Seeking: At-home Video Editor for New Show

If you're enjoying The Splatter Dating Show, then forward this to your friends!

As much as I love producing the new show, it takes time to edit each episode. I am seeking a volunteer Video Editor to work once a month on the show. You would create 5-minute vignettes once a month from the raw footage that we film, and add them to the Youtube account. I can email the raw footage file or send it on a CD, so you can edit from wherever you live.

If you know any amateur filmmakers and editors that want to be a part of our new show, this is the great time to volunteer. It only requires one night per month and it's a huge opportunity!

Volunteers receive free membership in The Dating Coach Program and Access to the Mastery in Dating Program included! That's over $200 in value! Please forward this to your friends in film, and friend on youtube. If you are interested, please call my cell. It's 1.972.365.8084 or email me at mark@littlelovecoach.com

With love!
Coach Mark

Smart Singles Dallas!

I love telling you guys the News first!

It's official! Love Kung Fu is hosting it's very first networking event in Dallas, called Smart Singles Dallas. The event is Saturday, September 8th, 10am, at the Addison Studio Movie Grill. Mark your calendars now!

I'm so excited! We have headliner Dean Lindsay speaking about networking. One of the frustrating things I see with most singles events is that they are easy to attend, but you often never meet the right person there. It makes the event a waste of time. But Dean will be talking about how to increase your odds at those events. You can approach dating like a business, and find love a lot faster! He is hilarious, and this is an event you won't want to miss!

Stay tuned for details on how to register!

With love!!!
Coach Mark

CNN Youtube Debates

This is so cool! You submit your video question for a Democratic party debate. Then, on CNN live with Anderson Cooper, the candidates will answer your video question.

CNN Youtube Debates

NY Assembly Approves Gay Marriage Law

Woohoo! One small step for New York, one giant leap for the United States. This is such a moving story. It's a great tale of how one person can make a difference. Here's the story.

I'm an Advisor on funadvice.com

I found this new website, and I'm in love! It's like a myspace social networking site, but dedicated to answering questions and giving advice. I love it!!!!!

They made me an official advisor because they liked my advice. Very fun. We need an older crowd on there. There are some older folks, but it has a lot of younger people. Ask me your questions on there. Ask me anything!

Visit it here.

Have fun!
Coach Mark

Which speech has the most appeal?

As a professional speaker, I need to hone all my concepts down to a single 45-minute speech that I give repeatedly. I will probably profit the most from speaking to organizations. Many of you have heard a lot of my information, seen the videos, heard the CD, read the book and gotten coaching. What topic do you think has the most appeal?

If I had to repeat the same 45-minute speech to thousands of organizations, what topic would have the most appeal to those HR reps and the heads of those Associations?

Some examples might include:
Teamwork,
How to Get along with Peers,
Love as a Skill,
How to Find True Love,
How to Improve your Marriage,
Learn your Co-workers Language,
Learn to Listen to your Co-workers,
The Skills of Listening and Loving your Co-Workers,
How to Love your Job,
How to Appreciate your Peers,
How to Communicate Better with your Peers,
or anything else!

Please let me know what you think will be useful and interesting! Answer in your comments below. Thanks!!!!

Questions for the Little Love Coach

Question:
I am deeply in love with a married woman. I am 57 and she is 45. She seems to be content staying with him. She tells me she is in love with me. How can I give her the true test. In other word, what should I do?


Answer:
Everyone has standards. They have standards for weight, standards for intelligence, standards for social/emotional maturity. You have standards too, right? You wouldn't date an erratic alcoholic who spent all her money on gambling? Well, probably not.

The same concept of "standards" applies to the marital status of the person you're in love with. Is her being married to another man an acceptable or unacceptable standard? From history, we know that mistresses were more than accepted - they were appreciated. The Queen was glad to have a Royal Mistress. It relieved a lot of tension in the royal marriage.

So your question is about "testing her love." Don't worry - she sure loves you. What you're really asking is, "Is she more committed to me than him?" The answer is no. She is not more committed to you. She is more committed to him. You know that by looking at her actions. If she was more committed to you, then she would have left by now. (Correction: she is more committed to "something" than you. It might be her children, social acceptance, the concept of marriage; but whatever it is, it is coming first.)

Finally, it comes back to your standards. What is your minimum standard for a long-term relationship. Is your standard "someone who sees me at least once a week" or "someone who sees me everyday" or "someone who lives with me and is legally married to me" or "someone who puts me and my interests above everyone else, even the man she used to love."

Set your standard, and then hold strong to the standards you believe in. Being in love (that "feeling" caused by dopamine) only lasts 18 months, but holding strong to your values will affect sense of self-preservation and health forever.

Domestic Partner Benefits at WD Partners

Starting August 1st, 2007, Dave's company offers Domestic Partner benefits!!!! Woohooo!!!!! That is so exciting. They also cover implants - a huge bonus! I need five implants (at $3000 each), so I am really, really, really, really lucky to be in this situation now.

As an entrepreneur, having health benefits through Dave's employment is a life-saver. I've been self-insured for five years now. Since starting a business has been so expensive, I've had to avoid annual exams for my body because I care so much for the business I'm starting. Every dollar has gone towards the business. That's been both scary and humbling. Scary because cancers are really common, and annual check-ups are the best way to watch out for those. Humbling because I had to make my business a higher priority, even, over my own health.

Now WD Partners is supporting my health, helping me improve my own health and take care of myself better. And now I can better focus my energy (financial and physical) on growing my business and expanding my passion of helping people in dating and relationship success.

I'm so blessed and thankful to all the gay people of the last 50 years who fought, died, and received the brunt of so much hate and prejudice for so many years. Some of them endured millions of hours of physical pain, protest, agonizingly boring legal work, destitution, loneliness, and hurt because of others' short-sightedness. Although I respect that short-sightedness as a necessary aspect of change, I cherish the gay community that have changed the world. Thank you so much. I benefit from your hard work every day.

To all my readers: Each June is National Gay Pride month.

If you know someone who is upfront about their sexuality, go up to them, and say thanks! That kind of honesty should be cherished. Being a minority in something as significant as sexuality is tough. It's hard to be honest. It's the road less traveled. Tell them thank you because they've been kind enough to show you a piece of their heart. They deserve a warm thanks from your heart to theirs.

Welcome New Editor and New Contributor

Two new all-stars have joined the Love Kung Fu team! Mary Sue has stepped up as a much needed article editors. Chris Trelawny-Ross has joined our team as a fellow love coach and contributing writer for the weekly newsletter.

Congratulations and Thank you to both of them! They are amazing and incredible individuals, and its an honor to play with them! :-)

Is divorce okay? Willie Nelson seems alright.

I heard several quotes in church today from Willie Nelson's new book, The Tao of Willie. He said he had been married four times. But those four marriages have made up over 90% of his life.

Comments like that tell me that divorce is viable because of our longer life spans. If you were married at 15 in the 1800s, and die at 30, you would only have been married 50% of your life. Willie Nelson has been married 90% of his life even with 3 divorces. Even with all those divorces, I'd probably say Willie was better at marriage than anyone from the 1800s. In essence, he has more years of experience.

I'm not offering any advice or even opinions tonight. I just enjoyed the sermon this morning, and thought I'd share my thoughts on the evolution of marriage.

Cheers!

Seeking Newsletter Editor Volunteer

Alright, for the public record... I know my newsletters need some "gramatical help."

I know, I know, I know. (I'm also giggling a little bit at the silliness of it all. "Shouldn't I know how to type by now?" I'm thinking.) I get so excited by writing that I often forget to check my material.

I'm interested in a volunteer dedicating a block of 1-2 hours per week as a Love Kung Fu Articles Editor. Any takers? Comment below or email me at mark@littlecoach.com if you are interested. The perks include love coaching and free membership in my super secret "Dating Coach" program that's coming soon!

Texas Flagger Weekend 2007

Although I've been around it all four years, this past Memorial Day Weekend was my first time to really immurse myself in the radiant waterfall of lights and sounds called The 4th Annual Texas Flagger Weekend! To see all the pictures from this awesome event, look in the upper left corner of the page for links to all the albums. Those are tie-dye flags that we made. They glow in blacklight fierce!

To see pictures of me, you have to search for my name under "Members." You'll see my whole profile and there are two galleries: one from the 1st Texas Flagger Weekend (my first time flagging ever), and a gallery from the 4th Texas Flagger Weekend (last week!)

It was a blast and EVERYONE is invited to join us next year!!!