This is your most important consideration, if you want to have a deep and meaningful relationship with your partner. The space you create has to be for him/her alone. Success depends on you never, ever, sharing it with anyone else. Take Your Time and Focus Your Full Attention This will pay off. Relationships need nourishment,…
WHEN she first met her future husband, Diana Spencer was a shy 19-year-old with little experience of life. Within 10 months she was walking down the aisle with Prince Charles, then 32, in the most high profile wedding of all time, with the eyes of the world upon her. With the fourth series of The Crown focussing…
If you are an early adopter you are likely to be drawn to new concepts that stretch the boundaries of the known. You are adventurous, not risk averse, intuitive and you like to break new ground. Sara Eden is one too. 33 years ago, hardly anyone met through introduction agencies – it was…
Dear Single Person, You are not alone! There are many who just like you would prefer to be in a loving and supportive relationship right now. The UK has 7.7 million single person households – that’s what I call potential! Now is definitely not the time to give up hope. Living alone has lots…
We all have times when we can’t work out exactly how someone we know is feeling. It’s okay as an occasional thing, but if it keeps happening there is a simple solution you might want to try. It’s nothing to do with the other person offering you a spontaneous explanation – if you really want…
Been invited on a Zoom date but no idea how to prepare? Fear not, dating expert Karen Mooney is on hand with everything you need to know. With infection all around us, dating can seem impossible right now. It is time to acknowledge the beauty of Zoom as your new way to get to know…
Anonymous asks: Hi, I need your help. Me and my partner of three years are on the verge of breaking up over his XBOX. He plays online games with friends all the time. They have made a WhatsApp group and from the time he gets up till bedtime he is on his phone chatting…
The matchmaking guru, 59, on how, to her surprise, lockdown is actually making it easier to find love — and the secrets to having a successful online date What did you want to be as you were growing up? At school I wanted to be a famous actress but my dad had two actor friends…
It was when Karen Mooney broke her shoulder way back in 1988 and her friends visited her as she was pretty incapacitated at the time. Whilst chatting over cups of tea, many of them told her they really couldn’t meet the right people to strike a friendship or relationship with. It was then that the…
BY LLM REPORTERS ON 7TH MAY 2020 We caught up with Karen Mooney, managing director and founder of the hugely successful introduction agency, Sara Eden Introductions, which has been in operation for 32 years and has been responsible for hundreds of weddings and happy relationships. My car of choice Land Rover – I have had…
A dating agency that has been matchmaking people from it’s offices in London and Windsor for over 30 years has celebrated its anniversary. Ninety couples came back to thank the woman who made it all possible at an open house celebration in their head office in Windsor. Karen Mooney set up the Sara Eden Dating…
Marriage has emerged as a serious — and perhaps surprising — social divide FRASER NELSON In the digital era, those looking for soul-mates can be brutally clear about who need not apply. There are websites like Blues Match, for alumni of Oxbridge and Ivy League universities only. Then come the smartphone apps: Tinder, for…
February 14 Valentine’s Day. A time for lovers to express their feelings for each other by giving cards, flowers and chocolates. In the UK, just under half of the population spend money on their Valentines and around £1.3 billion is spent yearly on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards…
Doctor in love? Our resident GP Rosemary Leonard lacks just one thing in her busy life – the perfect partner. We challenged her to put a dating agency to the test. To be honest, I’d given up on men. I’d had a couple of boyfriends since my divorce eight years ago, but they didn’t…
Dating agencies are booming, but what actually goes on behind the scenes – and can you really meet the man of your dreams? Samm Taylor reports. For Karen Mooney, weddings are an occupational hazard. On average, she attends 20 a year, sometimes more. Then there are the christenings, hen nights and baby showers –…
AS ROMANCE-STARVED LAWYERS WAIT FOR CUPID TO DRAW BACK HIS BOW, CATHERINE BAKSI FINDS HELP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LIMITED TIME TO MEET THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE If you have just spent another valentine’s day working late at the office, and going home to a microwave meal for one and the only card…
Hardworking GPs are flocking to dating agencies to find a mate. And they are proving the most popular pick for potential partners, writes Anna Goldie. Agency Sara Eden Personal Introductions says it has had a 25 percent increase in the number of GPs on its books – with January the most popular month for new…
What does vivacious blonde Karen Mooney do when she is not working to promote the Prince Philip Trust Fund ? ‘I run a dating agency’, says 33 year old Karen, who was appointed PR for the Fund six weeks ago. Her first task is to promote a celebrity Lord’s Taverners cricket match in the grounds…
