The SmartHealthy WomenMagazineSmart Healthy Women Magazine wascreated for smart women everywherewho want the latest strategies for living alife of health, wellbeing and happiness.© 2013-2017 Smart Healthy WomenMagazine. All rights reserved.Visit UsCONTENTS075 TIPS TO A GREAT RELATIONSHIPGreat relationships aren’t just a two way street, sometimes they can look more like one of those knotty highway interchanges in LA.13TOP 10 FIRST DATE TIPSWe bring you our 10 top tips to make sure your first date is fabulous. 05FROM THEEDITOR'S DESKWelcome to Smart Healthy Women Magazine - the go to magazine for smart women everywhere. 06OUR CONTRIBUTORSThis issue we bring you our experts in the topics of love, dating and relationships that work. 19SOUL MATES: DO THEY EXIST?What is your experience with soul mates? Have you met one or more, and what conclusions do you make about them? 25COVER STORY: INTERVIEW WITH SAMANTHA JAYNEWe caught up with The Bachelor's Relationship Expert Samantha Jayne for her tips on having incredible relationships.34UNLEASH YOUR INNER GODDESSSome women walk into a room and just instantly grab your attention. And they aren’t necessarily the most beautiful, well-dressed, smartest or well-known. 42THE TRUST ACCOUNTIn many relationships there is an accounting–what you do for me vs what I do for you. This is the Trust Account.CONNECTShareSubscribeGet in TouchFollow UsEditor's DeskSubscribetodayEditor's DeskWelcome to the new look Smart Healthy Women Magazine.For those loyal followers who have been with us for a while, you'll know that we went back to the drawing board at the end of 2015 to completely overhaul the magazine to deliver more of the content that you love in a format that was compatible with mobile, ipad and desktop alike. And while it's been a while in the making, we wanted to bring you a consistent reading experience while still delivering the content that you have grown to expect from our experts, that is designed to make your lives more fun, joyful and meaningful. So it is with great pleasure that I unveil our new look magazine - the first issue is on the house, and I invite you to let me know what you think of the new format.You can email me at the Editor's Desk and I will respond to you personally. Meanwhile, I do hope you enjoy reading the articles in this edition, as they're dedicated to the most important subject in the world - Love! We've selected some of our experts in the art of relationships, including our Cover Story with love guru and relationship advisor to The Bachelor series, Samantha Jayne. In love and light, Estelle Williams Editor -in-ChiefContributorsSamantha Jayne is a Dating Coach; Matchmaker; Author; Speaker and Relationship Expert on Network Ten's The Bachelor series. Samantha is THE expert in rescuing professional singles looking for love. The founder of Make Men Commit; she shows women how to bring out their inner goddess and snare the man of their dreams! Samantha brings a fresh and honest approach to the world of dating advice. .Sophia Husbands is the founder of Go-Getter Life and Love Happy Body. She specializes in mindset and has a passion for helping people to discover their unique self, and feel confident about projecting this out into the world. When she is not writing and coaching people, she loves to connect with inspiring people and she isalso the host of the lifestyle and freedom mindset podcast the Go-Getter Me show.Michele Peppler is a Life Coach and Trainer who is passionate about inspiring women to feel great about themselves, create meaningful, fulfilling careers doing what they love and most of all to harness the innate personal power of the divine feminine that resides within each and every woman. Her inspirational teachings have illuminated the way for hundreds of women to empower their choices and expand the possibilities for their lives.Katie Thorncraft is aregistered psychologistand coach who hasextensive experience inworking with peoplewho have experiencedtrauma and is anaccredited EMDRpractitioner. She utilises mindfulnesspractices to supportpeople to connect more deeply withthemselves and each other. Katie also has over ten years’ experienceworking within thecorporate world. SAMANTHA JAYNESOPHIA HUSBANDSMICHELE PEPPLERKATIE THORNCRAFTGREAT RELATIONSHIPBy Katie Thorncraft FIVE TIPS FOR AWThe way you interact with your partner is obviously pretty important to the health of therelationship, but the way you interact with yourself is just as crucial and the two are in fact often interconnected. Often in relationships, the patterns that play out between ourselves and our partners point to something going on in our relationship with ourself. As an example, often when one partner is very critical or spends a lot of energy nagging their partner, they are also holding themselves up to impossibly high standards and being critical and derisive when they fail to meet them. This could be around any number of things including body image, work, parenting, finances etc. In relationships we are only able to control our own behaviour, and the best thing we can do is reflect on the way we are behaving and make changes if it isn’t in line with who we really want to be. So with that in mind, here are five tips for how to bring your best self to your relationship! elationships aren’t just a two way street, sometimes they can look more like one of those knotty highway interchanges in LA. Next >