Drawing down the Moon has plenty of women (and men!) in this situation – career-minded with busy social life, active hobbies but one important thing is missing, the love of their life and potentially a family. If you are a woman who feels you’d appreciate someone to guide you through how to balance it all and how to make the right choices in the first place there are some options. A seminar called Female Balancing Act held by two wonderful women Sophie Sabbage and Pascale Ascher is something we highly recommend, covering the following topics:

As a woman in business, how do you balance the demands of your professional life with your other priorities outside the workplace – your family, your friends, your own well-being and your other interests.  How do you make clear and discerning choices and do so without suffering feelings of dissatisfaction, stress, guilt, grief or a sense of inadequacy or failure?

The Female Balancing Act training is a one-day seminar for women in business who want to master the balancing act and transform their ability to participate fully in the different domains of their life.  During this training, you will get clearer about what you really want from your life, learn how to make choices that are in alignment with who you really are and what you believe in and then act on them with confidence, And, you will leave with tools to take back into your professional and personal life to support you going forward.

Please see details on how to book here:

http://www.drawingdownthemoon.co.uk/lifestyle/self

Not only will we give you a referral fee of £50-£500 for any friend you refer to us, who joins us an honorary or paying member, but you will also be entered into a prize-draw to win two fantastic seats to watch the Aviva Premiership at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 31^st March 2012. You will see rugby union champions Saracens play London rivals Harlequins. Your name will be entered into a prize-draw for each referral made.

The closing date for the prize-draw is Thursday 22^nd March and the winner will be notified on Friday 23^rd March 2012. There is one prize of two seats in Block 144, level 1 – a perfect view from the half-way line!

Call us on 020 7224 1001 for further details.

Look forward to hearing from you!

But wait, we now have to think about that one particular day a year when a) if you’re in a relationship or dating you’re probably going to need lots of extra cash to impress your partner/date or b) if you’re single or you may well be wishing you weren’t! Yes I’m talking about Valentine’s Day and it’s only 7 days away! The world of dating doesn’t get much busier than on 14th of February.

So how are you going to be spending your Valentine’s Day? If you are happily coupled up then your choices really are endless – a romantic dinner for two, a weekend in Paris, a Spa day for two – one thing is certain, you’ll be spending far more on everything (especially in London) than their normal price the remaining 364 days of the year! But when it comes to love, does cost matter?

And what if you’re single? Do you stay at home feeling sorry for your self whilst couples are out enjoying themselves? Well that could be an option, but not a very tempting one. Valentine’s Day is the one day when bars may well be full of other single people (forget restaurants, you’d be the odd one out!) so why not organise a night out with your single friends or better still, organise a singles party and get in the dating mood? If however you prefer not to celebrate with others, why not treat yourself and be your own Valentine! Have a night in with a good film and delicious food enjoying your own company. As a singleton on Valentine’s Day you do have plenty of options and with the added bonus of no need to worry about the dent in a wallet!

If however you’d prefer to spend your next Valentine’s Day with your own special someone, being whisked away to an overpriced dinner (!) why not contact Drawing Down the Moon, the professional dating service in London, as we have a special Valentine’s discount for you: 020 7224 1001 We look forward to hearing from you.

Whilst sitting in one of the seminars, I was telling everyone about some of our ‘happy endings’ who are going to be filmed shortly so that they can share their stories with you on our website. Well, practically everyone broke into hysterical fits of laughter to my complete surprise! I asked why there were all laughing as we obviously believe that there is no better advert for Drawing Down the Moon than our ‘happy ending’ couples and again this caused even more hysteria. Comments started to be shouted out ‘oh if only this was on video, she’d go viral’ and ‘oh Pier I need to take you for a massage’.

Thankfully all was finally made clear by one of the lovely American matchmakers who whispered in my ear that in the States a ‘happy ending’ is something which certain masseurs offer to chaps at the end of their massage! I don’t think I have ever wanted the ground to open up and swallow me faster.

In the ‘Social’ section – Suffolk Character Cottages are offering ‘a third night free’ in one of their beautiful properties- fantastic if you are in need of a long weekend away from London. Plus there are great discounts on theatre tickets available from TheatreTickets.net

In our ‘Style’ section we welcome the very lovely Susie Rogers – ‘stylist to the stars’ who also spent many years working with the man himself…Tom Ford! Susie has already worked with some of our members and the feedback has been fab. If your wardrobe needs a revamp, she’s the woman for you!

Our ‘Self’ section includes a free dating app which you can download, plus introductions to some terrific women we’ve recently met who specialise in Life Coaching and a new programme designed especially for divorcees.

We will be adding a host of special offers for our members over the next few months so please do check the Lifestyle Options pages on a regular basis.

The Times Newspaper last Saturday

Umm… Crumbs…  not sure if it’s entirely  judicious to express this sentiment re. above publication right now, but Drawing Down the Moon got a great mention in dating article in the Body and Soul section of the Times last Saturday!

And I have to admit we’re delighted because the DDM phones have been ringing off the hook this week! If you’ve been trying to contact us and the lines have been continuously engaged, please do keep trying – we’d love to talk to you.

PS Although the article referred to Drawing Down the Moon as one of the “megabucks matchmakers” – actually most of our members don’t pay megabucks to find their happy ending through us.   The fee for our most popular Option C membership hasn’t changed for several years now and stands at around £1700.

Pier, who is our General Manager, has just told me that we are responsble for three more babies – all due before August!  And these are just the ones we know about. We learn about lots of DDM births from guilty Christmas cards enclosing pics of the new arrival with an apologetic note saying “we really meant to tell you straight away, but we hadn’t realised that we’d be so, so busy”.  Or often we hear about them via their single friends applying to join DDM who’d been told how the couple met.

We look forward to the pics.  Best wishes for healthy and happy babes!

Valentine’s special: Blindfolded chocolate tasting!

020 7245 0993

We’ve all got matchmaking ability and have friends who’d like a partner but haven’t found the right person yet.  Why not check out your address book and start matching now?

Perhaps throw a “just for singles” party on 14^th February – each guest must bring another single person of the opposite sex.

In the past they’d have met through the extended family, the church, balls, friends, the village green, etc. –  but now our privatised lifestyles offer few chances of meeting new people  – especially after thirty.  So give them that nudge they need!

Or if your friends all  say they need a wider choice, tell them about Drawing Down the Moon. Suggest they come to my Singles Seminar next Wednesday 2nd February at Waterstone’s in Piccadilly. They can learn about dating strategies that work and  mingle with other single professionals  -  and maybe even leave with a date!  Click here to register.