Love's Roadmap: Insights from Bela Gandhi, Founder of Smart Dating Academy, on Finding and Cultivating Lasting Love

In this episode, Dr. Sheva interviews Bela Gandhi, the founder of Smart Dating Academy, about how to improve dating experiences and find the right partner. Bela shares her personal journey and the development of her dating method. She emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and being honest with oneself when looking for a partner. Bela also provides advice on how to navigate the challenges of online dating and maintain self-love and one's values front and center throughout the process. This episode is filled with insights, empowerment, and laughter! Bela Gandhi is a dating/relationship expert, TEDx speaker, founder of Smart Dating Academy and has been featured on most national/local media outlets including Good Morning America, Steve Harvey, the Today Show, Kelly Clarkson, Access, ABC, NBC, Fox, and more. After she graduated (with dual degrees in Finance and German from the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign), Gandhi worked in mergers and acquisitions for Arthur Andersen in Chicago for a year before joining her family's chemicals manufacturing company (called CCC), where she divided her time between Chicago and Europe helping to expand the business. When the Gandhi family sold its business to Fortune 500 company Akzo Nobel, she was asked to remain its leader, and became Akzo Nobel Non-Stick Coating’s Global Vice President of Housewares. But even as she quickly climbed the corporate ladder, Gandhi had a feeling that her career would one day be taking a sharp turn in a different direction – because she discovered her love of matchmaking and providing dating advice. She launched her Smart Dating Academy in 2009. Smart Dating Academy has quickly become one of the nation's top date coaching firms - and teaches busy, successful professionals to jump start their dating lives successfully. Smart Dating Academy is described by its clients “like going to Harvard Business School, but for dating and relationships.” SDA’s coaches become personal trainers for their clients’ love lives – helping them to navigate the ever-changing world of online & in-person dating. The SDA coaching program is results-oriented and fun - which helps you to clarify who is right for you, stop old dating patterns, and use technology the RIGHT way. Clients become positive and enthusiastic about dating / relationships again and find love! Bela attends more weddings than she can count and she “loves love”. https://www.smartdatingacademy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/smartdatingacademy/ https://www.youtube.com/user/smartdatingacademy