The Dates & Mates Podcast

The Dates & Mates Podcast

The Dates & Mates Podcast

5 Binge Worthy Dates & Mates Episodes

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How To Be Dateable & Rarely Into Anyone

Julie Krafchick and Yue Xu share insights from How to Be Dateable, including tips on understanding your dating personality, setting boundaries, and finding authentic connections.

When You Get Dumped & Matches on Mute

In this powerful episode of Dates & Mates, mother-daughter duo Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman share insights from their book "What to Do When You Get Dumped," inspired by Suzy's own divorce after 30 years of marriage.

Getting It Right This Time & Paying For Premium

Beyond fairytales and meet-cutes lies a deeper understanding of connection that could transform your love life. Join Dates & Mates as experts Orna & Matthew Walters reveal how your hidden beliefs might be blocking your path to lasting love.

2025 Love Astrology & Lovebombing Bombshell

Ready to decode your cosmic love blueprint? Join celebrated Vedic astrologer Carol Allen as she reveals 2025's golden windows for romance, plus get expert strategies for spotting love bombing.

New Year Love Meditation & Cultivate Grace

Ready for a different kind of dating reset? We're closing out 2024 with a peaceful guided meditation designed to help you release this year's dating baggage and open your heart to new possibilities in 2025.

2025 Love Predictions & Year in Swipe

From pickleball meet-cutes to the new 'green flags' in dating profiles, discover what modern love will look like in 2025.

Dating While Gray & The Later Daters

Is love different at different ages? Laura Stassi reveals why the search for connection is universal, sharing game-changing insights for finding romance at any stage of life.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker & Signs of Interest

Celebrity matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom reveals the unconventional dating rules that have helped thousands find lasting love.

Dear Damona: Got Ghosted & Romance Reimbursement

It's all Dear Damona: Holiday dating drama? We're tackling your relationship questions, from ghosting to gender roles. Expert advice for your festive season.

This ain’t your mama’s love advice.

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Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman is “Modern Love, Made Simple”. The weekly dating podcast for women features a variety of experts on love and relationships as well as celebrity guests who share their juicy details about their love lives and advise listeners about romance.

Get to Know Damona

Damona Hoffman Podcast

Damona Hoffman

Damona Hoffman is a certified dating coach, radio host, and TV personality. Damona starred in the TV series #BlackLove and A Question of Love on FYI TV (A & E Networks), she hosts the Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman Radio Show & Podcast, she is the Love Expert for BET.com, and she writes for The Washington Post’s long-running column, Date Lab. Damona was a finalist for iDate’s Best Dating Coach of 2014 and 2016, has been named one of the top dating experts in LA by DatingAdvice.com, and Damona has made hundreds of media appearances on NBC, Fox, Animal Planet, SiriusXM, Woman’s Day Magazine, Essence Magazine, People Magazine and more. Her first book F the Fairy Tale was published in January 2024 and became an instant Amazon #1 bestseller.

Profile Starter Kit

Dating apps are one of the primary steps in the dating process today. This kit and accompanying video will give you the tools you need to flesh out your dating app profile, with writing prompts and plug-and-play profile templates where all you need to do is fill-in the blanks. You will also receive a short video where I will tell you exactly how to select the BEST dating profile pictures!

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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 to give out your number to people you meet on dating apps. Click here!

“Dating Done Right”

“So here I am writing a review at 6 in the morning after binge listening it helped me so much with my new relationship I am expressing myself and communicating better I love the guest who comes and give their valuable info in this channel it’s just perfect”

“Like a wiser best friend”

“Damona’s advice feels like talking to a wiser best friend who sees beyond the mushy feelings to the real stuff you’re too blinded by oxytocin to see. Like how he’s not calling/texting you back after the first date and that you deserve someone who’s just as excited about you, because you’re worth it! Love her show and her IG ask a matchmaker Wednesday.”

“Great tools and tips to learn from plus she’s funny”

“Has the current tea on all things related to dating and relationships. Great tips for those who are single and not. Interesting POV’s from Astrologers, other dating coaches and website algorithm subject matter experts. She gives inspiration on dating on special times like this (current epidemic times) and her other articles to read on are great. Thank you Damona for keeping this podcast going with current and relevant issues.”

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