About Jasbina Ahluwalia

The uniqueness of Intersections Match comes from the life experiences of its Founder, Jasbina Ahluwalia. As a former practicing lawyer who also holds a graduate degree in philosophy, Jasbina can relate first-hand to the demands and challenges facing her accomplished clients.

Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage

Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage Jasbina Ahluwalia You mentioned that MySahana sees people anywhere from their 20s in the early stages to 50s and 60s. I’m wondering if you see different issues in couples who had “arranged” marriages versus couples in “love” marriages. Are there different issues or patterns that you see with one vis-a-vis the other? _____ Parijat Deshpande Few Differences of Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage I don’t think

Biggest Issue in South Asian Couples

What is The Biggest Issue in South Asian Couples? Jasbina Ahluwalia     You mentioned these parallel lives. From what I understand, you see it even more so in Indian (South Asian) couples. Since you’ve counseled couples from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, I’m wondering if you’ve noticed any other marital issues, without over generalizing, that tend to be more common to South Asians than non-South Asians. _____ Parijat Deshpande Biggest Issue in South

Patterns Leading to Divorce

Patterns Leading to Divorce Jasbina Ahluwalia     I’m looking forward to hearing the answer to this one. The third issue is, “Why did we get a divorce?” I’m going to put one more question on top of that. I’m wondering if you’ve noticed any recurring patterns in relationships that do culminate in divorce. _____ Parijat Deshpande The first part was, “Why did we get a divorce?” There are so many reasons why people get

Sarah Showfety Interview – Roadmap To Get Off The Dating Treadmill

Sarah Showfety Interview - Roadmap To Get Off The Dating Treadmill “Roadmap to Get Off the Dating Treadmill” Jasbina Ahluwalia interviews Sarah Showfety   Jasbina speaks with acclaimed author Sarah Showfety about themes from her book Dating by the Books  Learn more about her work at http://www.straightupyou.com/about.html. Sarah Showfety is a New York-based author, transformational life coach and speaker. Her debut memoir, Dating by the Books: One Blundering Singleton’s Search for Love

Michelle Talbert & Ricardo Kingsbury Interview – Guide To Online Dating

Michelle Talbert & Ricardo Kingsbury Interview - Guide To Online Dating “Guide to Online Dating” Jasbina Ahluwalia interviews Michelle Talbert and Ricardo Kingsbury Jasbina speaks with acclaimed author Michelle Y. Talbert and Ricardo Kingsbury about themes from their book Don’t Do What We Did!: A Conversation About Online Dating with an Ex-Not-Quite Couple Who Met on the Internet. Learn more about her work at  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2429718/bio. Michelle Y. Talbert and Ricardo Kingsbury met

Talking About Your Relationship: 5 Steps

5 Steps To Take When Talking About Your Relationship Jasbina Ahluwalia     That’s interesting. I thought it was a great point that you made. If you believe that your partner has changed, chances are that you have as well. The second issue I’d like you to address for our listeners is how to talk about sensitive topics like money, sex, children and religion without fighting. _____ Parijat Deshpande There are so many hot-button topics

People Change in Relationships

People Change in Relationships Jasbina Ahluwalia So you have a perspective from that wide range. I think that’s very helpful. In preparation for this interview, I asked Parijat beforehand to share with me some of the most common issues that MySahana encounters with respect to marital issues. I’d like to share with our listeners a few of the issues Parijat identified one by one. Then I will ask Parijat to share with our

Courting Women: How to Do It Online

Courting Women: How to Do It Online Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Julie Spira and Dr. Dale Koppel: Do you have any advice for them in terms of courting and approaching women online? Do either of you have anything to share with our male listeners along those lines? _____ Dr. Dale Koppel Courting Women: The Special Emails I was especially appalled by men who would send what were entirely formulated emails. They were very long.

Online Date Fails!

Online Date Fails! Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Julie Spira and Dr. Dale Koppel: Speaking of the strangest, I’d love for each of you to share your funniest, strangest or favorite online dating story. I know that you have quite a few from reading your books. They’re very entertaining books. Throw out one or two of your favorites. Julie, do you want to start? _____   Julie Spira Online Date Fails: Dead Wife Look Alike

Choosing Online Dating Profile Picture

Choosing Online Dating Profile Picture Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Julie Spira and Dr. Dale Koppel: Listen to your intuition and your gut on that one. Safety is very important. You’ve mentioned before the biggest and most typical online dating mistakes that you see people make, both men and women. I know you mentioned negativity before. Is there anything that you keep coming across both professionally and personally in terms of mistakes that people can