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The biggest problem happening in modern dating is occurring long before the relationship even begins according to our resident Matchmaker & Dating Coach Daphney Poyser 👀

💭 Have any questions about love, relationships, and dating that you’d like us to answer? Let us know in the comments below 👇🏽!

#fernconnections #datingadvice #relationshiptips #matchmaking #loveadvice #questionoftheday #happytuesday

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We are, you are, and every person regardless of their gender, sexuality, race, socioeconomic background, or immigration status, etc. has the right to stand as a symbol for what it means to live the American Dream. 🇺🇲 Ready to show what the American Dream means to you? Head to the @humanrightscampaign’s American Dreams Tour website to download a template to share your own story!

P.S. The #HRCAmericanDreamsTour is happening NOW and will be coming to Dallas on September 19th & 20th - will we be seeing you there? 😎 😉 Let us know in the comments which city/state you’ll be participating in!

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKOver40 #LTKWorkwear

How do I know if a date is going well? 🤔

How do I know if they like me? 🤨

How do I know if they DON’T like me? 😳

Today I’m giving out my tips on how you can use people’s body language to pick up on whether or not they’re enjoying themselves on your date!

➕ p.s. Ever wondered if the person you’re on a date with can accurately tell YOU are having a good time? The same rules apply! Just instead of looking for those actions in someone else, try and incorporate them into your own actions.

#FernConnections #QuestionOfTheDay #FirstDate #Love #Dating #Relationships #RelationshipAdvice #RelationshipCoach #DatingTips #ExpertAdvice #HappyTuesday

#LTKWorkwear #LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife

Have you ever wanted to walk out on a date, but felt “obligated” to stay even though you felt uncomfortable doing so? 💔

Today our Relationship Coach Daphney Poyser is sharing her Top 5 scenarios for when lacing up your boots 👢 and walking away makes more sense than sticking around and feeling stuck.

Let us know below 👇🏽, what would make YOU leave a date that wasn’t going well?

#fernconnections #questionoftheday #relationshipadvice #expertadvice #relationshipcoaching #datecoaching #happytuesday

#LTKOver40 #LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife

This Saturday we had the pleasure of attending two wonderful inaugural events, Dallas Hope Charities’ Legacy of Hope Charity Brunch and the Pride Kelso (Keller-Southlake) Festival!!!

For those of you who have been following along with us, you know that @dallashopecharities is an organization that is very near and dear to our hearts and we are so happy that we were able to attend DHC’s first Legacy of Hope event and hear from some of the wonderful individuals that have lived and thrived at the Hope Center over the years; in addition to the iconic Mark Segal who was interviewed by our friend and DHC board member @roscraigco!

Following Legacy of Hope, we rushed back home 🏃🏽‍♀️ to change so that we could attend the first annual @pridekelso event! As long standing residents of the North Texas area, and as previous residents of the Lake’s, being able to attend this inaugural event means so much to us, and the organizers April & Shaina Dreyson (@thedreyson)did the damn thing!! We’ve both attended and tabled at a lot of pride events in the metroplex, but this one was easily one of our favorites! There was a bit of backlash from the surrounding community, but for every insignificant bit of hate there was, there was 100x more love, acceptance, and fun happening within the festival “walls” that outshone anything and everything that was happening outside of it 💫.

💫 The Power of Community and Connection 💫

Last night we had the pleasure of attending the @dallasregionalchamber’s Community Connections: Strengthening Business, Shaping Communities event, where we got to hear Dennis Cail II, the CEO and Co-founder of @zirtue and Frances Smith-Dean, the Executive Director of @zwhjcoc, and moderator Marcelo Mills of @americannationalbanktexas talk about the power of community banking and the benefit that entrepreneurs and small businesses can experience from partnering with them, hosted in the newly renovated and very beautiful Park South Family YMCA!

I have to give a special shout out to DRC’s SVP of Opportunity & Impact Latosha Herron-Bruff for inviting us to the event, and providing us with the opportunity to learn from some amazing folks ☺️.

Thank you to everyone that was involved in facilitating this amazing event!!

#BusinessMatchmaking #Networking #Expansion #Development #Community #ConnectionIsKey #MBA @mavsoffcourt

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This was one of the first photo shoots we did for our first local feature article. Good times! 🤩

#LTKWorkwear #LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife

New Year, New Us!

As some of yall may have noticed, we have been making some changes over the past few months to better align ourselves with our current and future plans and values moving into 2026. We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to be in business for almost 6 years now, and we know that as the times change we have to as well!

We’ll always be working with folks across North America, but this year we really want to focus on collaborating with and supporting the local businesses here in our home “town” of DFW. 💙

So if you’re interested in seeing content about dating advice, singles events, outfit ideas for what to wear for dates, and so much more we would love to have you here as a part of our community ☺️.

Thank you for an amazing 6 years, and here’s to another amazing 6 to come!

#Matchmaking #SinglesEvents #DatingCoach #DatingAdvice #LTK

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKvlog #LTKWorkwear

Valentine’s Day at the Dallas Museum of Art! 💕

#LTKselfcare #LTKvlog #LTKOver40

Do you only work with people in the US? No, we actually work with other matchmakers across the world. 🌎

#LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife #LTKOver40

Do I get to see photos of the people I am being matched with? Of course! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife #LTKWorkwear

Is matchmaking for everybody? Nope! 😬

#LTKWorkwear #LTKSeasonal #LTKdayinmylife

Can I see the people in the database? Absolutely not! 🤨

#LTKOver40 #LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife

Shooting promo video for the company, one of my least favorite things about my work. 🥺

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKWorkwear

My first time being on TV and it had to be live, I was kinda nervous and extremely overjoyed by the fact that I was going to be seen by tons of people across their three stations. San Francisco will forever be one of my most favorite cities. 🙏🏼

#LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife #LTKstorytime

Date Night, Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO). 😘

DIFFA is one of my most favorite charity events held here in the Dallas area. I had to share this photo as we get ready for another year of fabulousness of the best runway show, that is DIFFA! 🥂

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKstorytime #LTKWorkwear

I made a decision this year to only work with other local businesses to host our singles events. Because we work with singles across the country, we used to host singles events in other cities to bring them together but now I am enjoying getting to know more local business owners and spreading the love locally across DFW. #spreadthelove

#LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife #LTKstorytime

This is how it all started, I personally never even knew that matchmaking was a real profession until I started looking for help finding my person. And need I say that it wasn’t as easy as I had hoped it would be. Here’s to Six years in this business that brings me so much joy in helping others find their person. 🥳🥳🥳

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Maxwell and I attended the Boss Vision conference and as an Entreprenista we had to take a selfie in front of their sign. 🩷

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I’m so blessed to have been recognized by the City of Dallas as a leader in the African American community here in the DFW area. I love the work that we do and the communities of people that we get to work with. ♥️

#LTKstorytime #LTKdayinmylife #LTKWorkwear

One of the things that I love most about being an entrepreneur is networking and learning from other local entrepreneurs. 🙋🏽‍♀️

#LTKWorkwear #LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife

I came across this really cool fairytale inspired donut shop in Flower Mound and I just had to go in, unfortunately they were already sold out by 10:30 in the morning, but no worries I will be back.

@Sara Donuts 🍩😋

#runningerrands #dayinmylife #fairy #donuts

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Working on being healthier this year! 🧘🏽‍♀️

#LTKselfcare #LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife

Over the past 6 years I have been asked so many times to share my favorite first date ideas so I decided to rate a few of my top favorite ideas. 😎

Y’all let me know what you think and if you would rate them differently. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’d also like to know what some of your favorite first date ideas are and how you would rate them. 😊

#dateideas #dating #dates #single #havingfun

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I became single again when I was 55 and had no clue how to get back out there. This is one of the reasons that I decided to become a matchmaker and a date & relationship coach.

Recently I was having a conversation with some people who were trying to figure out my age and it was a really sweet conversation and it made me realize that having a peaceful and drama free relationship helps me to live a stress free life and I believe that shows in my appearance. ☺️

#LTKstorytime #LTKselfcare #LTKOver40

Target unboxing part 2, I love having my non food items shipped to my house from Target. The shipments typically arrive in a few days so I never have to wait long for anything.

I am a lipstick girly and I have been wearing Revlon’s rum raisin for years, it’s definitely one of my tried and true colors that I will be buying as long as they are selling it. 💄

#LTKBeauty #LTKstorytime #LTKOver40

Target unboxing part 1, don’t feel like you are settling when you’re pretty much getting what you want in a partner. I have always lived by the 80/20 and 90/10 rules as it relates to everything in my life and that includes finding a long term relationship. 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏻

#LTKOver40 #LTKstorytime #LTKselfcare

How do I start prioritizing dating again as a single parent? 💭

Over the years, this is one of the questions I get a lot from single moms–and some single dads too–and the truth is that dating when you have children, especially young children, is difficult.

Being a parent is a full-time job in itself, and with everything else we have going on, dating can often be something that we put on the back burner of life.

But that doesn’t always have to be the case!

It might take more planning, but if anyone can do it, it’s you, Mama! 🫶🏼

And just know that if you ever need any help along the way, I’ll be here to lend a hand anytime 🙂‍↕️🌟.

#DatingAdvice #Dating #DatingTips #SingleMom #SingleParent

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKOver40 #LTKWorkwear

One of the most favorite parts of my job is the venue tours that we do when deciding what other small businesses to work with. I am so happy that other entrepreneurs and small businesses support what we do to help bring singles together. 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏻

#LTKWorkwear #LTKdayinmylife #LTKOver40

I have lived in Coppell for three years and I am not sure that I have ever seen the dog park before, so we had to take our dog there this morning.

He loves to walk around and explore and sometimes plays with other dogs but for the most part he’s a loner. 🐾

My sweater is from Loft, sweatpants from Amazon and my Adidas are from Kohls.

What a fun way to start the day. 🐶

#LTKOver40 #LTKootd #LTKmomlife

I’m always getting so many questions about what’s the best way to communicate with someone who you are starting to get to know or starting to date. So I decided to rate the most common ones.

Y’all let me know what you think and if you would rate them differently. 🤷🏽‍♀️

#communicationtips #dating #gettingtoknowyou #singles #preference

#LTKWorkwear #LTKOver40 #LTKdayinmylife

Thoughts On Age Gap Relationships ⬇️

Truthfully, for the longest time I have been against age gap relationships where one person is more than 15 years older than the other person.

However, nowadays I am starting to loosen up on my hesitations against larger age gap relationships because at the end of the day, the most important part is that people find someone who they can enjoy spending time with, and who they can happily share their life with.

Am I still an advocate for dating someone closer to your age? Yes! Do I think that being in a 15+ year age gap at 25 v at 45 is a little different? Also yes lol 😅.

But ultimately, if that’s what makes two adults happy, who am I to judge?

What do y’all think?

#AgeGapRelationships #DatingCoach #Matchmaker

We had to make a Target run to our local store in Flower Mound to get ready for spring and to get a jump start on all the deals that are happening right now. 🛍️

#LTKSaleAlert #LTKgrwm #LTKvlog

This adorable pug is so fashionable in her black and white polka dot dress. She is definitely ready for the season! 🐾

#LTKdayinmylife #LTKFestival #LTKootd