Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman

Introducing Double Date, a new podcast hosted by Marlo Thomas and Phil Donohue. Eavesdrop as they hold intimate conversations with their favorite, long-married celebrity couples about enduring love and all its challenges: family, career, conflict, addiction, illness, jealousy — everything under the sun. Hear those personal, and often hilarious, stories that all married couples like to tell--- from Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos; Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka; Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden, and so many more. On this episode: Viola and Julius found deep love in the land of Opposites Attract. We visit their charming home in Southern California to find out who is the emotionally open one, and who leaves the bathroom a tornado site.Hear more episodes at podcasts.pushkin.fm/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Priti Joshi, VP of Strategy and Operations at Bumble, shares the skinny on how to optimize your dating profile and how to send the perfect first message. Damona dishes on this week's headlines: Learn from Halle Barry's drunken relationship history reveal and how dating app AI is influencing your attraction. This week's listener questions: what to do when the sex is bad but you can't stop thinking about him and how to quickly filter out the matches that aren't serious.Bumble is available to download worldwide in the App Store and Google Play, or at bumble.com.textnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:Want to learn to create the perfect dating profile? Register for Damona's class at LACC damonahoffman.com/perfectdatingprofilebetterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline Stanbury, star of Bravo's Ladies in London and host of the Divorced Not Dead podcast, joins Damona to talk about the chance she took on love that led to happily ever after with a much younger man, meanwhile still healing from a high profile divorce. Damona covers headlines: Shoot your shot like Lizzo with some flirty emojis and your relationship intentions are written all over your face. Damona answers questions: should you divorce your husband if he can't stop smoking weed and how to date when you're an American in a foreign city.Want more from Caroline? Listen to Damona's episode of the Divorced Not Dead Podcast! damonahoffman.com/dndJoin Jessica’s global database of Jewish singles at FassPasstoLove.comtextnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:betterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damona introduces a new show, Happy Brain hosted by Heather Parady. Listen to this fun, bite-sized episode on practicing gratitude - plus Damona tells you why practicing gratitude will help you on your journey to find love.Want more Happy Brain? https://tlbc.co/happy-brain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cosmopolitan and Esquire Editors-in-Chief, Jessica Pels and Michael Sebastian share the shocking survey that the magazines co-sponsored with the Kinsey Institute on the future of sex and relationships post-pandemic. Damona covers headlines: how to save money in dating and the biggest mistakes older men make on dating apps that we all can learn from. Jessica and Michael help Damona answer questions: how to keep the conversation flowing on dating apps and what is a good opening line?Make sure to check out both the Esquire and Cosmopolitan articles. Highlights in the show notes at datesandmates.com!textnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:Want to learn to create the perfect dating profile? Register for Damona's class at LACC damonahoffman.com/perfectdatingprofilebetterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelsey Darragh, author and comedian from E!'s Dating No Filter and Buzzfeed, gets honest about how opening up your relationship might make you and your partner happier. Damona covers headlines: why couples who keep their relationship off social media are happier and FODA (fear of dating again) is preventing people from finding love as things open up again. Damona also answers listener questions: what does your guy really mean when he says you stress him out a little bit and where to go when you're looking to date someone of a specific race.Make sure to get a copy of Kelsey's book "Don't F*cking Panic: The Shit They Don’t Tell You in Therapy About Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, & Depression" - https://amzn.to/3mkkyDgtextnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynWant to learn to create the perfect dating profile? Register for Damona's class at LACC damonahoffman.com/perfectdatingprofileGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Juzwiak, Slate advice columnist behind "How To Do It" and co-host of the Pot Psychology podcast, and Damona talk about first dates and first impressions based on their experience writing for Washington Post Date Lab. Dating Dish: what to do when you are frustrated with dating apps and men say sex is better during the pandemic - women disagree. Dear Damona: what to do when he's great on paper but the chemistry isn't there and can we look at ghosting like the rubber band theory?Subscribe to Pot Psychology wherever you get your podcasts and make sure to check out "How To Do It" in Slate.textnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:betterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordana Abraham, co-founder of multi-platform media company Betches and host of the U Up? Podcast, joins Damona to talk about how to make time for dating when you're busy building your future and finding a motivated match who is just as ambitious as you are. Dating Dish headlines: The Bachelor proves that it is really bad at matchmaking and How Tinder is making dating apps safer. Damona also answers listener questions such as how and when to bring up more sexually evolved topics and how to shoot your shot and make the first move.Follow Jordana's podcast U Up? on all the podcast platforms and make sure to check out @betches on IG!textnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veronica Grant, Love & Life Coach, explains how the way you relate to your body directly impacts the way that you relate to your romantic partner. Damona covers headlines: How Meghan Markle's truth affects your dating life and the latest controversial feature on Coffee Meets Bagel. This week's Dear Damona questions: Do nice guys finish last and Help! I'm tired of messaging first.Make sure to check out Veronica's Love Life Connection podcast and her 5 Steps to Ending Overwhelm and Anxiety in your Love Life at veronicagrant.com/workshoptextnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:betterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesGet Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matchmaker Maria, long-time matchmaker and Tik Tok star, joins Damona to explain how to make the best match for yourself and the worst dating profile mistakes to avoid. Dating Dish headlines: Dr. Jill Biden, Love Doctor gives advice on love after divorce and OkCupid stats on how dating has changed 1 year after the pandemic. Damona answers listener questions like are you ready to date outside your race and did I just get friendzoned?Follow Matchmaker Maria on IG @matchmakermaria and definitely join her database at agapematch.comtextnow.com/goynDates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goynSponsors:betterhelp.com/datesandmatesGet Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmatesWHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD MATCHES?Are you on the right dating app for your dating style? Find out with Damona’s quiz quiz.damonahoffman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices