A note from our founder
I wrote my first book The City of Dating, A Memoir, after a never-ending trend of failed relationships and situationships. I felt discouraged from dating, wondering if I would ever find my so-called soulmate. To understand the meaning of dating, I wrote thank you letters to my past dates, relationships, and one-night stands in NYC—letters that were never sent but published into a book. It was only after I healed my past wounds, I learned dating shaped me into the woman I am today. And, I wanted to bring that same sense of healing to others.
Dating is more than finding one soulmate. It is a lifeline to who we are and who we are becoming. Dating opens us to a world of new connections, perspectives, cultures, and spirituality. A universal journey to be enjoyed at every stage, or age. I founded The City of Dating to switch the narrative. Our mission is to create a dating narrative that encourages a dating lifestyle focusing on connection, by starting conversations of diverse love and relationships. The City of Dating is a community where we date our way. Here we create unique paths to the relationships we deserve.
It's your story. Build your dating narrative.
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Stevie Bowen, Founder, Dating Coach, and Author
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Our Dating Narrative
We bring life back to dating. Life doesn’t begin when you find one person, it starts with you. We don’t believe in a rule book. Instead, we use open conversations about dating and love to help people create a fulfilling dating life. A dating wellness platform sharing tips and personalized coaching to help daters of any age or gender build healthy dating habits they can practice in every new or old connection. Dating is an essential part of our lives. Dating is connection. Dating is growth. Dating is what we want it to be. We create the narrative.
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Dating and relationships look different for everyone. It is not one size fits all. That’s why we’re burning the dating rule book and rebuilding our own. Not filled with strict rules but with healthy boundaries, dating intentions, lessons, and flexible tools to create a fulfilling dating life that leads to real connections.
Our services provide a personalized space for daters to heal, explore, and mindfully build relationships that align with them. Daters sustainably develop healthy dating tools, while shifting the focus back to the individual. By increasing self-awareness and self-advocacy, daters raise their frequency and become the leading driver of their dating life.
How we’re rewriting the narrative
Written by our founder and dating coach, Stevie Bowen, our dating advice column reflects modern dating. The weekly topics are inspired by conversations with real daters, Stevie’s personal dating journey, and today’s pop culture news. It is the heart of our dating wellness platform sharing tips and perspectives on the inner world of dating. We bring together all layers of our dating lives by starting conversations of intimacy, platonic and romantic relationships, and self-love—life.
Real Daters. Real Stories. Dater’s Mag is an online magazine that highlights diverse love, relationships, and dating stories through seasonal interviews and articles from guest writers. We focus on featuring different perspectives on dating to inform, expand, and encourage the exploration of what it means to be in a healthy relationship.
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