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By Kristine Deer, MFLCD / Dating and Relationship Coach

Reframing dating and relationships as
pathway for learning, healing, & growth.

Traditional or non-trad love is welcome.

โฌ‡๏ธ Connection Session - May 16

Photos from Dating Forward's post 13/05/2026

Your biggest love questions deserve a space to be explored with honesty, depth, and human connection.

If you've been looking for a moment to slow down amidst the noise and pressure of dating & relationships, this Connection Session is for you.

All relationships statuses and genders are welcome.

๐Ÿ—“ May 16, 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 2-5pm
๐Ÿ“ Kalma Room, Dawata Wellness Studio, Kasambagan, Cebu City

To join, scan the QR code on the last slide or click the link in bio.

Photos from Mahi Center's post 12/05/2026
Photos from Dating Forward's post 11/05/2026

Celebrated Motherโ€™s Day yesterday with these amazing mothers!

Sharing about their โ€œGift of Givingโ€ were Cebuana Actress/Singer Akiko Solon, Brigada News DJ Sweet Caroline and my Mentor Ludy Demecillo. Salamat Sir Gio of Mahi Center Mactan for this opportunity ๐Ÿซถ

Itโ€™s also a moment to acknowledge the many beautiful faces of motherhood:
โ€ข children who became mothers to their siblings and own parents
โ€ข mothers who remain deeply connected with their angel-children ๐Ÿ‘ผ
โ€ข single fathers stepping into maternal roles
โ€ข foster mothers and adoptive mothers
โ€ข relatives, mentors, teachers, and caregivers
โ€ข friends who hold, guide, and care for us like family
โ€ข fur mothers who lovingly care for their animal companions
โ€ข community leaders who create safe spaces for growth, care, and belonging
โ€ข ourselves, as we parent our inner child

Special acknowledgment to the mothers who carried life for nine months and committed to a lifetime nurturance โ€” for the physical, emotional, and lots of invisible work that you do every day. You are appreciated.

And to my Mama who has taught me a lot about life and love ๐Ÿ’œ

08/05/2026

See you on May 10, 2pm in Mahi Center Mactan!

For this Talk About Motherhood, while Iโ€™m not a mother myself, Iโ€™ll be bringing perspectives as a relationship coach and family & child specialist โ€” exploring the many layers of motherhood through the lens of family dynamics, womanhood, and the emotional environments that shape both parents and children.

Stay also for a serenade by Doveโ€™s Pipe Cebu and some raffle prizes!

Scan the QR Code to register ๐Ÿ’œ

Photos from Dating Forward's post 07/05/2026

๐€ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐žโ€ฆ

without ever having a safe space to say them out loud.

Questions like:
โ€ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ?
โ€ข ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ?โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ?
โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜บ?

Weโ€™re so used to small talk about relationships, or moving through dating and relationships in a routine way, that we rarely pause for the deeper questions.

In this group session, I will be guiding conversations on love, dating, and relationships in a small and intentional circle of up to eight people from different relationship seasons and perspectives.

Thereโ€™s a kind of clarity that often emerges in intentional group conversations that you donโ€™t always reach on your own.

If this speaks to you, or reminds you of someone who needs it, scan QR code to register or click the link in bio ๐Ÿ’œ

Photos from Dating Forward's post 07/05/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ.
โ€จEvery marriage goes through seasons. When you are building a family and raising a child, your relationship with your partner becomes even more important.

Learning how to truly see, listen, and meet each other again through the stress, changes, responsibilities, and seasons of life is what keeps love alive. When parents are aligned, the child and the whole family thrive tooโ€ฆ extending even into the community they belong to.

This is exactly why I created the THRIVE Program for couples who want to:โ€จโ€ข understand recurring relationship patternsโ€จโ€ข find fair and realistic ways forward togetherโ€จโ€ข rebuild trustโ€จโ€ข nurture intimacy again
โ€ข bring lightness and laughter back

Your partner is not just someone you live with. They are your teammate in this life you are building.

So you deserve a relationship that feels safe, connected, loving, and emotionally fulfilling, not just functional.

Grateful to witness stories like this. Thank you Rose for allowing me to accompany your journey as a wife and a mother.โ€จ
If you are ready to strengthen your relationship and grow through life together with more love and connection, THRIVE may be for you. Send me a DM ๐Ÿ’œ

06/05/2026

Life is an adventure of learning and growing ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’œ

24/04/2026

๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ.

Not literally about government or elections. But how societal inequalities such as power struggle can be mirrored in our dating lives and relationships.

Our "type," standards, decisions, and beliefs are influenced by culture and power structures.

That's why in my ALIGN dating coaching program, it is a priority to bring awareness to the politics of gender, beauty, class, race, family expectations, and privileges.

Not to overanalyze everything, but to give you back ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐žโ€”consciously, not just conditionally.

If this makes you pause and reflect on your own patterns in love, let's work together towards alignment of what you truly want in a relationship using the ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ + ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š.

Send me a DM to know more ๐Ÿ“ฉ

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ:
Conley, Terri & Gusakova, Staci & Piemonte, Jennifer. (2018). Love Is Political: How Power and Bias Influence Our Intimate Lives. DOI: 10.1017/9781108658225.007 (Accessed through ResearchGate)

23/04/2026

Been reading your love questions ๐Ÿ‘€

From โ€œhow long before marriage?โ€ to โ€œis being NBSB a red flag?โ€ to โ€œcan online relationships actually work?โ€

Hereโ€™s a sneak peak of me filming my answers to your questions. I gotta say it has been reflective yet sooo fun (not much the technical side hehehe) kind of work and am happy to share my insights with you soon โœจ

Can you guess where I was filming? ๐ŸŽง๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Somewhere at the topโ€”stay tuned๐Ÿฅน

Photos from Dating Forward's post 15/04/2026

When I was dating, I often wished there was a space where we could simply slow down, connect, and learn from others without pressure or judgment.

And I thought maybe now is the time to open it for others who may need it.

I am inviting you to co-create this safe space with me.

โœจ Cแดษดษดแด‡แด„แด›ษชแดษด Sแด‡ssษชแดษด๏น• Lแด‡แด›โ€™s Tแด€สŸแด‹ Aส™แดแดœแด› Dแด€แด›ษชษดษข โœจ

As a dating coach, Iโ€™ll be there to hold space and facilitate the conversation. If youโ€™ve been feeling stuck, confused, or simply curious about your dating lifeโ€ฆ this is for you.

๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” (๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ)
โฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ง (๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง); ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐ฉ๐ฆ (๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง)
๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐Š๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐‚๐ž๐›๐ฎ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Limited to 12 slots for SINGLES only (intentionally kept small to create a more meaningful space)

In partnership with Dawata Wellness and Journeyspaces with Ludy

๐Ÿ‘‰ To register, scan the QR code or this link bit.ly/3OBm3zo

15/04/2026
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