Dating Advice & Matchmaking Insights

Whether you’re looking for someone into a specific kink, or you’re curious about seeking new kinky experiences.

Whether you’re dating online or IRL, the world is a playing ground for creating connection – when you know these four secrets.

Knowing how to improve emotional intelligence will help you in every area of life, especially when it comes to dating and romance.

Here’s my rundown of the dating trends I’ve seen this year; what’s in and what’s out! Take a look for more on how to create the deep connection and fulfilling partnership you want in 2021, whether you’re currently single or coupled. 

How do you tell if someone online is worth investing your time in? Especially given that it might be a while before you can really put your feelings to the test together?

Whether you are a few dates in or are in the exciting early phase of dating, overthinking and overanalysing can create a lot of unnecessary drama.

Think you know everything there is to know about masturbation? Think again! Dating coach, matchmaker and founder of Tailor Matched, Asa Baav says experimentation is essential for a healthy sex life.

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s how to get comfortable with uncertainty (or be anxious 24/7).

The world of dating has changed dramatically in just the last 5 years. The advent of a gazillion dating apps, more liberal attitudes to sexuality, and a more fluid society generally mean our choices have expanded exponentially.

Ok so you can’t leave the house for drinks at the bar, but you very much can indulge in a little digital date via the magic of Zoom, Skype or FaceTime.

How do we persevere with dating as the global pandemic turns our lives upside down? Use quarantine as an opportunity to relearn how to date and discover how to have sex without touching. Here’s my guide to online dating during the Coronavirus.

Dating is changing. Get ready to leave the ghosting, orbiting, cuffing, swiping and shallow chat in 2019.

Is it possible to find real connection on a dating app? As a dating and sex consultant, I get asked about this all the time from people tired of endless swiping and chats that go nowhere.

Google ‘dating in your 30s’ and you’re in for a fright. From “aching ovaries” to “sad single-dads”, “emotional baggage” and even that it’s like “sifting through garbage”, it’s enough to put you off finding love completely.

If there’s one thing guaranteed to cloud your judgement on a first date, it’s lust. When your date is super hot and flirty, it’s easy to forget that you’ve only just met them.

Reason #99765 I love offline dating: there’s no room for phoniness and fake photos. Dating IRL is the perfect way to bring your REAL self to the dating game.

You Me Her tells the story of Jack and Emma Trakarsky, a married couple pushing 40 with a life most people would envy: aspirational jobs and a gorgeous house in Portland, Oregon.

Ahhh, romance. That sweet, sweet feeling you get when they even so much as glance at you with their perfect eyes.

If I had a pound for every time I heard ‘but Asa, I don’t know what I want’ – I would be a very rich woman.

My mission is to empower men and women to let go of guilt and shame around dating and sex.