By Taylor Wade Cofounder Ambiance Matchmaking Estimated Reading Time: 5:33 minutes From its bohemian roots to its hippie era to the most recent cyberculture, the Bay’s long rooted culture of openness and idealism is influencing dating in surprising ways. Writer and poet Allen Ginsberg came to San Francisco during the 1950s. He met a group of other poets who would eventually become the core of the Beat Generation. The “Beats” offered a sense of freedom and genuine curiosity unrivaled in postwar literature. And before long he put the city on the world’s counter-cultural map with his works bein ..read more

By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Estimated Reading Time: 5:33 minutes   There are numerous articles written on the “top 10 signs you and your partner are compatible” and the like. Most include a superficial list ranging from “you’re attracted to each other” to “you share interests.” Personally, I don’t find these types of articles helpful. Rather, there are very substantial elements that comprise a compatible partnership, and that’s what we’re talking about today. In Western society, chemistry is considered the catalyst for the relationship, while compatibility is the glue ..read more

By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 48:30 minutes Listen: LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTSLISTEN ON SPOTIFY In this episode, I’m talking to Daniel Smith. Dan is a conscious masculinity and embodiment coach. Growing up in a challenging home environment led him to live in curiosity, always questioning the reality he found himself facing. Carrying a lot of residual pain from some deeply traumatic childhood experiences, he embarked on a journey of transformation and healing, desiring to evolve in every area of his life. Through his experiences of learning to understand and trans ..read more

By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 65:00 minutes Listen: LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTSLISTEN ON SPOTIFY This episodes features best-selling author Christine Chang. Based in LA, Christine helps high-performing women create ideal relationships in their personal and professional lives by teaching self-awareness, boundaries, accountability, and communication skills. Her book "Show Up: Finding Love for Independent Women" has helped thousands of professional women all over the world create the relationship of their dreams.  Topics discussed: The biggest challenges entre ..read more

10 ingredients for creating more chemistry on your dates. By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 16:25 minutes Listen: LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTSLISTEN ON SPOTIFY Romantic chemistry, at least in western society, is considered the catalyst in our relationships; the driving force behind if a first date will lead to a second or third date. It is believed that romantic chemistry happens on a subconscious level. It’s intangible, unspoken, energetic. It is the impulse that you have to see this other person again. It can be described as a profound connection, a bond, a “spar ..read more

By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 45:00 minutes Listen: LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTSLISTEN ON SPOTIFY Our guest today is Vanessa Ringel. Vanessa is the founder of GRAVITĀS, a neuro-coaching company that has empowered hundreds of women to manifest love. She is certified in spiritual psychology and neuro-linguistic programming, otherwise known as NLP, as well as having a professional background as the head matchmaker at Three Day Rule.  Her trainings focus on the subconscious mind and breaking free from self-limiting patterns. She used her own trainings to manifest ..read more

By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading time: 4:10 minutes There’s no way to avoid the fact that 2020 was the year of Covid. It impacted our lives in strange and unprecedented ways. The huge silver lining in it all is that people slowed down and took time to focus on the things that really matter in life, and that turned out to be their relationships. We feel very lucky and fortunate for the opportunity to support so many singles as they made their dating lives a priority this year. Our company not only survived, it thrived. Today we look back at our biggest moments and milest ..read more

How advances in technology and science will impact our dating culture By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 45:00 minutes Listen: Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify Today I’m talking with my good friend Tam Hunt. He is a lawyer by day and writer and scholar by night. He trained in evolutionary biology, attended law school and then became an environmental lawyer. He’s written three books. His first Eco, Ego, Eros is a collection of essays in philosophy, spirituality and science, his second book is called Solar: Why Our Energy Future Is So Bright, and his most rec ..read more

When the decade began, tech meant promise. It connected us in ways we could barely imagine. But somewhere along the way, it became an insidious part of our dating culture. What happened?  Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 27:00 minutes (VOICEOVER): In the Myth of the Machine, historian Lewis Mumford warned that computers would suck away our freedom and destroy life enhancing values. But by the 1970s, computers were embraced as symbols of individual expression and liberation. This was certified when Timothy Leary de ..read more

It seems shocking in retrospect that we as humans could actually keep relationships going before technology. But at the turn of the century, everything began to shift. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify By Taylor Wade Writer for Ambiance Matchmaking Reading Time: 25:39 minutes Forty million Americans now roam online dating sites in search of their better half. In fact, 39 percent of couples report meeting online, compared to only 22 percent in 2009. It's surprising how much online dating has displaced the role of friends and family in meeting a life partner. And it shows how our relat ..read more