This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Whats the goal of your new show?
So the more I learn, the more Ill share with you.
Whats the secret to being a good matchmaker?
The biology hasnt changed, just the technology.
The best thing it’s possible for you to do as a matchmaker is be an investigator.
Do you ever watch yourself on old episodes ofThe Millionaire Matchmaker?
[The show is currently streaming on Netflix.]
No, I never watch myself, because Ill start criticizing the way I look.
Im like,What is with my hair?
And what am I wearing?I dont know how actresses watch themselves.
Hows your love life?
I just started dating.
I broke up [with my partner] a year ago.
I was really in love with that person.
There were just certain things that were deal-breakers that just didnt work for us.
Im slowly getting out there.
I just sounded the alarm with a couple of my matchmaker [friends] to fix me up.
Im gonna start traveling.
Ive never seen so many good-looking guys in one place.
Have any celebrities asked you for dating advice recently?
They are just miserable.
I said, Get out of L.A.
What celebrity would you like to work with as a client?
Hed be the top of my list.
What do you do to stay grounded?
I do Transcendental Meditation.
I do it once a day.
I should probably do it twice.
What else do you do to stay healthy physically?
I [take] a million supplements.
I eat gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and I dont drink alcohol.
I do Peloton [workouts].
I love the ocean.
I live across from the ocean, so when it gets warmer I walk on the beach.
I like to travel to Sedona [Arizona] to clear my energy.
I believe in drawing energy to you.
I do a little witchcraft, a little spell crafting.
I just lit a candle last night for the full moon.
I believe in communing with nature and God.
Im proud to be a Jew but Im not religious.
I believe theres so much more than religion that we dont know.
Most people arent getting out of the house; theyre not connecting, she says.
Maybe go to the Stagecoach [country music festival] or something youd never do before.
If youre a hippie, go to Burning Man.
Get out of your own way.
I cant tell you how many people I have met on vacation without looking for it, she says.
Get the phone out of your face or the iPad or the computer.
Put that away and focus.
Dontovershare.Dont launch into your divorce details or talk about past relationships too early on in a new one.
And dont ask the other person about those topics right away either, Stanger says.
In the course of the relationship, youre going to find out about each other.
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