Ask a Matchmaker

Welcome to another exciting episode of Ask a Matchmaker! This week, Maria sits down with two remarkable individuals who bring humor, culture, and a whole lot of heart to the table. Joining her are Gus Constantellis and Christina Mavronas, the dynamic duo behind the @welcometotheneighborhoodpod. Gus, a Greek-American comedian known for his viral immigrant culture observations, and Christina, a Brooklynite with Greek roots and a knack for blending humor with the human experience, bring their unique perspectives to the table. From Gus's rise from Brooklyn to national headlining tours to Christina's journey through dance to filmmaking, their stories are as captivating as they are hilarious. Tune in for a dose of culture, dating insights, and plenty of laughs! Follow Gus and Christina: @constantlygus @christinamavronas https://www.youtube.com/@welcometotheneighborhoodpod And read this incredible tribute about Gus and his mom:https://www.today.com/parents/greek-mom-tiktok-death-rcna137728 ***************

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ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying!

Happy Valentines Day from your favorite matchmaker! Solo hotline! Wowee!

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Want a Valentine for next year? Let's make it happen! Enroll in an upcoming Agape Intensive and receive a complete dating mindset shift.

Enroll in virtual: https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/

Enroll in person: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/agape-intensive-in-real-life-nyc-2024-agape-escapes-llc-new-york-62720558

You can also join Maria's database or become a matchmaking client! Visit https://agapematch.com

Maria also hosts women’s retreats to Greece each summer. Join an Escape, enjoy the culinary and culture experience with all access to the Agape Team. http://agapeescapes.com

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Follow @MatchmakerMaria and @askamatchmaker on IG so you can ask a question on the next live!

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ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying!

Julia is a brand strategist, social media consultant, and content creator! Over the past few years she has coached hundreds of clients to help them land their dream jobs, partnered with students to craft essays that have landed them admission into top institutions and worked with brands to help them amplify their social media presence and increase revenue.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smarterinasec/?hl=en

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smarterinasec

Website: https://smarterinasec.com/

Substack: https://substack.com/@smarterinasec

Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis!

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💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website:https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying!

In this week’s episode Iris finds love and marriage. In a whirlwind romance when two people are ready to have serious conversations so they can begin the rest of their lives together, Iris’s story is one of hope and opportunity.

Iris Smyles is the author of the novels Iris Has Free Time (which Forbes called “an instant classic… a smart, funny, wise, and sometimes heartbreaking book about a slowly fizzling love affair with youth,”), Dating Tips for the Unemployed (a semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor), and, most recently, Droll Tales ("Delightfully weird" - Splice Today). Her stories, essays, and poems have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Paris Review Daily, BOMB, The Baffler, and Best American Travel Writing among other publications. Born and raised in New York, she currently lives in Great Britain and Greece.

Iris website:

Iris Smyles

Iris books on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Books-Iris-Smyles/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AIris+Smyles

Iris on IG: @irissmyles

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💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website:https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying!

Carrie Berk shares her dating adventures in her latest book My Real-Life Rom Com. It's a truthful exploration of Gen Z
life and love and the book is packed with humor and advice that takes the edge off uncomfortable parent/teen conversations.

Her book:https://amzn.to/41ZwVta Follow on IG & TikTok: @CarrieBerkk

Join Maria's database or become a matchmaking client! Visit https://agapematch.com

Register for Maria's next Agape Intensive IRL in NYC - https://www.wetravel.com/trips/agape-intensive-in-real-life-nyc-2024-agape-escapes-llc-new-york-62720558

Or join an upcoming Virtual Agape Intensive - https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/ And Follow @MatchmakerMaria on IG so you can ask a question on the next live! Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis!

🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃

💖Podcast Website: https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website: https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

Comedian Gianmarco Soresi has his Netflix comedy premiere out now, inVerified Stand-Up. He's currently on the "Leaning In Tour" with shows all over the U.S. and Canada, after his European leg sold out completely. He's also the host of "The Downside" podcast where complaining is encouraged and silver linings debunked.

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gianmarcosoresi/ Website:http://www.gianmarcosoresi.com/ ---- New Year! New Dating Strategy! Join Maria's database or become a matchmaking client! Visithttps://agapematch.com Register for Maria's next Agape Intensive IRL in NYC -https://www.wetravel.com/trips/agape-intensive-in-real-life-nyc-2024-agape-escapes-llc-new-york-62720558 Or join an upcoming Virtual Agape Intensive -https://agapematch.com/agape-group-coaching-intensive/

Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis!

🤩Check out My Websites and Socials!🙃

💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website:https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

New Year! New Dating Strategy! Work with Erika andMariaand re-vamp your dating in 2024! Schedule an upcoming dating strategy call for more information: https://calendly.com/felix-louie OR work withMariaand her matchmaking team. Visit AgapeMatch.com! Erika Ettin is a dating coach, helping people navigate the world of online dating, from first click to first date. Erika studied economics at Cornell University and received her MBA from Georgetown. She started date coaching in 2011 (after a seven-year career as an economist). She is responsible for many relationships, marriages, and the confidence some people simply need to “get out there.” Follow Erika on IG: @alittlenudge

Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis!

🤩Check out My Websites and Socials!🙃

💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website:https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

Happy New Year! Does your dating mindset need a total reset? Join or gift and upcoming Agape Intensiveagapeintensive.com Or schedule an upcoming dating assessment for yourself or a friend:https://calendly.com/felix-louie And, of course, work with Maria and her matchmaking team. Visit AgapeMatch.com. Damona Hoffman is a Relationship Coach as well as a TV host, Podcaster, and Speaker. She is a regular cast member of The Drew Barrymore Show and a frequent contributor to NPR, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and Access Hollywood. Also, Damona hosted the FreshBooks entrepreneurship podcast, I Make a Living, as well as multiple episodes of NPR’s Life Kit. Her podcast, Dates & Mates, was named Podcast of the Year at the Black Podcasting Awards in 2022. Damona’s first book F the Fairy Tale will be released January 2, 2023 (Hachette/Seal Press) and is endorsed by Dr. Drew Pinsky, Drew Barrymore, Lori Gottlieb and more. @damonahoffman Buy F the Fairy Tale:https://amzn.to/3RHzHzQ

🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃

💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

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💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

Want to travel to Greece with Maria? Check out the itinerary for her next #Escape2Paros: https://www.agapeescapes.com/paros-2024 Does your dating mindset need a total reset? Join or gift an upcoming Agape Intensive agapeintensive.com Or schedule an upcoming dating assessment for yourself or a friend: https://calendly.com/felix-louie And, of course, work with Maria and her matchmaking team. Visit AgapeMatch.com.

Michal has passion for connecting people, fostering healthy relationships, and educating on human sexuality. She’s more than just a matchmaker; she’s a super-connector. Michal earned her Bachelor’s degree in Jewish Studies from Penn State University and a Master of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. With over five years of experience helping clients find loving relationships, her work has been profiled in the Atlantic, CBS, Fox29, Bustle, NPR, and a Philadelphia Inquirer feature.

@michalmatches Michal encourages you to supporthttps://projectsafe.dreamhosters.com/ this holiday season. Make sure to subscribe and sign up for notifications for fantastic dating and relationship advice brought to you by Maria Avgitidis! 🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃 💖Podcast Website: https://www.askamatchmaker.com/ 💖Agape Match Website: https://agapematch.com/ 💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria 💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria 💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch 💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch 💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

On this week's episode we talk about the best Jewish dating apps, generational differences in life, Do's and Don't with dating apps, and we take your live questions. Indulge! Want to travel to Greece with Maria? Check out the itinerary for her next #Escape2Paros:https://www.agapeescapes.com/paros-2024 Does your dating mindset need a total reset? Join or gift and upcoming Agape Intensiveagapeintensive.com Or schedule an upcoming dating assessment for yourself or a friend:https://calendly.com/felix-louie And, of course, work with Maria and her matchmaking team. Visit AgapeMatch.com. Follow this week's guests! @Talialichtstein and @jakewcornell and their podcast @basictrainingpod Talia Lichtstein is a rapidly growing online personality known for her blunt honesty, vlog-style documentation of her chaotic early 20s lifestyle, and unapologetic “hot takes” on everything from pop culture to politics. Jake Cornell is a Brooklyn-based comedian, actor, and writer. He gained notoriety through his hilarious portrayals of characters such as a gay Brooklyn dad, a TikTok astrologer, and Kyrsten Sinema’s stylist. His ability to blend absurdity with sharp social observations landed him on Vogue’s list of the 8 Funniest Accounts on TikTok. He has also been featured in The Cut, Broadway World, and Logo TV. His show MAN & WOMAN, co-created with Marcia Belsky, ran at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival summer 2022 to critical acclaim.

🤩 Check out My Websites and Socials! 🙃

💖Podcast Website:https://www.askamatchmaker.com/

💖Agape Match Website:https://agapematch.com/

💖Matchmaker Maria TikTok: realmatchmakermaria

💖Matchmaker Maria Instagram: matchmakermaria

💖Agape Match Instagram: agapematch

💖Agame Match Facebook: AgapeMatch

💖Agape Match Twitter: AgapeMatch

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Ask a Matchmaker is your weekly go-to podcast for all things love and relationships. Hosted by fourth generation matchmaker and founder of Agape Match, Maria Avgitidis, Ask a Matchmaker gives you no-nonsense insight into dating, relationships, compatibility, and love. Maria and her weekly special guest answer questions to help you venture through the jungle that is modern love. Whether you're looking for someone or you're happily taken, Maria will keep you inspired to keep going down the path of love every week, and hopefully, gain a great tip or two to ignite the spark or keep the sparks flying! #matchmakermaria #askamatchmaker #datingadvice #datingprofilereview #podcast

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