• Are You ACTUALLY Ready For Love? [Friday Faves]

    Are You ACTUALLY Ready For Love? [Friday Faves]

    At any give time since I was about 14, I thought I was ready to fall in love. Through high school crushes, adult heartbreaks and many others in between, I always stuck to the idea that I wanted to fall in love and be in a real relationship but yet seemed to be jinxed. Unlucky. A hopeless disaster. I even had a few years where the old song “But Not For Me” was my theme song. I laughed about it with friends, joked about it with strangers and secretly would cry about it alone.

  • Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 5

    Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 5

    The experts have shared a lot with you this week: the importance of smiling, the power of eye contact, the negative affects of texting in public, and the messages your body is sending. And now it’s time to put it all together.

  • Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 4

    Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 4

    As much as I enjoy blabbing my mouth off from time to time, I’ve recently realized (with the help of Ms. Kira Sabin) that I need to pay attention to one of the most important aspects of dating there is: body language. It’s so easy to close people off with your body. And the kicker? You don’t even notice you’re doing it!

  • Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 3

    Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 3

    Now, let’s be honest for a second. In this day and age, everyone is hyper-connected so it’s become totally normal and expected to be texting and calling and Facebooking no matter where we are and who we’re with. But how are you supposed to apply the basics (smile + eye contact) when you’re constantly looking at your stinkin’ phone?!

  • Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 2

    Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 2

    Now that we’ve got our smiles down it’s time to move on to a big next step: eye contact. Eye contact with a smile is the easiest way for someone to notice you and know that it is good to make the approach. Remember, if guys think they are going to be shut down, they just won’t go there. It also exudes mucho confidence.

  • Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 1

    Dating Makeover Challenge: From Ice to Nice, Day 1

    Everyone assumes the most attractive people get approached, but really it is the most confident and happy. Nothing is more powerful or attractive than a smile. Passersby (and that hottie in your Stats lecture) will wonder why you are so happy and want to find out. Who doesn’t want to hang out with the people who are having the most fun?

  • Turn That Walk of Shame Into a Stride of Pride

    Turn That Walk of Shame Into a Stride of Pride

    We’ve all been there. The guy from Chem who you have been crushin’ on for a bit looks even better 5 drinks in. You are laughing, flirting and can not believe how much you have in common. What?! He likes Taio too? This is clearly destiny!

  • Dating Myths Even the Smartest Women Believe In

    Dating Myths Even the Smartest Women Believe In

    Something happens from the time when we are kids to adults. We learn that if we want to be successful at a career, buy a house, save for retirement or achieve any major milestone in life we have to work for it. Yet, when I talk to people about finding “the one,” they want it to happen naturally. Organically. They will “know it when they see it.”

  • When It Comes to Dating, Should You Be Channeling Your Inner G.I.Joe?

    When It Comes to Dating, Should You Be Channeling Your Inner G.I.Joe?

    When I was in college one of my boyfriends would always quote G. I. Joe to me. Whenever I said “Well now I know,” he would chime in with Joe’s famous line “and knowing is half the battle.” I was always thought it was cute because he was cute and it was one of “our things.” Give me a break, I was smitten.

  • The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone: Dating Coach, Kira Sabin

    The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone: Dating Coach, Kira Sabin

    Don’t you just wish there was someone out there who could give you all the dating answers and help you navigate the confusing world that is college “dating” (without airing your bizness on a VH1 reality show)? Well, your prayers have been answered, my lady friends. Meet Kira Sabin, the Stacy London of dating.

  • Why Am I The Dating Coach?

    Why Am I The Dating Coach?

    My friends – single and very un-single – are constantly coming to me for relationship advice. I tend to be brutally honest in all aspects of my life (“Yes, I agree, you are being a bitch”) so people trust my opinions and know that I’ll give it to them straight.