Friday, January 14, 2011

The clock struck midnight on New Years Eve and you were with your friends or alone with no one to kiss. You vowed to yourself to have a significant relationship by the summer. How do you plan on making that happen?

Here are my top dating tips and strategies to get love right in this New Year:

1. Carve out time for dating and relationships: Like many professionals out there, you are stretched by you're the demands of your work, family, friends and other commitments. However, you need to make time for looking to meet someone and then for the relationship, once you've met the person in order to succeed at love.

2. Be Proactive! There are so many ways to get out and meet people from internet dating to Meetups to joining a singles group at a church or synagogue. I recommend trying something new. Push yourself outside your comfort zone and you will meet people.

3. Be open to learning how to best be in a relationship. Take a class, read a book, or work with a relationship coach. Give yourself the best chance of making the relationship move forward by learning new skills.

4. Surround yourself with positive, supportive people that encourage you to stick to your dating plan, especially when it gets rough. You may consider joining a support group or working with a counselor or coach.

5. Stay positive about yourself and dating. Focus on what you have to offer to a relationship instead of what you are not. Everyone has some positive attributes that someone will find attractive.

Another dating tip (bonus number 6!) is to visualize yourself in a successful, happy relationship- to see that it is possible for you to have the loving relationship that you deserve.

There you have it! My top dating tips for finding true love in the New Year. Of course, I wrote a whole book on the subject. To get more of my practical dating advice visit my website to purchase, "Get It Right This Time- How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Romantic Relationship". A new year brings new possibilities. What first step are you going to take?

Amy coaches singles to efficiently attract and maintain a long term relationship without wasting time, energy and money. She is now happily married for over 8 years and credits her quest for knowledge about how to find the right marriage partner and her work with a coach in helping her to realize this goal after a painful divorce in her mid 30's.

Aiming primarily at both female and male adults ages 35-60, Coach Amy shares her insights in a variety of convenient ways: online web content, speeches, tele-gatherings, one-on-one consultations. Her book, Get It Right This Time™-How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Romantic Relationship is available on both her website and Amazon.com. Her sage counsel is based on her own dating/relationship research - hundreds of respondents to her questionnaires - input from friends as well as her own life experiences. Amy was remarried at 42 after navigating through the Washington, DC dating pool for 7 years.

Unlike most dating coaches, Amy is certified by the Coaches Training Institute of San Raphael, CA which is recognized as a top coaching school by the International Coach Federation. Additionally, she holds an MBA from Georgetown University. Her coaching draws upon her intuition and relationship expertise as well as her business savvy. Amy has spoken to numerous professional organizations and social groups in the Washington DC area including the Professionals in the City, First Class, Learning Escapes, New Beginnings, American Women in Communications, DC Women Business Owners Conference and the eWomen Network, as well as the 92nd Street Y in New York City and the Mount Airy Learning Tree Center in Philadelphia.

Author of Motivated to Marry® - Now There is a Better Method for Dating and Relationships and Get It Right This Time- How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Romantic Relationship, Amy's freelance articles have been featured in Life After 50 Magazine, Washington Woman, Insight Magazine, the Washington Jewish Week and JDate. She has been quoted in such publications as the Washington Post, the Washington Business Journal, Bethesda Magazine, the Gazette Newspapers and entrepreneur.com and has been interviewed on WASH FM, WTOP-FM, WUSA TV, Channel 8 TV and the Fine Living cable channel. Amy's chapter on dating, "A Leap of Faith into Marriage" has been included in the book, 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol. 2 published by SelfGrowth.com. She currently writes a relationship advice column for Viva Vienna, Northern Virginia magazine.

Prior to her coaching business Amy has been successfully involved in several different business areas. She created and ran La Petite Classique, an upscale clothing boutique for petite women in Bethesda, MD. Following La Petite Classique, Amy transitioned into a personal wardrobe and image consultant. She used her keen fashion eye and judgment to assist professional men and women in selecting business and casual apparel to look their best.

Now Amy is helping "clothe" people with new-found hope and confidence to focus on building lasting and strong relationships. 

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