176: Dating Apps, How to Meet People Offline, & The 5 Pillars of Compatibility with Professional Matchmaker Maria Avgitidis Pyrgiotakis
Well with Arielle Lorre
Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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In this episode, I'm talking to Maria Avgitidis Pyrgiotakis, a professional matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, about all things dating + relationships. We chat about what it's like to date in our current climate; navigate dating apps, what to avoid on your profile, sex on the first date, and meeting people outside of apps. She also lends her advice on relationships in general; the 5 pillars of compatibility, settling vs. settling down, and how to reverse engineer what you're looking for in a partner. Whether you're single, dating, or IAR, there's a little something for everyone in this one!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:02.8 | Hey, welcome to the Blond Files Podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm your host Arielle Lori and I'm here to talk all things, |
| 0:09.5 | wellness. From how to achieve optimal health and well-being to the best beauty tips and everything in between |
| 0:15.3 | No topic is off limits and I'm bringing it to you real and unfiltered I know there is so much information out there |
| 0:22.4 | So I'm here to help you navigate it all. |
| 0:25.6 | Thanks for listening. |
| 0:26.7 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:27.6 | Hi everybody, welcome to the show. today's episode is a really fun one |
| 0:35.3 | whether you're dating in a relationship, married, single in a situation ship, whatever your case may be. |
| 0:44.2 | It's super interesting. |
| 0:45.9 | It's pretty funny at times and full of wisdom |
| 0:48.6 | from my guest Maria Avictetus, |
| 0:50.9 | aka matchmaker Maria. Maria is the CEO of Agape Match. |
| 0:56.4 | It's an award-winning matchmaking service based out of NYC and she's also the |
| 1:01.8 | host of the dating and relationship podcast. |
| 1:04.8 | Ask a Matchmaker. |
| 1:06.4 | She is a trailblazer in the dating industry. |
| 1:09.2 | She provides an intuitive perspective to help guide singles out of dating fatigue and into fun, happy, and |
| 1:15.5 | healthy relationships. Maria's dating advice has been featured on the New York Times, The |
| 1:21.1 | Washington Post, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Esquire, L, and many other |
| 1:25.9 | outlets. She has met over 10,000 people and helped set up over 4,000 first dates. She combines strong intuition with matchmaking methodology to |
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