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Viral Dating Spreadsheets: The Authentic Alternative

Viral Dating Spreadsheets: The Authentic Alternative

Have you heard about this viral "dating spreadsheet" trend? It stems from this TikTok from 2 years ago, showing a data-driven approach to the creator's dating life. She tracked all of her dates in a spreadsheet, and created pie charts, graphs, and curves to elucidate...

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Why You Don’t Need a Chatbot for Dating

Why You Don’t Need a Chatbot for Dating

Chatbots. All of a sudden, ChatGPT is dominating the news cycle. And as a dating coach, everyone's asking me: "Should I use a chatbot for dating?" I know it’s tempting, as people are using them for everything from travel itineraries to drafting cover letters. But my...

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Incognito Mode: Go undercover on your dating apps

Incognito Mode: Go undercover on your dating apps

I know some of you lead high-profile lives, and are reluctant to have information about yourself out there on dating apps. I also know some of you want to be on the apps, but want to just get the lay of the land before people start swiping on you and sending you...

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What to Wear for Your Dating Profile Picture

What to Wear for Your Dating Profile Picture

You’ve heard me talk at length about what to wear on dates – there’s your First Date Uniform, of course, plus coffee date outfits and making a simple white button-down work for you date after date. But even if we have date outfits covered, that still leaves the...

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How To Avoid Dating Burnout

How To Avoid Dating Burnout

Dating burnout, just like emotional burnout or burnout at your job, is real. We saw all the headlines this fall – people are burning out at work, so they’re “quiet quitting,” or essentially keeping work strictly within the confines of the work day and not drastically...

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Revitalizing Online Dating

Revitalizing Online Dating

My friends at DatingNews.com just did a lovely profile on me — please check it out!​It covers so much: the biggest mistakes I've seen people make on their profiles, how long your bio should be, a checklist of the exact photos you need, and more.​Couldn't be more...

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What Major Flaw Came Up In My “Perfect Relationship”

What Major Flaw Came Up In My “Perfect Relationship”

In the first few months of dating Yoav, amidst all the sweet texts, FaceTime calls while he was traveling, flowers greeting me when I got home from work, and talk of future plans, it came out that he never wanted to get married again 😳😳 (like actually “never”). I...

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How To Write A Dating Profile

How To Write A Dating Profile

Am I a broken record yet about how originality is key when writing a dating profile? "Alyssa, we get it, you don't want me to say 'I love wine and travel' -- but I DO love wine and travel! Shouldn't I say so?" I maintain that you shouldn't -- and I've got some actual...

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The Only 4 Second Date Ideas You Need

The Only 4 Second Date Ideas You Need

Congratulations! You went to drinks on a first date, and it went well! The hard part is over, right? Not quite! I’ve always found that second date ideas are the clinchers. It’s easy enough to ask all the normal get-to-know-you questions when meeting someone on a first...

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