8 Steps To Dating Effortlessly With Children
8 Steps To Dating Effortlessly With Children

At Ambiance Matchmaking, we have many members who are single parents. They come to us for advice on balancing their dating life with their parenting life. As I was coming out of a 17-year marriage and thinking of dating again with two children, I was also confronted with this issue. After lots of research and conversations with wise friends and mentors, I was able to navigate this tricky transition. I’ve written what I believe to be the eight most important steps in maintaining a healthy home environment while beginning to date again.

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17 Habits of Successful Daters
17 Habits of Successful Daters

When people are open, comfortable with themselves, and feel mutual trust, it allows human connection and romantic chemistry to occur more easily. This is because when people are comfortable in their skin, they are more adept at expressing their true self to the world, which makes it easier to get to know them, even if perspectives on important matters differ.

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Why You Keep Dating the Same Type of Person
Why You Keep Dating the Same Type of Person

"I keep attracting the same type of person into my life." Does this sound familiar? It's not just a coincidence. Like with all things that happen in our small world, it's connected with the bigger world... the universe... and all of the energy that makes up the universe...

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How To Choose Your Matchmaker
How To Choose Your Matchmaker

Experiencing the matchmaking process with a professional matchmaker by your side is both exciting and enlightening. Yet, with the amount of matchmakers recently flooding the industry, it can be difficult to separate the rookies from the experts. How do you choose a quality matchmaker that will help you define and achieve your goals in finding a life partner? The following 11 tips will help you select the right matchmaker to ensure a successful experience.

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Dating Do's and Don'ts From Professional Matchmaker
Dating Do's and Don'ts From Professional Matchmaker

Numerous articles have amassed on the do’s and don’ts of dating. Do be on time… Don’t talk too much… Most people are acquainted with these humdrum nuggets of advice. But when you ask a matchmaker who has been on the front line of the dating field for sixteen years, you get a different response.

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How Tim Ferriss Hacked His Dating Life
How Tim Ferriss Hacked His Dating Life

Tim Ferriss is a leading expert in accelerated learning. He mastered the art of language acquisition, lost twenty pounds of body fat in thirty days, and conquered earning a six-figure income by working merely four hours a week (would you expect less from the author of the 4-Hour Workweek?). Newsweek named him “the world’s best guinea pig” and the NY Times called him a “cross between Jack Welch and and a Buddhist monk.”

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Most Important Relationship Factors For Men
Most Important Relationship Factors For Men

I recently met with Leslie Wardman to ask for some insight into the male psyche. She has interviewed more than 3,000 men over her fourteen year matchmaking career, and always asks them one specific question: “What are three characteristics that are important to you in a match?” She says there are commonalities between their answers, with physical attraction being the number one response. Here she shares men’s most common responses.

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Am I In Love?
Am I In Love?

I was falling for him, at first slowly, then hard and fast, and without trepidation. I never experienced love before, and therefore never experienced heartbreak. I had a clean slate from which I had no roadblocks, constructed walls, and nothing to encumber myself from falling head-over-heels. I could not stop thinking about him, and I succeeded in inserting his name into every conversation I had.

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How Oxytocin & Vasopressin Play A Role In Monogamy
How Oxytocin & Vasopressin Play A Role In Monogamy

Are humans wired to be monogamous? Do some have a higher propensity toward monogamy than others? What drives some toward infidelity? And can science tinker with our genetic makeup to make us more faithful? 

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3 Stages Of A Relationship
3 Stages Of A Relationship

There are three very distinct and enthralling phases that every relationship must pass through before they find themselves gray-haired in rocking chairs, holding contests on who has more wrinkles (or was that just my grandparents?). Here we examine the three stages of a relationship...

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Compatibility and Chemistry: Why You Can't Have One Without the Other
Compatibility and Chemistry: Why You Can't Have One Without the Other

Many people use the words compatibility and chemistry interchangeably. However, these terms, when referencing romance and relationships, should never be confused. To muddle these two ideas together can be detrimental to the success of your relationship. 

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Who Are Ambiance Matchmaking Members?
Who Are Ambiance Matchmaking Members?

We are very selective with whom we accept into the Ambiance Matchmaking community. In 2017, we had a total acceptance rate of 22%. We do this to ensure we devote the necessary time and resources into each client's search. We are dedicated to helping our members reach their relationship and marriage goals.

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Romantic Chemistry Explained
Romantic Chemistry Explained

There has been numerous attempts to explain what causes this type of romantic chemistry to occur. Researchers say a combination of factors are needed, including physical attraction, similarity, non-judgement, feeling understood, mutual trust, communication, and mystery. Let's dive into each of these factors separately. 

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10 Springtime Date Ideas
10 Springtime Date Ideas

If you want to invest in your relationship, you need to invest time spent with that person, and that means planning rewarding and meaningful dates. There is no better time to do this than during the spring season! March 20th, 2017 will mark the first official day of spring, so let's start planning!

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Rejection Is A Good Thing – Here’s Why
Rejection Is A Good Thing – Here’s Why

We were taught from an early age to make friends, to be likable, and to be nice toward others and accept them as they are. What we are not taught, however, is that we won’t be accepted by everyone, and we will not accept everyone, and we will not become friends with everyone. 

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