Meeting Your Half Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match

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How would you like to have a wonderfully well-suited, kind, adoring half-orange who feels like a teammate, a partner in crime, a true other half Half-Orange refers to the Spanish term mi media naranja, which describes ones sweetheart, that perfect other half. What if you heard he or she would be coming along soon Would you be relieved Excited Happy Well those are the feelings that dating optimism can give you. Rather than admonishing readers to make themselves more available, or turn dating into a full-time job, Spencer's program of dating optimism is a fun, results-oriented way to find a healthy happy relationship, based on brain science and psychology that can help you become a more positive dater. She'll guide you through sowing the orange seed of your ideal relationship and growing it to fruit-ion. In essence, by focusing positively about dating, you can actually change your brain, which changes everything from your body language to the way you perceive others and what you ultimately attract. Meeting Your Half-Orange is the pep talk that puts finding true love back into your own hands. It will guide you toward becoming so focused on the relationship you want and so happy in your own skin, the right person will be naturally drawn straight to you. Youve never read a dating guide like this before. But best of all, it will be the last one youll ever need.

Reviews

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author of Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide and Getting the Love You Want
"This is a book of hope helping those looking for their other half move from pessimism to hope and from fantasy to reality. A must read for singles looking for love."

Jillian Michaels, fitness trainer on NBC's The Biggest Loser and bestselling author of Master Your Metabolism
"IF YOU'RE SINGLE, drop everything and read this book. It will completely change dating for you as you know it. I can work out your body, but Amy will get your love life in shape!"

Harper's Bazaar, February 2010
"Disillusioned by dating Meeting Your Half-Orange is the ultimate pep talk."

Glamour, March 2010
"Tear up your old list for your ideal mate, says Amy Spencer, author of the new book Meeting Your Half-Orange. Forget the superficial musts . . . and focus on how you want to feel in the relationship."

Cosmopolitan U.K., February 2010
"Meeting Your Half-Orange by Amy Spencer is a dating guide with a difference."
Laurie Sandell, author of
The Impostor's Daughter
"I could not put this book down. Amy Spencer cuts through the scrap heap of self-help literature with a guide to life that is so joyful--so utterly helpful--you can consolidate that library into one. Women and men looking for love, meet your new guru."
Star magazine, February 8, 2010
"Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this upbeat book from relationship expert Amy Spencer. She thinks there's a Mr. Right, or half-orange, for everyone, and the only way to find him is by being yourself. Sounds tasty!"
Actress Diane Farr, Californication and Rescue Me
"Where the heck was this book when I was single It would have saved me years of frustration! I'll be recommending Meeting Your Half-Orange to every 'single' person I know."

Joanna Bober, magazine editor
"I feel like Amy is absolutely hitting on every issue that spins around in the brain of a single woman, even the ones that I couldn't explain to myself. This book is a gift to women."

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author of "Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide" and "Getting the Love You Want"
"This is a book of hope helping those looking for their other half move from pessimism to hope and from fantasy to reality. A must read for singles looking for love."
Jillian Michaels, fitness trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and bestselling author of "Master Your Metabolism"
"IF YOU'RE SINGLE, drop everything and read this book. It will completely change dating for you as you know it. I can work out your body, but Amy will get your love life in shape!"
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Harper's Bazaar," February 2010
"Disillusioned by dating "Meeting Your Half-Orange" is the ultimate pep talk."
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Glamour," March 2010
"Tear up your old list for your ideal mate, says Amy Spencer, author of the new book "Meeting Your Half-Orange." Forget the superficial musts . . . and focus on how you want to feel in the relationship."
"Cosmopolitan" U.K., February 2010
""Meeting Your Half-Orange" by Amy Spencer is a dating guide with a difference."
Laurie Sandell, author of "The Impostor's Daughter"
"I could not put this book down. Amy Spencer cuts through the scrap heap of self-help literature with a guide to life that is so joyful--so utterly helpful--you can consolidate that library into one. Women and men looking for love, meet your new guru."
"Star" magazine, February 8, 2010
"Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this upbeat book from relationship expert Amy Spencer. She thinks there's a Mr. Right, or half-orange, for everyone, and the only way to find him is by being yourself. Sounds tasty!"
Actress Diane Farr, "Californication" and "Rescue Me"
"Where the heck was this book when I was single It would have saved me years of frustration! I'll be recommending "Meeting Your Half-Orange" to every 'single' person I know."
Joanna Bober, magazine editor
"I feel like Amy is absolutely hitting on every issu

Author Bio

Amy Spencer is a relationship expert who writes for various US publications, including Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Page Six Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Match.com, and others, and was the host of the relationship call-in advice show Sex Files on Sirius Satellite Radio's Maxim channel. She lives in Venice, California with her own "half-orange." Visit her at www.amy-spencer.com.