Smart dating today with Michelle Jacoby
Sex, Body, and Soul
Kate Roberts
4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
There is nothing more frustrating than modern technology fused dating today, navigating the dating apps and having disastrous first dates. Even worse choosing the wrong person over and over again (sounds familiar?). Apparently there is a "business strategic plan" for dating and to tell us more Matchmaker Michelle Jacoby spills the tea! Michelle is a relationship expert and the founder/CEO of DC Matchmaking in the Washington, DC area. She is also the cofounder of The Matchmakers Alliance, an organization that brings together top matchmakers and dating coaches from all over the world. She is the author of the book, Never Waste Time on the Wrong Man Again.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show, we talk about the marvel that is our bodies, what they can do and what they need to thrive. |
| 0:13.0 | Ladies out there, our time is now. Let's get to it. Our next guest is Michelle Jacoby, and she has been helping single people find the one since 2009. |
| 0:25.8 | She has very successfully matched people who've gotten married, many from dating sites. |
| 0:32.1 | Now, Michelle lives in D.C. and has our own experience of finding the one. We delve into what dating looks |
| 0:41.1 | like today, some of the misconceptions, what we are looking for, how to really make a plan, |
| 0:48.3 | and how we're probably dating wrong. Welcome to the show, Michelle Jacoby. Michelle Jacoby, welcome to the show. Thank you. |
| 0:58.7 | I'm very excited to be here. Well, me too, because we're going to talk about my favorite subject, |
| 1:04.1 | dating, dating today, which, oh my gosh, I could write a book on, personally. And I did. And you did. And the book is called |
| 1:14.7 | Never Waste Time on the Wrong Man Again, a five-step strategic plan to stop wasting time and |
| 1:22.3 | finally find the one. Well, if only, it was that easy, but you're about to tell us how easy it is. |
| 1:29.4 | But first of all, let's dive into you for a minute. I feel like I'm on the show Sex and the |
| 1:36.8 | City where Carrie Bradshaw is asked at one of her speeches, are you dating? You know, |
| 1:43.5 | she gives dating advice and they're like, are you dating? |
| 1:45.5 | She's like, well, uh, actually no. |
| 1:48.2 | And then they were like, well, who are you to give us advice? |
| 1:50.7 | But for you, it's a little different because you are in a very successful relationship now |
| 1:56.8 | with your husband and tell us how you got there and why you decided to be a dating coach. |
| 2:04.1 | Sure. And first of all, thank you for having me. I'm sorry I don't have the fancy microphone. |
| 2:08.6 | I'm going to hold this because I want your listeners to really hear me. I, like many women, |
| 2:14.3 | wasted a lot of time in relationships that didn't serve me. I was divorced at a young age at |
| 2:19.9 | 35 and then started dating and doing my best just like everyone does. And I was dating really unskillfully. |
| 2:25.9 | And I ended up in some relationships that were not healthy, that were quite toxic. And, you know, |
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