“Emotional baggage is like trying to fly with a suitcase full of rocks. It’s time to unpack it, leave the unnecessary weight behind, and finally take off towards a healthier relationship.” – Trudy Gilbert How to Know if You’re Emotionally Available Your Emotional Baggage is Leaving You Lonely Listen up, love warriors. If you’re lugging around emotional baggage, you’re doing it wrong. Plain and simple. That heavy load of past traumas and negative beliefs is sabotaging your chances for love and connection. If you don’t change your strategy, you’ll continue to ruin amazing opportunities. Signs ..read more

For men to do and women to look out for… As a head matchmaker at Elite Introductions, I set up thousands of first dates every year. Now to become a member at Elite, you gotta have some game… you gotta be attractive, successful, fit & healthy, ambitious, educated, interesting, cultured. You get the picture. So I’m often amazed by the expectation people have around the concept of romantic and sexual chemistry particularly early in the dating process. People assume that chemistry is some voodoo shit that just happens when two people meet so when it doesn’t happen, they assume that “they are n ..read more

Exposed: The Scary Truth About AI-Generated Profiles in Online Dating! Introduction In today’s digital frontier of love, we’ve moved from spontaneous coffee shop encounters to a universe of swipes, emojis, and text bubbles. While online dating platforms promised us the moon—or at least a less complicated pathway to love—they’ve instead tossed us into a galaxy of perplexities that not even Cupid could navigate. From the harrowing erosion of privacy and perpetual safety concerns to the monumental task of sifting through profiles in search of genuine commitment, the world of digital dating is les ..read more

Hey there, I’m Trudy Gilbert, and for nearly two decades, I’ve been the relationship confidant for countless couples. Picture this: a cosy office, two people sitting across from me, their stories of love, frustration, and hope unfolding before my eyes. That’s been my world, and let me tell you—it’s been an eye-opener. As demands on the modern successful single increase, you feel well within your rights to expect more from every aspect of your lives. Your relationships are no exception. We work hard to have wonderful lives but in our need to have everything in our relationship, I raise this que ..read more

Is ‘Forever’ Just a Swipe Away, or Are We Stuck in a Loop of Fleeting Connections? Greetings, it’s Trudy Gilbert here again, bringing you my latest reflections on love, relationships, and the wild world of dating. Just recently, I had the privilege of being interviewed for The Age Newspaper (& The Sydney Morning Herald) on a topic that’s causing quite a stir in the dating landscape. The question at hand: are dating apps the trusty sidekicks they’re touted to be in our search for love or are they in fact the main culprits behind our digital dating despair? With the rise of ‘quiet quitting ..read more

It’s 2:07 am and I’ve been woken by a storm. I do love to listen to a good storm whilst cosy in bed but I’m keen to get back to sleep before my upcoming busy day is upon me. Then I see a notification go off on my phone and I’m too curious not to check who in the hell is reaching out to me in the middle of the night. It turns out to be someone filling out an inquiry form to join the Elite Introductions membership. Does this sound weird to you? Who is filling out forms for a membership at 2 in the morning?  The truth is I receive applications like this a lot. Particularly on a Saturday and ..read more

What is Speed Dating and How it Works Speed dating is an event where people meet for a series of brief conversations in order to see if there is any romantic connection worth taking further. Typically people are sat in front of each other for 3-8 minutes depending on the event. At the end of the date, a bell is rung and one group (usually the men in straight dates) move to the next table for their next encounter. In the late 90s and early 2000’s Speed Dating was incredibly popular. In around 2010 that popularity began to wane as it gave way to the dating app world. Although speed dating was al ..read more

7 Tips to Help Reduce Anxiety on a First Date At our agency, we have the opportunity to deal with some of the most successful people in the country. Executives and major business leaders seem to have such a firm grip on life. So I’m always amazed when some of them can experience so much anxiety before something as simple as a first date. But when you think about it, it’s completely natural for uncertainty to evoke fight or flight reactions from foreign social interactions.  First-date anxiety is a real thing and is felt by even the most experienced daters. Some (both men and women) occasi ..read more

Although gentlemanly behavior may be endangered in the modern world, it is still craved by most women. As fewer men adopt the skills of suave, this creates an enormous opportunity to stand out above the rest with just a little thought and effort.  In this article learn Aspects of modern social culture eroded gentlemanly behaviour Small actions can reap strong benefits when acting like a gentleman The 7 steps to sweeping her off her feet The dating dance has become increasingly complicated as gender roles dilute and the method by which we meet each other becomes more disposable. The dati ..read more

If you are career-driven, time and energy are precious to you. As such, focusing on love/relationships is the least thing you may think of than questioning your viability. However, some traits in reaching your success in business (i.e., hard work, commitment, courage, and ambition) may help you reach the success of your dating life. In this article, you’ll learn about  Balancing a successful career and love  Having and not choosing between love and career Understanding the similarities between successful traits in business and love Knowing the powerful common traits in business and ..read more