Antoinette (Toni) Coleman
MSW, CMC
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Psychotherapist and Dating/Relationship Coach Expert

Antoinette (Toni) Coleman Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- dating coaching, relationship coaching, speaker, workshop leader, group coaching, author
- Career Focus
- relationship coaching, business owner, author
- Affiliation
- Consum-mate.com, LifeChange Coaching, Boomer Date Coaching
Toni Coleman is an internationally recognized dating and relationship expert and founder of http://consum-mate.com She is frequently quoted in local and national publications and top ranked dating and relationship websites and has been a guest on a number of radio and TV programs seeking to provide their listeners with her cutting edge expertise. Toni is also the featured relationship coach in "The Business And Practice Of Coaching," (Norton, September 2005); and is the author of the forward for, "Winning Points With The Woman In Your Life, One Touchdown At A Time;" (Simon and Shuster, November 2005). She has been a contributing writer for several magazines and a number of self-help, personal growth and dating/relationship websites. From March 2005 until December 2005, she was a weekly contributing commentator (love and dating coach) on the KTRS radio morning show, (St. Louis, MO). Toni holds a masters degree in Clinical Social Work, and is a licensed psychotherapist in the state of Virginia. She is also a Certified Life Coach. She is a member of The International Coach Federation and The National Association of Social Workers.
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Tips For Becoming Fluent In The Non-Verbal Language Of Dating
We are all too familiar with the term "body language". There have been books, workshops and endless discussions spawned by it. But do you really KNOW how to interpret the non-verbal messages that other people broadcast on a continual basis in their interactions with you? There are two levels of ...
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Haunted: Burying The Ghosts of Lost Love
Late at night, as you read quietly, before you fall off to sleep... During a busy afte oon as you run through a crowd, hurrying back to your office or home.... Sitting in a movie theater, a restaurant or waiting for the light to turn... A sudden thought or image rises within you. It can ...
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What Went Wrong? When Relationships Go From Hot To Cold
Everything was great. We had been dating for 6 months. We shared the same interests, felt very at ease together, had (often)ndiscussed future plans and had even spent some of the holidays together. Our relationship seemed right on tracknand just right in general. Then, without warning, he ...
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Ten Great Holiday Dates
Dating during the holiday season can be a special treat. Of course, in order to fully experience this you may need to re-order some priorities and make time for yourself and your own personal needs. Don't give into the temptation to put your social life on hold until after the New Year. Manage ...
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Making The Connection: Tips For Getting Noticed
Chances are that you have had a wide variety of experiences in your quest for meetingnsingles. These can range from an event that yields several nice interactions and at leastnone offer to get together for a date, to going home feeling frustrated and convinced younare destined to be a dating ...
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Hooking Up vs Lasting Love: It's Your Decision
"hooking Up" "friends with benefits" "booty call" These terms have become all too familiar in today's dating world. Are they words that you can relate to? Have you lived them in some way? If so, how have you felt about the experience(s) both during and after? Chances are that you have mixed ...
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Are You (or are you with) A "Commitment-Phobe"?
We hear it all the time. "He just won't make a commitment." "She just wants some space right now." "I'm not sure if I'm ready for a serious relationship." What does having a fear of commitment really mean? Actually, it means basically what it says. For SOME reason you, or someone you are ...
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Ten Tips For Setting (And Keeping) Life Changing Resolutions
Ten Tips For Setting (And Keeping) Life Changing Resolutions It’s time for that annual ritual of making (and breaking) our New Year’s resolutions. There is something about the idea of being able to start over that motivates us to pause (at least briefly) and reflect on our lives as they are, as ...
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True Love and Chemistry: Exporing Myth and Reality
When you think about the qualities found in a true "soul mate" relationship, what one word comes up most often on the top of your list? Is it CHEMISTRY? Probably. Just the mention of this term conjures up powerful feelings and images for anyone who has ever been in or seeking a love ...
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Tips For Singles On Surviving (And Enjoying) The Holidays
TIPS FOR SINGLES ON SURVIVING (AND ENJOYING) THE HOLIDAYS Here you are, facing the holiday season alone. Have you been thinking about?nn*how alone and lonely you feel *excuses you can give family members as to why you can't come this yea *what friends may be available to spend those long ...
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Trick Or Treat - Is This Make-Believe Or The Real Thing?
"I'll call you this week". "Yes, I'd love to see you again". "I had a great time". "I'm not interested in dating anyone else". "I think I'm falling in love with you." These are a few of the phrases passed between singles as they move through the stages of meeting and dating. At the time, they ...
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Do It And They Will Come - Pursuing New Adventures To Find Mr/Ms Right
Are you tired of the whole dating scene? Have you spent many hours (years) going to parties and events with the hope of meeting compatible and available singles? If so, now may be time to think about doing something different. Really different. After all, we tend to move about socially in the ...
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Websites & resources
SelfGrowth-published websites, downloads, and contributor profile websites connected to this expert.
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Consum-mate
September 23, 2007
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Consum-mate
"Relationship coaching for singles trying to create lasting intimate relationships. Areas such as relationship readiness, meeting and dating and recognizing your compatible type are emphasized."
September 23, 2007
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Consum-mate
September 23, 2007
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Antoinette (Toni) Coleman
"The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love."
Anais Nin
"Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners."
Robertson Davies
You're everything I never knew I always wanted."
Lit
"Tune your senses to the silent language of relationships. It is expressed through the glance of an eye, the touch of a hand, the relaxing of a spine, the gentle tone of a voice, or in the deafening absence of all of these."
Toni Coleman
"Be careful whom you choose to love. This decision will impact your futre life in ways you cannot yet imagine."
Toni Coleman
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