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Professional Date Coaching & Dating Advice
Date with intention and clarity: our expert dating coaches offer discreet, professional, strategic date support
for successful professionals in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and beyond.
Elite Date Coaching Tailored to You
Our professional dating coaches work with individuals seeking clarity and direction in their dating lives. Whether you’re based in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or elsewhere in the US, our private date coaching services offer expert-led support which gets results.
With extensive experience working alongside hundreds of accomplished professionals, we’ll deliver psychology-led dating guidance tailored to your personality, relationship goals, and dating history. Our coaches and gay dating coaches work with men and women to help identify patterns, build confidence and EQ, and develop the tools to foster meaningful, lasting connections in cities where dating can be especially challenging.

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Bespoke Online Dating & Dating App Strategies
If dating apps feel overwhelming or unproductive, it might be time for a more strategic approach. Our online dating review sessions are expert-led consultation services offering meaningful online dating and dating app advice.
Working alongside one of our industry-leading coaches and matchmakers, and benefitting from skillsets which have successfully matched hundreds of happy couples, you’ll understand your dating patterns in more depth and receive bespoke, actionable advice to help you date more successfully. With additional coaching, dating profile feedback, and ongoing support, we’ll equip you with the tools to approach modern dating with confidence and intention.

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Expert, Psychology-Led Dating Advice
Dating today is nuanced, especially for professionals facing time constraints and competing priorities. If you’re not quite ready to invest in professional date coaching, our team of dating experts also offers a host of psychology-informed insights through our article hub, helping you take control of your dating life.
You’ll find guidance for men and women, LGBTQ+ daters, and daters of all ages. From refining communication styles to navigating early-stage dating dynamics, our expert dating advice will help you avoid common pitfalls and approach new connections with clarity.

Dating Advice Tailored to Every Life Stage
Whether dating in your 30s, 40s, 50s, or beyond, every era presents its own unique set of challenges and opportunities. Our professional dating coaches offer tailored advice to help you navigate this journey more confidently, no matter your age or relationship history.
We provide support for those returning to dating in their 30s and 40s, helping clients adjust to new dating norms while staying true to what they value most, while our mature dating advice considers the emotional and practical realities of dating later in life, over 50 and 60.

Meet the Founder
Rachel Vida MacLynn is the founder of Maclynn. After five years in psychology, a serendipitous moment in 2006 led her to switch careers, realising her true calling lay in matchmaking
Guided by her father's life stories and her parents' philosophy of love without labels, Rachel founded The Vida Consultancy (later to be known as Maclynn) in 2011. Its purpose was to offer a world-class matchmaking service focused on self-discovery and growth.
With a Master's in Occupational Psychology, her values of integrity, high standards, inclusion, and empowerment underpin Maclynn's unique matchmaking model. Clients describe her as calm, compassionate, warm, and wise.

Dating Advice for Life’s Transitions
Re-entering the dating world after a major life change, whether divorce, loss, single parenthood, or a long period of being single, can be emotionally complex. Our dating coaches offer tailored advice and support for these major transition periods, guiding your next chapter with care.
We can work with singles across a range of life experiences and provide advice and guidance to rebuild trust, confidence, and encourage dating with purpose. Whether you’re ready to find companionship after divorce, settling down after years of solo living, or navigating another major transition, our guidance helps you approach dating with a fresh perspective and at a pace that feels right for you.


Start The Journey to Better Dating
Our dating coaches in the US are trained to help busy professionals like you date meaningfully, and with more success. Find out how a curated dating strategy can help.