forward despite it.

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Dating Mindset

December 11, 2025

Dating Over 50: 8 Unrealistic Expectations That Keep You Single — And How to Shift Them

If you’re dating over 50 and wondering why it feels harder than ever to find your person, you’re not imagining it. The dating landscape has changed — and so have we. You’ve lived, loved, raised kids, maybe divorced, maybe lost a partner. You’ve learned a lot about yourself. But…

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Love

December 4, 2025

We're Finding Love On My New Podcast: Love At Any Age

At the beginning of 2025, I promised myself I'd start my own podcast. I had rejected the idea of it in the past because it seemed like too much work, but THIS felt like the year!

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First Dates

November 28, 2025

❓The Most Important Questions for Your First Dates

Dating over 50 isn’t just about chemistry — it’s about 3H compatibility (Head, Heart, and Hoo-ha). This week, I’m giving you the exact “Spark Questions” to ask on your first three dates so you stop guessing and start choosing on purpose.

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Healing

November 27, 2025

Giving Thanks for Past Loves: How Gratitude Heals the Heart

In this season of thanks-giving, I am going to lay out an unpopular opinion: Every choice in love you’ve made in the past has been in your best interest! "What, Laurie?" You must be asking yourself if I’ve gone off the deep end.

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Communication

November 21, 2025

💬Here’s How to Talk About the Hard Stuff (without Scaring Him Off)

Dating over 50 isn’t just about chemistry — it’s about 3H (head, heart, and hoo-ha) compatibility. And sometimes that means having the awkward conversations we’d all rather skip. In this week’s episode of my podcast, Love at Any Age, I teach you how to talk about the things that…

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Confidence

November 20, 2025

Body Image and Dating Over 50: What’s Really Holding You Back

In response to a recent article about reasons not to date common in women over 50, I received this comment: “All valid points. What is holding me back is my weight (overweight now) and having been celibate for over 10 years, the thought of intimacy. My body has cellulite, rolls…

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Dating Profiles

November 14, 2025

How to Answer eHarmony Prompts (Especially for Women Dating Over 50)

If you’ve dipped your toe into the modern world of dating apps, you’ve probably noticed they all have one thing in common — you have to work them if you want them to work for you.

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Dating Apps

November 6, 2025

4 Myths About the Dating Site Algorithm That Need Busting

Do the apps secretly rate your attractiveness? Are you being punished for swiping too much? And is there really a way to “beat the system”?

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Divorce

October 30, 2025

Post-Divorce Casual Dating: To Fling or Not to Fling?

Two of my three kids are grown, so I think I can safely say now that I wish they had taken a gap year between high school and college, or during college. At least they studied abroad. The amount of worldly knowledge and independence they gained from studying abroad got me…

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Attachment Styles

October 24, 2025

Stop Repeating the Same Love Mistakes After 50

Are you tired of spinning your wheels in dating? Feeling like every man is the same guy… in a different shirt?

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Dating Mindset

October 23, 2025

4 Bad Reasons 50+ Women Quit Dating (and 1 Good One)

For every woman in the 50+ age group who responds to one of my articles, hopeful about dating again, an equal number write back with a heavy sigh: “Never again. I’m done.”

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Dating Mindset

October 16, 2025

Dating! Ready or Not, Here I Come! with Laurie Gerber

Divorce coach and mediator Lisa Lisser talks with Laurie Gerber on Dishing On Divorce about readiness, mindset and clarity for stepping back into the dating world after divorce.

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Dating Mindset

October 16, 2025

Get Better at Dating With "Main Character" Energy

If you’re a woman over 50 and haven’t done at least 7 of the 10 things I’ve listed below, you may be missing out on your “Main Character Era.”

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Divorce

October 15, 2025

Dating After Divorce: Embracing New Chapters with Laurie Gerber

High Vibe Divorce host Melissa Wheeler Farag talks with Laurie Gerber about dating after divorce: how to know you're ready, the Head, Heart and Hoo-ha framework for sizing up a new partner, and the difference between casual and committed dating.

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Dating Challenges

October 10, 2025

Dating Over 50: 5 Most Awkward (and Common) Dating Situations 😬 What to Say & Do!

One of the biggest reasons people hesitate to jump back into dating after 50? The fear of awkward moments! 😬 Whether you’re a man or a woman, midlife dating is full of common situations that can catch you off guard — (like they don’t look anything like their profile pics!)

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Dating Mindset

October 9, 2025

Unpopular Opinion: Men Over 50 Deserve a 2nd Chance

I don’t mean get back together with the man you divorced. I certainly don’t mean stay with someone who abuses you. I mean, in early dating—even in texting. I mean, when something rubs you the wrong way and you’re ready to call it quits before chemistry has had a chance to…

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Personal Growth

October 2, 2025

Dating After 50 and the Power of Reinvention: A Conversation with Laurie Gerber

Host Wendy Battles talks with Laurie Gerber on Reinvention Rebels about how getting fired, reworking a marriage, and reframing menopause led Laurie to reinvent her own life, and what that means for dating after 50.

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Dating Profiles

October 2, 2025

I Can’t Fix Your Dating Profile Without These 2 Things

I get this a lot as a dating coach: Women send me their online dating profile to analyze—as if I could tell them whether it’s “good” or “bad” without knowing them first. That’s not how it works.

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Dating Mindset

September 29, 2025

Laurie Gerber: Dating and Finding Love Over 50

Host Nancy Lang Gibbs talks with Laurie Gerber on Loving Later Life about dating and finding love over 50, and Laurie gently calls out some of her host's own beliefs along the way.

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Dating Challenges

September 25, 2025

Thinking About Dating Older Men: But Don’t Want to Be A Nurse Or A Purse?

Once women are done complaining to me about how older men are only looking for younger women, they turn around and complain that they’ll end up being an older man’s nurse, purse, or, dreadfully, both!

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Dating Challenges

September 18, 2025

What to Expect When Dating a Man Over 50

If you’re a woman in later years looking for a mature man around your own age, there are some things you should expect. This list isn't meant to scare you—it’s to help you experience the dating scene with greater ease. First off, they might help you feel less crazy, because if…

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Dating Mindset

September 9, 2025

Dating After 50: Laurie Gerber on the Handel Method and No Filter Advice

From Mrs. to Ms. host Andrea Knoche welcomes Laurie Gerber back for a lively, no holds barred chat about dating after 50, the marriage saving secrets behind the Handel Method, and why Laurie never sugarcoats her advice.

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First Dates

August 28, 2025

Why Your First Date Should Be a Video Chat

If you met online, your first date should not be a glass of wine at a noisy bar. It should be a video call. Full stop. I know, I know. It’s not the fantasy. But we’re grown-ups now. With real-time energy levels, complicated schedules, and no time (or patience) for last-minute…

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Dating Profiles

August 21, 2025

The Do's and Don'ts of Dating Site Prompts

You finally open up the dating app, and there it is—the blank box next to "What makes you unique?" You freeze. Is this the best place to share your love of New York bagels? Is it too soon to mention your three divorces and obsession with Candy Crush?

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Dating Challenges

August 21, 2025

Dating Over 50: Do Older Men Really ONLY Want Younger Women? What's Real and What's Not!

“Older men only want younger women.” 🙄 We’ve all heard it—but is it really the truth, or just a prevalent belief that holds people back from finding love? In this candid conversation, Dating Coach & Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber takes a closer and no-holds-barred look at…

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Trust

August 15, 2025

How Honest Should You Be on a First Date?

Let’s brush our teeth before we kiss, he said on our first date, implying I had bad breath! I was mortified. But I brushed my teeth, and we had a great first kiss. That was decades ago, and now we’ve been married 27 years. When asked how I knew he was the right person, I harken…

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Intimacy

August 14, 2025

The Real Reason So Many Women Fake Orgasms—And What To Do About It

According to Journal of Sex Research, 67% of heterosexual women admit to occasionally faking orgasms. And just remember, that’s the number that’s admitting it! Here’s another fun statistic. Only 20 percent of men think their partners might fake their orgasms…

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First Dates

August 12, 2025

Dating Over 50: The First 3 Dates—What to Do and the WORST Ideas to Avoid! 🚫 No More Date Fails!

Ready to stop wasting time on awkward, boring, or downright disastrous dates? 💥 Whether you're newly single or back in the dating scene over 50, your first three dates are the MOST Important! Dating Coach and Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber breaks down: ✅ The BEST ideas for…

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Communication

August 7, 2025

3 Do’s and Don’ts of Online Dating Banter

When you first spot someone on a dating app and your interest is piqued, the next big step is kicking off some fun, flirty banter. Since they can’t read your body language, your online banter has to carry all the weight of making that initial spark happen.

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Confidence

July 31, 2025

Are You Undateable? 6 Things You May Not Realize

If you’ve ever secretly Googled “Am I undateable?”—first of all, hi, welcome, you’re in good company. Second, the fact that you’re asking that question probably means you’re not. Truly. Single women who are reflective, curious, and willing to assess their love life honestly are…

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Dating Mindset

July 24, 2025

Navigating Dating with Ease: 4 Tips for Soothing Anxiety

Do you wish you could get excited about dating but find yourself battling pesky anxiety butterflies in your stomach? These 4 things have helped my clients immensely with dating anxiety.

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Intimacy

July 17, 2025

How Women Over 50 Can Support a Partner with Erectile Dysfunction

When you think about dating, one of your major concerns might be about sex. In fact, sex is what differentiates a long-term love partner from just another friend. As a dating coach, I want to give you the best chance at healthy, lasting love, and that means giving you the…

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Trust

July 17, 2025

The New "Honesty Is The Best Policy" In Dating

Is Honesty the Best Policy in Dating? Now that you are dating over 50, you can finally be honest!

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Dating Apps

July 10, 2025

Top Advice for Dating App Fatigue When Every Swipe is a Soul-Suck

If you’ve ever slumped onto your couch after a dating app session feeling drained, disheartened, or downright numb, you’re not alone. Dating app fatigue is real, especially for women over 50 looking for a meaningful relationship.

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Getting Started

July 10, 2025

How To Start Dating Again with Laurie Gerber

Host Lorena Tomasini talks with Laurie Gerber on Twelve Minute Talks about how to navigate the dating world again, especially after divorce, and why the right first steps depend on your personality type.

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Attraction

July 3, 2025

Should I Give A Guy I Wasn't Attracted To A Second Chance?

So, you aren’t attracted at first, but you’re lonely, and you are looking for the love of your life! And maybe you haven't made such good choices in the past when you picked based on what you were attracted to, so….

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Divorce

June 26, 2025

Dating After Divorce: How to Do It the Right Way

Dating after divorce can feel like stepping into a strange new world—especially if you’ve been out of the dating game for a long time. You might feel like the dating pool has changed, the rules are unclear, and your comfort zone is nowhere to be found. But here's good news: not…

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Emotional Availability

June 26, 2025

5 Tips to Avoid Being Ghosted Forever 🚫👻

One of the main complaints I hear from daters is about BEING GHOSTED. Ghosting is a pretty new term. I know because my 80-year old dad said “huh, what’s that?” He stopped dating before computers, texting and online dating sites. You could still ghost someone in those days– but…

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Dating Mindset

June 19, 2025

What Do Older Women Think Men Want—and Are They Right?

If you're a mature woman trying to make sense of modern dating, you’ve probably asked yourself: What do men actually want? Are they after “just sex,” younger women (only), a casual fling, a committed relationship, or none of the above? Do older women actually know what men…

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Emotional Availability

June 19, 2025

Why Do Men Ghost: Some Important Coaching

If you keep getting your heart broken when you get ghosted, here is the coaching: STOP FALLING FOR THOSE WHO SAY, BUT DO NOT DO, THE THINGS YOU WANT!

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Dating Profiles

June 13, 2025

Dating Over 50: Profile Mistakes That Make You Undateable! (The Harsh Truth)

Think your dating profile is helping you find love after 50? Think again. 🙄Dating Coach & Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber delivers a brutally honest breakdown of the biggest dating profile mistakes that are turning people off — and keeping you single. From outdated photos and…

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Dating Mindset

June 12, 2025

Top 5 Reasons To Believe In Love and Romance Again

My name is Laurie, and I have been a dating coach for women for the last 20 years. If you are finding love after 50, you must begin with believing it’s possible!

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Getting Started

June 12, 2025

The Best Way to Meet Men in Real Life (Even If You’re Nervous)

If you’re an older woman trying to find a romantic relationship in the real world, you’re not alone. I’ve worked with thousands of single women over 50, and I hear this all the time: “I’m tired of online dating apps. I want to meet a great guy in real life.” The kids call it…

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Dating Challenges

June 5, 2025

Should I Hire a Professional Matchmaker?

Ever wondered what it’s really like behind the scenes of a professional matchmaking service? I recently sat down with Jill Dunn, a seasoned matchmaker with years of experience helping single men and women find long-term relationships.

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Dating Mindset

June 5, 2025

The Top 5 Reasons Women Give Up on Love

Quick question: What’s the top reason you’ve given up on finding love after 50?

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Online Dating

May 29, 2025

7 Best Dating Sites for Women Over 50 in 2026 (Reviewed by a Dating Coach)

The dating world has evolved. We’re swiping, chatting through mobile apps, and scanning dating profiles like pros. It can feel overwhelming at times—but here’s the good news: there are plenty of quality dating services out there filled with potential matches looking for…

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First Dates

May 22, 2025

10 Key Questions to Ask on the First 3 Dates for Mature Daters

I have been coaching people for 20 years on how to date effectively, based on Handel Group™’s awesome methodology. I've taught countless clients how to maximize the utility, intimacy, and fun of the first 3 dates, with great questions…

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Online Dating

May 22, 2025

Love at First Site: How to Choose the Best Dating Site Without Losing Your Mind

There are dating services offering "meaningful connections," platforms for casual relationships, and apps boasting compatibility scores and in-depth personality tests. Some are free, others want your credit card before you even send a first message.

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Sex

May 17, 2025

Can Sex Get Better After Menopause?

If you’re post-menopausal and dating (or thinking about dating), I want you to know: you are not alone, you are not too old, too dry, too rusty, and you are not done. So many women in their 50s, 60s, and beyond are re-entering the dating world and wondering with regards to sex……

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Sex

May 15, 2025

Sex after 50: What Women Think Men Want in Bed - Are They Getting It All Wrong? 😳

What do women really think men want in bed — and do they have it all wrong? Dating Coach & Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber reveals the top misconceptions women have about what turns men on — and how these assumptions can sabotage intimacy, connection, and confidence in the…

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Attraction

May 8, 2025

How to Flirt Naturally (and Still Be Your Authentic Self): Clean and Dirtier Come-ons Included

First of all, warning: this blog is for women. If you're a man and reading this, you may get some value and some chuckles, but the rules and ideas are really different for men. Maybe I'll write that one next. Now, ladies, if your flirt game is rusty, good news: you don’t need…

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Dating Challenges

May 8, 2025

How Women Can Avoid the Top Five Dating Mistakes

As a relationship expert, I have been studying dating over 50 for the last 20 years, and I have made an important discovery. The good news is that the biggest mistakes women make in dating can be avoided.

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Boundaries

May 1, 2025

The Biggest Dating Dealbreakers for Women

One moment you're excited about a potential partner, and the next, you’re wondering if you just wasted a lot of time. Welcome to the dating game! What a ride.

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First Dates

May 1, 2025

Most Common Third Date Mistakes to Avoid

The 3rd date is a significant milestone, it assumes you are really interested in each other and attracted– but you need to know some very important things in order to take it further.

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Intimacy

April 22, 2025

Sex after 50: Getting Intimate with a New Partner? Your Biggest Questions and Concerns Answered!

Getting intimate with a new partner? What are the most common questions and concerns daters have about sex after 50 with someone new? Dating Coach and Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber provides answers to the most common things women and men want to know about having sex again,…

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First Dates

April 17, 2025

Biggest and Most Common First Date Mistakes To Avoid

Good news, everyone is making the same mistakes and they are fixable. To save you boredom, frustration and heartache, don’t make these FIRST DATE mistakes:

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Compatibility

April 17, 2025

Understanding Relationship Compatibility in Early Dating

The biggest mistake women make in midlife dating is staying for a long time with the wrong person. If you’re lonely, you are susceptible to picking badly, and then staying put, hoping it will turn into a successful relationship if you’re patient or work hard enough to fix him.

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Love

April 16, 2025

EP 228: Reclaiming Romance After 50 with Laurie Gerber

How to Keep Love Alive—Or Find It Again—After 50. In this episode, we talk about how to stop repeating old patterns, how to use Laurie’s “Three H’s” (Head, Heart, and Hoo-Ha) to evaluate love interests, and how to keep connection alive in long-term relationships. Whether you're…

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Confidence

April 10, 2025

Am I Good Enough to be Loved for What I Am?

One of the biggest obstacles I see stopping women in midlife from finding a meaningful romantic relationship is a deeply rooted belief that they are somehow “not enough” to deserve it. That they're too old, too damaged, too late, too this or that.

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First Dates

April 3, 2025

Worst Date Ideas

Bad dates are the worst. We've all been on crappy dates and been wondering the whole time, when will this be over? I want to save you from ever going on a bad date again with some top tips for the first three, which are the most important!

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Getting Started

March 27, 2025

Dating Over 50: How Do You Meet More People in Real Life? The Key Steps to Approaching Someone IRL!

How do you meet someone in real life? That’s the top question on the minds of thousands of singles dating over 50 who are tired of online dating. Dating and Relationship Coach Laurie Gerber, who was a resident “love expert” at some of the biggest dating sites, provides…

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Attraction

March 27, 2025

How to Make Yourself More Attractive: 4 Practical Strategies

You may think it seems shallow to care about being attractive. But it is the most important element that determines whether or not you will find a love match.

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First Dates

March 20, 2025

What is the 3-date Rule for Finding Love After 50?

The biggest mistake women make, which prevents them from finding the right person for them, is staying too long with the wrong person.

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Boundaries

March 13, 2025

You’re Training Someone How to Treat You—From the First Interaction

Did you know? You are teaching someone how to treat you from the very first interaction. If you are wondering why someone treats you a particular way, think back to the behaviors you ignored or didn’t speak up about at the beginning.

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Online Dating

March 13, 2025

Is Dating in Digital Times Even Worth It?

Are you so resigned about dating that you’re asking yourself if it’s even worth it? I get it. A lot of women who come to me are exhausted by past relationships, overwhelmed by careers, families, and the true time suck of swiping left and right on online dating sites.

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First Dates

February 18, 2025

Dating over 50: What’s the 3 Date Rule? Essential Dos and Don’ts for First Second and Third Date!

Frustrated with dating over 50? According to Dating Coach and Love Expert Laurie Gerber, dating over 50 does not have to be so difficult or frustrating if you apply the “3 Date Rule”. In this video, Laurie explains the 3 Date Rule, and shares the essential dos and don’ts you…

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Getting Started

February 5, 2025

Love, Hormones, and a Fresh Start: Your Guide to Dating After 50

At our age we’ve come to understand we don’t NEED a partner. You’ve spent plenty of time without one and you are okay.

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Attraction

January 23, 2025

Do You REALLY Know Your Type? The Key to Discovering Your True Type Dating Over 50!

Do you really know what “your type” is? If you’re dating over 50, your “true type” might have significantly changed from your younger days. What are you really looking for now in a partner? Dating Coach and Relationship Expert Laurie Gerber explains why discovering your true…

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Healing

September 15, 2024

Get Your Baggage out of Your Dating Life With This Exercise 🙃

If you have been working hard at dating or even just on yourself, to change your past patterns and you haven’t found success there may be a very important step you are overlooking.

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Trust

September 3, 2024

Honesty in Relationships: A Path to True Connection. With Laurie Gerber & Samia Bano

How to Keep Love Alive—Or Find It Again—After 50. In this episode, we talk about how to stop repeating old patterns, how to use Laurie’s “Three H’s” (Head, Heart, and Hoo-Ha) to evaluate love interests, and how to keep connection alive in long-term relationships. Whether you're…

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Dating Mindset

August 12, 2024

Dating in Your 50’s: Mastering the New Rules of Romance

In this episode of the Rocking Midlife® Podcast, I'm joined by New York based life coach and relationship expert Laurie Gerber, who shares her wisdom and practical advice on navigating the modern dating landscape.

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Online Dating

July 19, 2024

Navigating Modern Dating

Mom Essentials host Angie Weber talks with Laurie Gerber about the obstacles people face in modern dating, from starting over after divorce to navigating apps, intimacy, and the work of creating meaningful connection.

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Dating Mindset

June 30, 2024

Are You Ready to Date Like You Mean It?

TeaTime Midlife Edition host Regina Young asks Laurie Gerber what it means to date like you mean it—bringing clarity, intention, and honest self-assessment to the search for love in midlife.

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Trust

June 28, 2024

Let's Get Honest: Is it Lying, A Liability, or a Limiting Belief

Shot At Love host Kerry Brett and Laurie Gerber get candid about lies of omission, outright misrepresentation, self-worth, and the limiting beliefs that make honesty feel risky in dating and relationships.

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Attachment Styles

June 16, 2024

Got Daddy Issues?

A few days ago I found myself saying something for the 3rd time in a week to a 50+ woman who was trying to get back into dating. “It’s not about whether or not YOU are good enough.”

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Healthy Relationships

June 13, 2024

Create the Relationships of Your Dreams in Midlife

Wellegant Woman host Karen Viesta talks with Laurie Gerber about the lies that keep women from the love they want—and a practical three-step process for creating more honesty, passion, pleasure, and connection in midlife.

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Dating Mindset

June 5, 2024

The Head, The Heart, The HooHa

Unmatch Me Now host Idan sits down with Laurie Gerber to talk about dating after 50, the promises and pitfalls of dating apps, radical honesty, and balancing the head, the heart, and physical attraction.

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Divorce

May 23, 2024

Dating After Divorce x Laurie Gerber | The Praying Single Mom Podcast

I had the privilege of sitting down and talking with Laurie Gerber about Dating After Divorce.

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Divorce

May 23, 2024

Dating After Divorce

The Praying Single Mom host Lekeshia Cody sits down with Laurie Gerber for an honest conversation about dating after divorce, with practical guidance on healing, readiness, and creating a healthier next relationship.

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Family

May 12, 2024

A Guide To Dating As A Single Mom: Happy Mother's Day

SINGLE MOMS: I’ll give you the bottom line first: A person who doesn’t think your kid(s) is a value add to life itself is not YOUR soulmate!

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Dating Mindset

April 30, 2024

Date Like You Mean It: Dating Advice For 50+ Women with Laurie Gerber Ep 78: Too Young To Be Old

Modern dating can be confusing and exhausting but it doesn’t have to be this way. In this episode of Too Young To Be Old, Diane dives into the world of dating after 50 with Laurie Gerber, relationship coach and former resident love expert at Match.com. Laurie shares the message…

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Attraction

April 7, 2024

Obstacles To The Click

Remember when I talked about “the click”? It’s when you finally know you are ready to find your soulmate. You’ve stopped whining, resisting and fearing the process or the result.

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Dating Mindset

March 24, 2024

Are You An Unhappy Single Person? Here's Help.

There are millions of unhappy single people in the world and I don’t want you to be one of them!

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Dating Apps

March 17, 2024

Why Must I Swipe Swipe Swipe, Delete, Delete, Delete

My first answer is, dating is an honest job and you DO need to be willing to put in the work. Finding your soulmate does take time and a good attitude, like any other important accomplishment.

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Personal Growth

December 24, 2023

7 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of the Year

Here is your end of the year exercise. I never miss doing it myself and it works every time! Answer the following, in writing!

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Family

December 10, 2023

Are Your Holidays Delightful or Disastrous? A Little Design Goes A Long Way!

No two people want the same thing from their holiday or vacation. Have you discussed what’s most important? If you haven’t, you can expect these 3 outcomes:

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Healing

November 24, 2023

The Antidote To Fear And Loneliness: Gratitude, 8 Ways To Practice It

I understand holidays can: …remind you of loss …remind you of loved ones who have passed …make you feel lonely …make you feel fat …make you feel vulnerable to comparison

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Family

November 20, 2023

Doing Holidays Solo? 5 Strategies for Making Peace with Being Single

Are you headed into another holiday season without a "special someone" by your side? Wouldn’t it be easier to handle your family’s craziness if you had a partner with you? At the very least it might get them focused on something other than your singleness!

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Healing

June 4, 2023

Best 3 Tips for Handling Rejection Well While Dating

So you're out there on the dating scene, and let's be honest, rejection is just part of the game. But fear not y’all, here are the tips you need to handle rejection like a pro…

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Healthy Relationships

April 16, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: What A Good Partner Does (and Doesn't) Do For You

If you’ve been following me on Insta you know I am not just about you finding your person, but I’m all about you keeping the love alive, hot and healthy. Are you frustrated that your partner can’t provide certain things you want?

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Commitment

February 5, 2023

How to Have the Conversation to Establish Monogamy in 4 Easy Steps 👣👣

It’s a mistake to think there is monogamy in a dating relationship if it hasn’t been specifically agreed upon. If you are in my Master the Art of Love program you know that there are stages of dating and specific things you need to address at each stage.

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Healthy Relationships

January 8, 2023

4 Secrets To Evaluating Your Relationship

You should know this much if you've been following me for a while: Your partner has to be satisfying the needs of your HEAD, HEART AND HOO-HA in order for you to be/stay happy in love..

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Healing

November 13, 2022

Why Dating While Ashamed Doesn't Work and How to Fix it

For every person I coach about dating I find a secret or two hiding in the closet! It’s something they think if others knew– it would mean no chance for them…

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Love

October 16, 2022

How an Expert Masters Love: Take Advantage of My Experience 💖

If I wake up and decide to make pancakes without water, milk and eggs I will definitely have something, but I can assure you, it won't be pancakes…

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Personal Growth

September 11, 2022

My 4 Best "Back to School/Real Life" Hacks

Does your household go haywire in September? Mine does. Here are the best household hacks I have discovered to make things run more smoothly…

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Healthy Relationships

September 4, 2022

Is the Division of Labor Fair in Your Household? 🙋‍♀️

I’ll be frank, the patriarchy is really getting on my nerves. There are other battle cries I could sound right now, but given Labor Day tomorrow, this is the one that’s bothering me…

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Family

June 26, 2022

Vacation Planner for Couples and Families

Vacations are something many of us eagerly look forward to, but they can bring a great deal of stress and disappointment. This summer I want you to nerd out in your planning, like I do, to ensure you get what you want and everyone else is happy too!

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Family

June 19, 2022

Father’s Day Re-Imagined

I am writing to people with fathers or without fathers. Imagine the father you wish you’d had. What’s he like? What traits does he have? How does he talk to you, think about you, behold you?…

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Personal Growth

June 5, 2022

Your Phone Is Stupid, and It's Making You Stupid 📱😱

In a few years, we are going to look back at our relationship with phones, and consider it barbaric. We are in denial about this. We make excuses constantly. To be very blunt, essentially, the phone is evil and it does evil things to you. And you, like a lemming, comply.

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Attraction

May 8, 2022

Determining Your Type in 3 Easy Steps

It’s easy to think that “your type” is some elusive thing, but it’s not: IT’S A SACRED THING! And I want you to reclaim it!

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Compatibility

May 1, 2022

#1 Dating Tool: How to Use the 3H Chart Whether You're on the Hunt Or Long-Term Committed

Once you start using this incredibly useful dating tool, the 3H chart, you can say goodbye to heartbreak. What, you may be asking, are the 3H’s?

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Healthy Relationships

February 21, 2022

These Excuses are Killing Your Relationship

Everyone makes excuses about their relationship. I know I did. My first round had to do with being better than most, then I blamed my partner and then finally resorted to believing I had tried everything. There is nothing wrong with excuses except t

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Personal Growth

February 14, 2022

My Favorite Dream Writing Exercises

I’ve been trying to impress upon you how important it is to assess your purpose, and your values, when it comes to your relationship. If you haven’t already done the compare and discuss exercise with your mate, DO IT! It’s a great start to creating a jointly held dream.

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Personal Growth

February 1, 2022

The Step by Step Guide to Figuring Out What You Really Want

Last week, I told you I’d explain how my sense of priorities in relationship changed over the course of coaching. I had to reexamine my values because what I was valuing when I came to coaching wasn’t giving me the relationship I really wanted…

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Success Stories

January 11, 2022

How I Almost Lost My Marriage

The only reason I ever shaped up in my marriage is because I realized I was going to lose it. Turns out I needed to do way less, and listen way more. When I do, the results are profound…

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Personal Growth

January 4, 2022

You Have Not Tried Everything!

I remember while complaining about my relationship, telling my coach “I've tried everything!” And by “everything” I meant, nagging, complaining, blaming and trying to “be nice.” My quiz will give you LOTS of new ideas for things to try that have been proven to help relationships…

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Success Stories

December 28, 2021

I Finally Did it 💪🏼

On January 1st, 2021, I made a promise to myself, and on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021, I kept that promise–for the first time in my life. I’m going to tell you all about it, as a way to talk about making your year end powerfully and meaningfully…

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Family

December 21, 2021

Avoid the Top 3 Relationship Pitfalls: Holiday Edition

No two people conceive of vacations the same way. No two people want the same thing from their holiday. Have you discussed what’s most important to your partner, in a calm moment? If you haven’t, you can expect these 3 outcomes…

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Emotional Intelligence

December 7, 2021

Whose Fault is It?

Last week I encouraged you to self-assess and cop to your REAL issues. Blaming your partner is just too easy! Nonetheless, it is exactly what I did, FOR YEARS! Yup, when my coach asked me why I was unhappy in my relationship then answer was simple: IT WAS ALL HIS FAULT. Here is…

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