When Bernadette's 25 year marriage ended, she was faced with having to learn how to meet new people despite the fact that her last dating experience was decades ago.

In 1995, Bernadette founded Empowering Enterprises a business that supports, educates, and coaches professional women in major life transitions. In 2001, her business evolved and took a new position in the field of personal development and life transformation focusing on serving "singles", men and women looking for love the second time around.

Her background in psychology and years of experience working with people inspired her to research how to go about dating after a divorce. In doing so she learned the secrets of how to meet someone quickly and come away from a meeting knowing whether or not that person is someone you'd like to get to know better. From this personal experience this Dating Diva birthed her proven seek, sort, and select process.

This process helps women and men looking for love the second time around find that special someone. Bernadette's proven track record boasts a 100% success rate as every client who has worked with her has found the right person for them. Some have gone on to get married, though Bernadette is quick to share that marriage isn't always the goal for everyone. "Relationships are what you create and everyone wants to be loved. The right person for you is out there."

Clients who come to Bernadette are typically going through a "turbulent" transition. This includes men and women who are dating for the first time in several decades after coming out of long-term relationships, marriage, or the loss of a loved one.

People date for all different reasons. Through seek, sort, and select, Bernadette helps people gain clarity so they pick people who could be a good fit and then teaches them how to ask the right questions that will align them with these like-minded matches. With newfound confidence in who they are, her clients naturally attract people who are well suited to them.

Having been a flirt all of her life (including taking the title of class flirt in high school), Bernadette teaches her clients the fine art of flirting. She is quick to say, "People often have misconceptions about the real purpose of flirting. Flirting is a charming and honest expression of interest in another person. It is not a tease with a hidden agenda. When used with friendly intentions, it is a safe, intriguing way to get to hello and beyond."

People benefit from working with Bernadette in numerous ways. She

• Helps people build their own custom relationship plan so they can know who they are, what they really want, and align themselves to find that special someone.
• Teaches people how to date safely and efficiently online and off. Offers profile writing, email responses, and the right questions to secure a great match.
• Facilitates fun "Singles Mingle Seminar Events" where you have the opportunity to meet other great singles while picking up some great dating tips!
• Works as a "wing woman" helping clients take note of who is noticing them and advising them how to best approach interested parties to initiate a connection.

Bernadette lives in South Jersey and enjoys the fruits of being in close relationship with her two adult children.