Most people searching for a relationship are, in effect, searching for compatibility. It is the quiet promise behind almost every question asked on a first date: are we alike enough, aligned enough, suited enough to build something that lasts. What is far less often asked is a more uncomfortable question: what determines whether compatibility, once found, actually holds. The honest
Most people think about dating in terms of outcomes: the right person, the right relationship, the right timing. Far fewer think about the approach itself — the quality of attention, honesty and self-knowledge someone brings to the search before any of that becomes possible. That approach has a name. Conscious dating is not a technique or a checklist. It is
Matching two people is rarely simple. Matching two people from different countries, cultures and ways of understanding love is a considerably more delicate undertaking. Carla De Blasi has spent years working precisely at this intersection, helping internationally mobile clients find not just compatibility on paper, but the kind of genuine understanding that survives the practical realities of building a life
Finding the right person is only part of the work. That is, perhaps, the most important thing Marcella De Blasi has come to understand in her work as a relationship coach at Macbeth Matchmaking. Before any introduction can be truly meaningful, something else is required: an honest understanding of who one is, what one genuinely needs and whether one is
The question is worth asking precisely because many people think it but few say it aloud. Is there something embarrassing about using a matchmaker? Does asking for professional help to find a partner suggest that one has somehow failed at something others manage on their own? The short answer is no. But the longer answer is more interesting — because
There is a version of love that most of us grew up believing in: sudden, irresistible, something that happens to you rather than something you build. A force that arrives — and if it is real, carries you forward. That version of love is deeply embedded in the culture. It is in every film that ends with the couple finally
Most people understand what a matchmaker does. What is far less understood is how — the particular quality of attention, intuition and human understanding that distinguishes a great introduction from a merely plausible one. Carla De Blasi, co-founder and Head of Matchmaking at Macbeth Matchmaking, has spent years developing precisely that understanding. Working closely with clients across Europe and beyond,
Casual dating is often described in the language of freedom — no labels, no pressure, no expectations. For some people, at some moments in their lives, this is genuinely what they want. But for many others, casual dating becomes something different from what it promised: not a liberating absence of structure, but a prolonged state of low-grade uncertainty that quietly
Rossana De Blasi, co-founder and CEO of Macbeth Matchmaking, has spent her career working at the intersection of human complexity and intimate relationships. Before building Macbeth, she observed something that most people in her field were not yet saying clearly: that the most accomplished, self-aware individuals were often the ones who struggled most to find a relationship of genuine depth
There is a particular kind of question that only becomes possible once a certain clarity has been reached. Not “where do I meet someone?” — that question belongs to an earlier chapter. But rather: “is there a better way to approach this?” One that takes seriously both the importance of the decision and the value of the time involved? Professional
