Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman

Alyssa Dineen, Founder of Style Your Profile, tells what you should never ever put in your dating profile and shows how to get your dating capsule wardrobe on point. Dr. James Simmons of Ask The NP co-hosts this episode with Damona to give important updates on the dating scene in the face of the Omicron variant. They cover headlines: What to get your boo this giving season and how to break up during the holidays. Dear Damona questions: how to tell if you are compatible with someone in the bedroom and what it means when he wants to wait until marriage to have sex.

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Alex Steward and Nicci Nunez, hosts of the SwipeFat Podcast, talk about loving your body and dating comfortably whatever your size. Damona covers Dating Dish headlines: you might be expecting too much from your dating app matches and what you can learn from the Britney Spears engagement fallout. Dear Damona questions this week: Should you wait until you're at your ideal weight to date and how do we feel about long-distance relationships during delta?

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Rich Juzwiak, Slate advice columnist behind "How To Do It" and co-host of the Pot Psychology podcast, and Damona talk about first dates and first impressions based on their experience writing for Washington Post Date Lab. Dating Dish: what to do when you are frustrated with dating apps and men say sex is better during the pandemic - women disagree. Dear Damona: what to do when he's great on paper but the chemistry isn't there and can we look at ghosting like the rubber band theory?

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Dr. Emily Morse, PhD of human sexuality and host of the popular Sex with Emily podcast, joins Damona to once and for all get clear on the intimacy timeline. They cover everything from when to have sex for the first time in a new realtionship to re-igniting passion in a long-term relationship. Headlines for the week: will dating be forever changed by COVID-19, is Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith's relationship in trouble, and the safest place to get your freak on during the pandemic. Damona and Emily also answer your questions including: what to do if you and your partner have different sexual needs and how to deal with insecurities in the bedroom. If you want more Emily, check out her podcast and other content at SexWithEmily.Com Join Damona's Patreon Program Today! patreon.com/datesandmates If affordable, virtual therapy sounds right for you, Better Help is better help. BetterHelp.com/datesandmates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices