Ask a Matchmaker

This week, Maria is talking with The Love Doctor, Dr. Terri Orbuch. Dr. Terri Orbuch (PhD) is a distinguished professor at Oakland University, research scientist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, author, speaker, therapist, relationship & date coach, and The Love Doctor® in the media. Her practical science-based advice has helped thousands of people find and create the lov...

 This week, we're opening up the hotline with some extra support to help with your questions! Joining Maria this week to help you with your online dating problems is Agape Match's Online Dating Manager, Erika Ettin.  Topics and questions discussed this week include… How do you decide to go on another date with someone that you're not totally into? What's the line between people not really communic...

 This week, Maria is getting real about body image and dating with Dr. Lindsay Kite! Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. Both received PhDs from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and have...

This week, Maria is here to answer your questions on another edition of the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline! If you want to talk to Maria on an upcoming hotline episode, be sure to follow her on Instagram to know when the hotline will be open again. http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria   On this week's episode, Maria digs into… Can you go from being a friend with benefits with someone to dating them? My...

 This week, Maria is talking all about fertility with experts Leyla Bilali and Elizabeth Lipov! She asks many of the questions you might have had about the process, no matter where you are in your dating life.  Leyla founded her fertility consulting & nursing services business, Fertility Together, to bridge the gap between clinic & patient, between fertility treatment & personalized care. She beli...

 This week on the hotline, you're getting not one, but TWO matchmakers to answer your questions! Joining Maria on this week's episode is her work husband, the Chief Operating Officer and Matchmaker at Agape Match, Louie Felix!  Louie Felix is matchmaking industry leader. His corporate startup and acquisition background brought him to the forefront of the relationship industry when he was contracte...

 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 w...

 You've got questions? Maria has the answers! Every week, we open up the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline where YOU call in with any questions you have for Maria… dating, love, life, style…she's here to help with it all. To be on an upcoming episode to ask a question, make sure to follow Maria on insta to know when the hotline will be open next! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria  

 This week, Maria is talking to author Cate Doty! Cate Doty is the author of "Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages." She is a writer and former editor at The New York Times, where she covered the news of food, weddings, business, New York, and more. Her work has appeared in the Times, Southern Living, Our State, and other publications. Buy Cate'...

Hey-- Maria here. I have but a few platforms, and I'm going to utilize them when it comes to getting unheard stories out, even if it's not "dating and relationship" oriented. I run a dating company and the people in this episode help me spread love. Now I want to spread awareness to the humanitarian crisis unfolding.  In this episode, you'll hear an unedited version of events that our tech team ex...

This week, we're opening up the hotline again BUT we've brought in extra support to help! Joining Maria this week to help you with your online dating problems is Agape Match's Online Dating Manager, Erika Ettin.  Erika Ettin is an online dating expert and dating coach who helps people navigate the world of online dating. Her expertise includes profile creation, photo selection and photography, mes...

This week, Maria sits down with an old friend, Paul Carrick Brunson. The two talk about everything from raising a family in the UK, how socializing norms really vary across parts of the world, Paul's tips to help you create goals that stick and Maria shares her favorite question to ask on a first date. Spoiler: After Maria answered it, her now husband George said that's when he knew he wanted to m...

You've got questions? Maria has the answers! Every week, we open up the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline where YOU call in with any questions you have for Maria… dating, love, life, style…she's here to help with it all. To be on an upcoming episode to ask a question, make sure to follow Maria on insta to know when the hotline will be open next! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria This week… I live in a s...

It's not easy to raise your hand and say you might need help and want to talk to someone. Especially when you're in a relationship and you know you and your partner need help. This week, Maria is here to help break the stigma around couples therapy. A couples therapist is a great facilitator for the relationship you want and a great mechanism to have those hard conversations with someone. How do y...

It's another edition of the Matchmaker Maria Hotline! If you want to ask Maria a question on an upcoming episode, make sure you're following her on Instagram to know when the hotline will open up next… http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria On this episode… How do I find out if he wants to go on a second date… how do I get him to step up and ask? I feel like I've hit a wall when talking to people on...

This week, Maria is talking about caregiving, grief and dating with Brooke James and Katie Brandt. Brooke James is a highly respected podcaster in the field of grief and loss based in New York City. She is a sought-out grief educator who consults with companies and organizations seeking to create empathetic and supportive work environments, particularly during this time of unprecedented loss. She...

It's another edition of the Matchmaker Maria Hotline! If you want to ask Maria a question on an upcoming episode, make sure you're following her on Instagram to know when the hotline will open up next… http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria Follow Agape Match on Instagram at http://instagram.com/agapematch Follow the podcast on Instagram at http://instagram.com/askamatchmaker

Happy New Year! You've probably taken some time to ask yourself what you want to accomplish or change in 2022.  Great! This episode, we're giving you some tips and tricks to help you achieve your goals and stay on track this year, all in a fun way! Joining Maria is Charly Lester!  Charly Lester is one of the world's leading dating industry experts.  She is a serial entrepreneur, who currently runs...

It's another edition of the Matchmaker Maria Hotline! If you want to ask Maria a question on an upcoming episode, make sure you're following her on Instagram to know when the hotline will open up next… http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria On this week's episode…  I'm 23 and having a hard time with online dating. What should I do? I've been dating a guy for two months and wants to move across the c...

This week, Maria speaks with Atoosa Rubenstein. Atoosa Rubenstein is the author of Atoosa Unedited, an at-times confronting, at-times healing weekly letter on Substack where she models authenticity, self-love and acceptance for her readers. The former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen Magazine and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CosmoGIRL! In 1998, Rubenstein created a prototype for CosmoGIRL! within 48 hou...

This week, we open up the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline and talk to YOU about YOUR dating questions. Care to ask Maria a question for the next one? Be sure to follow her on Instagram to find out when the hotline will be open again.  This week… I'm feeling fatigued and defeated. What should I do? I've been dating "by the book" and I'm not sure about a guy. I have a really tough schedule, how do I find t...

This week, Maria's husband, George, is once again on the podcast. This week, the two talk about the fun that was had during Maria's birthday weekend, the new upcoming Agape Intensive on the road and a continuation of the conversation that's been going on since last week's episode: dating outside your religion and culture. Share your name and email and you will be notified first when details for th...

It's another edition of the Matchmaker Hotline! You've got questions, and Maria has answers! If you want to talk to Maria on an upcoming episode, be sure to follow her on Instagram to find out when the hotline will open again! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria In today's hotline... He says he wants to find a way to date, but he's seeing someone else.  Our first update from a previous caller! Ho...

This week, Maria is talking to singer and songwriter Evangelia! She grew up commuting between her grandmother's small farm on the Greek island of Crete and her parents' home in New Jersey. Two completely different music worlds, both of which influenced her style. Her music blends modern pop music with sounds from her Greek roots, contemporary club beats and catchy melodies by fusing American pop c...

You have questions and Maria has answers!  It's another edition of the Ask a Matchmaker Hotline, where you can directly ask Matchmaker Maria your questions. (If you want to call on a future episode, be sure to follow her on Instagram to know when the hotline will be open next) This week, we talk about... It's the holidays! How to handle dating in your hometown when you go home. I think I'm a bad t...