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Dating Coach, Relationship Coach, Dating Advice, Dating Tips With Mikko Kemppe This is my relationship journal where I share honest and down-to-earth dating and relationship tips and advice along with some of my own experiences! Make sure to share your thoughts. And if you really like it spread the word and share a post with your friends on Facebook or Twitter!

13 November 2010 ~ Comments

Dear Mikko, Why Men Plunge Into Dating?

This is something really cool. I am very excited to start my new video series to answer some of your questions directly via video. I will be doing this directly from my Urban Mobile Office. In this first video, Valerie asks: “Mikko, Why Men Want To Plunge Into Dating Right Away, Before Building A Friendship?”

If you have a question, simply subscribe to my e-mail newsletter on the right side, and simply reply any of my emails to ask a question from me directly. Those who are on my email…

20 September 2010 ~ Comments

Venus On Fire Mars On Ice Reviewed

A while ago I read Dr. John Gray's latest book 

 and in this post I am going to share some of my thoughts about it. I already wrote a preview of some of the ideas on the book Venus On Fire, Mars On Ice before based on my experiences on Dr. Gray's wellness retreats. But this time it is much more fun for me to talk about the ideas in the book since I have actually gotten to read it.

So let's get right to it. First, the…

18 September 2010 ~ Comments

The Book That Changed My Life Forever…

I just thought about one of the most significant turning points in my life. Have you had one? Maybe it was a book you read that switched on a lightbulb, or maybe it was something you heard in a lecture that just made you see something in a completely different light? If so, do you still remember yours? 

For me it was when I was around 19 years old and I had just broken up with my first serious girl-friend. I was on my way sitting in an airplane going…

14 September 2010 ~ Comments

Is Honesty The Best Policy?

Dear Lauren,

I’m 27 and have been dating this guy for a month. We both just got out of relationships. A week ago I started to wonder why he wasn’t being particularly romantic. So when he left his Facebook account open I read one of his messages. In it he questioned being with me because he may need a few years to be single and have some fun. Should I take the message personally? Should I worry about it? Maybe we should both be single for a while. Should I tell…

10 September 2010 ~ Comments

Dear Mikko, How To Say No To Sex?

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Dear Mikko, I have read that you should not have sex too early in a relationship or that a girl shouldn’t “give it up” to use sex as a way to lure a man into a relationship. But why is it that I have to be the one to figure out how to say no to sex? And for how long should I wait? I am not one for casual sex and I intend to find someone I can have a long term relationship with, but I am seeing a…

04 May 2010 ~ Comments

Dear Mikko, Why He Does Not Want To Be Intimate With Me?

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Dear Mikko,

I vowed to stay Celibate until I found the person I was going to marry. Three years ago I found a great guy who respected my vow. Well, after a few months into dating that vow was broken many times, but we felt guilty each and every time because we made a promise to each other and most importantly with God. Being that we’re both religious we’ve done our best to refrain from being intimate and so far so good.

However, it has now almost been a year since…

28 April 2010 ~ Comments

Should We Even Talk About Interracial Dating?

Recently, I have been asked some very interesting questions from some of my friends like: “Mikko, why are you even talking about interracial dating, what is really the big deal?” or “Mikko, don’t you think love is love, do you really think there is need to talk about interracial dating?” What I have found particularly interesting is that these questions have come from my friends with various different racial and cultural backgrounds.

So, I thought I would answer that question and explain my inspiration for talking about interracial dating.

Social…

23 April 2010 ~ Comments

Is Michelle Obama’s Relationship Advice For Finding The Right One Good?

Just recently in an interview for a magazine, Mrs. Obama urges women not to choose men simply because they are “cute”. “Cute is good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person?,” she said.”Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul.”When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good. You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole.” To read the whole article,…

20 April 2010 ~ Comments

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus – Soon In Hollywood?

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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus might soon be in Hollywood! This is exciting news! Just yesterday Summit Entertainment announced the news on-line that they acquired the television and film rights to the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus franchise.

I have been waiting this to happen for years and I am so excited that finally it is possible to see Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus on TV or as a movie. Men and women think in different ways. There has been no doubt about…

19 April 2010 ~ Comments

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Vs. Marriage And Family Therapy Program

Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus

This is going to be a somewhat controversial article. The reason is that I am going to try to compare what I learned in my two year Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Master’s program to what I have learned from Dr. John Gray, the author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.

In 2005, I enrolled in to the MFT program at the University Of Louisiana At Monroe (ULM), which is the only dually credited program in the United States giving you the opportunity to become licensed in both the field…