Get Over Your Hurdles and
Under the Chuppah

Aleeza Ben Shalom

Aleeza Ben Shalom is a professional dating coach, in-demand speaker, expert, and author of Get Real, Get Married, the guide to “get over hurdles and under the chuppah.”

The founder of Marriage Minded Mentor, which connects singles from around the world with dating coaches, Aleeza has been called the “Jewish Dating Guru” for her successful career guiding singles through the steps to become engaged—regardless of age, affiliation, or stage in life. A regularly featured expert in the media, Aleeza’s relationship advice has appeared everywhere from BBC World News, to NPR to Aish.com. You may also recognize Aleeza from her appearance in the web series Soon By You or Eli Talks.

Men and women worldwide work with Aleeza to break through patterns and cultivate relationships that lead to marriage. She trains dating coaches and matchmakers and has helped over 200 singles manifest their soulmate.

Aleeza is a dedicated wife and loving mother of 5 children and one adorable puppy.

Shira Alt

Shira Alt, MS, LPC, licensed counselor,
and works with men and women of all ages, teaching them to date with increased confidence, clarity, and self-awareness.

Additionally, Shira can help you navigate your current relationship or help you analyze previous dating situations or patterns and guide you through the dating process to get to chuppah with greater ease.

Shira enjoys reading, artistic hobbies, and anything chocolate. She resides in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and five daughters.

Regan Weiss

Regan Weiss specializes in working with women of all ages and backgrounds, helping them refine their dating profiles, clarify their values, and navigate dating in real time. Her insights and intuition are invaluable to her clients and guide them to making decisions with confidence. 


Regan enjoys long walks, dolphins, and making seriously delicious and creative chocolate treats.


She holds a Bachelor’s in Human Resources from Ohio State University and currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband and sons.

Ilana Brown

Ilana Brown completed her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and achieved her certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at OISE, U of T.

She is a certified Life Coach and is a S.H.A.L.O.M. Marriage Essentials workshop leader. She has been working as a relationship counselor and dating coach for ten years.

Ilana works with individual and couples from diverse backgrounds and helps her clients develop self-awareness, healthier thought-patterns, confidence and the skills to overcome their obstacles.

Ilana specializes in helping clients navigate the dating process and identify roadblocks to healthy relationships.

Michael Dear

Michael Dear works with men and women of all ages, with a focus on effective communication, understanding emotions and intentions, deepening connections, and self reflection. Michael has a meaningful way of connecting with people helping them navigate the dating scene, discover themselves, and build and maintain positive relationships.

He has a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, worked for Jewish Family Services, and trained in Gottman Couples Therapy and Shalom Workshop. Michael performs magic shows for children and mentalism shows for adults, is an awesome cook, and practices graphology. He is married with 3 children and lives in Philadelphia.

Leah Cheirif

Leah Cheirif is passionate about helping singles understand themselves at a core level, her specialty is a core personality analysis.

In just two sessions, singles walk away with a better understanding of who they are and what they’re looking for in a partner. The sessions are based off a personality system from the teachings of Rabbi Noach Weinberg, of blessed memory. You can learn more about this system in Leah’s book, Point of Connection: How to
Actualize Your Potential and Thrive in Relationships.

Leah’s expertise is changing the way people see themselves and gives you the tools you need to become a better dater…a better you.

Leah lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, and is a dedicated wife and mother.