Dating Effectively, with Queer Matchmaker Elise Braunschweiger
Queer matchmaker, Elise Braunschweiger, shares practical advice for queer women trying to find love plus insight into the unconscious biases that drive the choices we make and the ways we behave in dating.
Meet Elise Braunschweiger, queer female matchmaker and relationship expert…
Elise started her career at a matchmaking company where she was the 3rd employee and as they opened offices across American and grew internationally she was promoted to head of matchmaking and she oversaw all their US staff.
Now she’s following her dream and building her own matchmaking business helping women in our community find love.
Elise is wise beyond her years and has so much experience and wisdom to share about the process of dating.
You don’t to miss this conversation!
During the episode Elise Braunschweiger and I discuss:
* Unconscious biases that drive us in dating…
* Ways people can lack awareness about the impressions they’re making early on in dating…
* Why you’re probably wrong about what you think other women see in you…
* Why the boundary lines of intimacy can be more easily blurred in lesbian friend groups than in straight friend groups…
* The mindset that causes lesbians to be more likely to end up in long distance relationships AND…
* Advice for alleviating the pressure that comes with dating…
Don’t miss this interview!
Learn more about Elise Braunschweiger and follow her on social media…
Elise Braunschweiger is the Founder & CEO of Queer Conscious Connections, a matchmaking and date coaching agency that specializes in services for the LGBTQIA+ community. As a lesbian herself, and after several years working in management for an award-winning, international matchmaking firm, Elise saw a desperate need for dating services that were created by and for queer people. Through Queer Conscious Connections, Elise aims to help anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or relationship status, achieve a more enriching and satisfying love life—and, hopefully, enjoy the journey along the way.
Queer Conscious Connections offers personalized 1:1 date coaching and bespoke matchmaking services and they’re constantly seeking commitment-ready daters who might be open to being considered as a match for their clients (at no cost). Elise invites anyone to join her database.
You can find Elise Braunschweiger’s Website and sign up for her newsletter here (https://www.queerconsciousconnections.com/about-us).
You can find Elise Braunschweiger’s Instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/matched.by.elise/).
You can find Elise Braunschweiger’s free database to be considered for free introductionshere (https://conscious-connections.smartmatchapp.com/client/submissionform/18/).
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