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**Ask a Matchmaker**

Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you’re looking for someone or you’re happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying!

Latest Episodes:

GREATEST HITS: Decoding Your Text Messages with Dr. Mimi Winsberg Apr 04, 2023

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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

GREATEST HITS: That Episode about Narcissists with Dr. Ramani Mar 28, 2023

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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

An Honest Conversation about Herpes with Comedian Erica Spera Mar 21, 2023

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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

Hotline Edition with Hinge's Logan Ury Mar 14, 2023

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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.

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

The 4 Rs to Get Through a Break Up with Gilza Fort-Martinez Mar 07, 2023

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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

Hotline Edition: "Is he in a Coma?" with Author Hannah Orenstein Feb 28, 2023

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It's another hotline episode! This week, Maria welcomes back a podcast OG guest, Hannah Orenstein!

Want to join in on a live recording of a hotline episode via zoom? You get to ask Maria your questions! Follow her on Instagram to find out when she'll open it up again. http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria

Hannah Orenstein is the Deputy Editor of Lifestyle and Wellness at Bustle, as well as the author of four novels, Playing with Matches, Love at First Like, Head Over Heels, and Meant to Be Mine. Previously, she held editing roles at Seventeen and Elite Daily, and once worked as a matchmaker at a luxury dating service. She lives in Brooklyn.

You can also check out her books Meant to Be Mine, a rom-com about a woman who knows the exact day she'll meet the love of her life and Playing with Matches, a novel inspired by her brief, disastrous stint working as a matchmaker.

Follow Hannah on Instagram at http://instagram.com/hannahorens

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

Changing Your Mindset with Stephanie Movahhed Feb 21, 2023

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Today we're turning inward and looking at how your relationship with yourself impacts your outer world. Talking about everything related to mindset in your personal and business life is coach Stephanie Movahhed!

Stephanie Movahhed is a San Francisco based leadership coach. She helps people find more growth, fulfillment and success in their work and lives. Prior to becoming a coach, Stephanie wore all sorts of hats as a leader within tech companies large and small (e.g. Google, LinkedIn, high growth start up). Stephanie also invests in startups and advises founders. She is certified by the ICF (International Coaching Federation) and also holds an MBA from the Michigan Ross School of Business.

Follow Stephanie on Instagram at http://instagram.com/stephmovesahead

Follow Stephanie on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/smovahhe

Learn more about Stephanie at https://www.stephaniemovahhed.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

Hotline Edition: Valentine's Day Special with Louie Felix Feb 14, 2023

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Happy Valentine's Day! Maria is celebrating on the podcast with her work husband, Louie Felix, as they take YOUR dating and relationship questions!

Want to ask Maria YOUR question on an upcoming hotline episode? We record them LIVE and you can join the fun! Make sure you follow Maria on Instagram to know when the hotline will open up next: http://instagarm.com/matchmakermaria

Follow Louie on Instagram at http://instagram.com/louiefelix

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

Hotline Edition: Let's Talk About Sex with Dr. Celeste Holbrook Feb 07, 2023

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Today on the hotline, Maria is joined by Dr. Celeste Holbrook!

Dr. Celeste is a sex educator who helps people create better sex through deconstruction and education. She speaks to audiences of all ages using the sensitive topic of sex through straight-forward language and has a knack for making the awkward approachable.

Follow Dr. Holbrook on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/drcelesteholbrook/

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

Am I Dating a Narcissist? with Brandon Chadwick Jan 31, 2023

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This week, Maria talks to the host of Narcissist Apocalypse podcast, Brandon Chadwick!

Brandon interviews survivors of narcissistic and domestic abuse as well as therapists, lawyers, domestic violence advocates and agencies. Brandon's philosophy is to provide a safe space to be real, not clinical. His goal is to help survivors tell/validate their own stories, but to also validate and teach other survivors through those stories.

Find Brandon…

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/narcissist-apocalypse/id1452117002

Site: https://www.narcissistapocalypse.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/narcissistapocalypse/

Enmeshment episode: https://www.narcissistapocalypse.com/podcast/episode/1bbcc4ff/the-signs-of-enmeshment-and-your-partners-red-flag-dysfunctional-family-dynamics-qanda-with-dr-kenneth-adams-narcissist-abuse-and-domestic-violence

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