Are you single and ready to find true love? Are you in a relationship, but experiencing a rough patch? Many of us know the feeling, searching for answers on how to not only find a loving relationship but also keep it up. Although your best friend and family may be there to help you wipe your tears away after a breakup or heartache, sometimes you just need an unbiased source to give you some great dating advice and help you develop healthy relationship goals to make your dating or romantic life more satisfying. Some daters opt for a therapist, but you may want to seek the latest trend of getting solid dating advice… listening to a dating podcast.

Hear us out: At fromgirltogirl.com we recently started listening to The Date Podcast which features new episodes every week, with every podcast being an interesting topic. Marriage and family therapist Emma Pineda and mobile app entrepreneur Zorric Sia launched their new podcast series to help singles successfully navigate the ins and outs of the popular dating apps. The podcast covers the use of dating apps, etiquette, and news.

“Dating apps can be a great tool for men and women to find love, but without understanding how the apps work – and how singles ‘work’ the apps – they can raise as many questions as they answer, especially for new users,” said Pineda, a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Some of our favorite episodes thus far include Episode #5 – Slow Dating, Episode #4 – Don’t Have a Dirty Mirror, Episode #3 – To Ghost or Not to Ghost, and Episode #7 – How Clean is Clean?

Not only is the dating advice and wisdom on relationships valuable but we also cannot get enough of the two podcast hosts Pineda and Sia who are close friends and self-proclaimed foodies. Moreover, we are getting relationship advice from people well-informed on finding and sustaining healthy relationships. Sia focuses on the research and article aspects of the podcast show, while Pineda adds expertise with her therapeutic and counseling skills. We also love how they are on the quest to find “the one” just like we are.

Dating apps are supposed to help singles find great matches, but they often leave users with more questions than answers. This is why Pineda and Sia discuss how to best use dating apps, along with dating app etiquette and news for the podcast series.

In addition to the perspectives and stories provided by the hosts, The Date Podcast features guests who contribute their professional insights and personal experiences.

“We’re finding that everyone has their own dating app stories and no one is holding back from sharing them,” said Sia.

One weakness Sia found by using dating apps was the dependence on direct messaging and static photos. That prompted him to develop and launch bopsee, which is a video-based dating app. “Video prevents the dreaded – and all too common – experience of meeting someone for the first time and discovering that they look nothing like their profile picture,” Sia added.

Here is how you can connect with The Date Podcast on social media via @DatePodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Listeners can tune into The Date Podcast on the website DatePodcast.com, iTunes or Google. Their dating app bopsee can be downloaded on iTunes or Google as well.

The Date Podcast is always looking for different dating perspectives, including yours. If you’d like to be a special guest on the podcast or have an interesting dating experience to share, contact Pineda and Sia . They would love to have you.