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PEI's only boutique matchmaking service. Values-based. No photos shared.

Real introductions to people worth meeting.

🎙️ Notes from the Matchmaker podcast -- now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

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08/28/2026

I have spent real money on paid advertising this past year.
I have learned something from that.
Nothing. Not one campaign. Not one boosted post. Not one targeted ad has ever come close to what happens when someone who has had a good experience at Wayward Hearts tells someone they care about.
That referral is not just the best marketing I have ever received. It is confirmation that what I am building here is real. That the kindness and respect that sit at the foundation of this business are landing the way I intended them to.
Every testimonial. Every referral. Every time someone says I told my friend about you, that matters more to me than any metric I have ever tracked.
That is how I know this is working.
And that is what I am building year two on.
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08/27/2026

There is a moment in late August on PEI when you feel it before you can name it.
The evenings get cooler. Just slightly. But enough.

The beaches are still beautiful but a little quieter. The restaurants still busy but the lineups a little shorter. People who came for the summer are packing their cars and heading back across the bridge or to the airport. Those of us who live here year-round feel the familiar pull back to real life. School. Work. Routine.

Summer on PEI does not end. It just shifts.

And every year without fail that shift makes people think.
About what the summer was. Who they spent it with. Who they wished they had spent it with.
If that last thought landed somewhere -- you know where to find me.

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08/21/2026

Year one I was proving that matchmaking on PEI worked.
Year two I know it does.
And that changes everything about how I operate.

I have more patience with myself now. With how long it takes to find the right person for someone. With how time consuming it is to run a business and do full time matchmaking simultaneously. With the reality that I cannot introduce someone to a person who has not joined the Date-a-Base yet.

That last one is the hardest thing to explain to a paying member who has been waiting.

But here is what I want them to understand. You came to matchmaking because finding someone on your own was hard. I am doing all of that work for you. The searching. The screening. The vetting. The forty minute conversations with potential matches before I ever suggest them to you.

That takes time. And I will never rush it to fill a gap.
When your introduction comes it will be because I have confidence in the person sitting across from you. Not before. Not just for the sake of introducing you to “somebody”.

That is the promise. That promise has not changed from year one to year two.

I just have a lot more patience with it now than I did a year ago.
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08/16/2026

A New Episode of Notes from the Matchmaker Podcast is now live.
This one is about why dating apps are not working for you. And why it is not your fault.
Every time you were ghosted. Every awkward date that went nowhere. Every time you showed up and the person across from you was nothing like who they said they were. That is not about you. It is about a broken dating system that is making money off of keeping you single.
Episode two is called Why Use a Matchmaker. It is seven minutes. Give it a listen.
Link in Bio and comments.
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08/14/2026

Old Home Week means something special to those of us who grew up on or near a farm.

It is farmers from every corner of this Island bringing their finest animals to the Exhibition. Cattle, horses, sheep, poultry. Months of careful work and pride walking into a show ring to be judged, admired, and loved on by people who rarely get this close to the land that feeds them.

It is the farm coming to the city. It is the city remembering where it came from.

I grew up going to Old Home Week with my grandfather. He was a dairy farmer. His greatest joy was showing his cattle at the Exhibition. Those memories are some of the best I have.

PEI is an agricultural island. That is not just history. It is who we are.
Happy Old Home Week. Get out there and see the animals. 💙
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08/10/2026

I want to tell you something about enthusiasm. Specifically, mine. And its consequences.

A few years ago, I was invited to a wedding in Africa. A beautiful outdoor ceremony, a stunning reception tent, an incredibly welcoming family who had taken me under their wing for the day and were determined that I experience every moment of it properly.

Which I did. Possibly too properly.

The wedding tradition in Zimbabwe was that the bridal party enters the wedding dancing, led in by a joyful dancing contingent of women. The music started well before the ceremony time. We were outside of the tent and of course I started dancing along with many other attendees around me.

What I did not realize, until the DJ made several increasingly urgent attempts to get our attention, was that my personal dance party was delaying the bridal party's grand entrance.
The bride was waiting. Her wedding party was waiting. The entire wedding was waiting.

For me to stop dancing.

I would like to tell you that I handled this with grace and dignity. I did not. But I did eventually realize I needed to stop dancing. And the bride, who was an absolute class act, not only forgave me but thanked me for coming. And dancing.

Her mom and sisters gave me fabric as a gift. I was invited back.
This is essentially how I approach matchmaking. Follow my passion. Immerse myself completely. Make a spectacular embarrassment of myself occasionally. Show up with enough genuine enthusiasm that people forgive you anyway.

It has worked out so far. 💙
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08/06/2026

New on the blog.

Are you actually ready to show up for a relationship?

Not ready in theory. Not ready because you think you should be. Actually ready to be honest, to trust the process, and to follow through when the moment comes.

This one is direct. Because you deserve that.

Link in bio -- waywardhearts.ca 💙

08/04/2026

Something new is here.
I have been a matchmaker for over a year. I have spent that year watching people be brave enough to sit across from a stranger and give love another chance.

I have a lot to say about that. About love. About showing up. About what it actually takes to find the right person. About the things nobody tells you and the things everyone is thinking but will not say out loud.

So, I started a podcast.

Notes from the Matchmaker is available today on Spotify, Apple or where ever you get your Podcasts.

Episode one is called How I Got Here. It involves Paris ,Botswana, Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, Hurricane Fiona, and a sixtieth birthday.
Nine minutes. Give it a listen.
Link in bio.

07/31/2026

The Tyne Valley Oyster Festival runs this weekend and I have been going to this one for more decades than I care to admit.

The oyster dinners are spectacular and not to be missed. The music is good. The company is better.

And then there are the oyster shuckers.

I have known a few oyster shuckers in my time. What I can tell you is that a person who is skilled at shucking oysters is patient, precise, and very good with their hands.

I am just going to leave that there.

If you are looking for someone with those particular qualities, and honestly who isn't, you know where to find me.

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07/29/2026

"Don't look for a partner who is eye candy. Look for a partner who is soul food." - Karen Salmansohn 🌊

Address

PO Box 20003
Charlottetown, PE
C1A9E3

Website

https://waywardheartsmatchmaking.ca/

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