From Oprah’s “Love Ambassador,” this encouraging, inspiring guide will help you overcome the things holding you back from meeting your real soul mate. Real love is out there . . . Kailen Rosenberg will help you find it. From the costar of the groundbreaking series Lovetown, USA on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, this is an encouraging, inspiring book to help you get past the things holding you back from finding real, authentic love. Kailen starts with a physical, mental, and emotional self-appraisal, which asks you to examine the things you don’t want to admit are holding you back, and helps you discover what you need to work on to have the best shot at finding a soul mate and creating a fuller, more rewarding love life. She then lays out a fail-proof, step-by-step thirty-day plan that will lead you to love when you have made yourself love-ready. Kailen has an inspiring personal story; she is living proof that love and faith can overcome any kind of challenge. Her methods are proactive, with unique exercises such as self-appraisals and love shopping, but they’re rooted in a spiritual understanding of love, which she sees as our highest calling. This book will help you put bad dating habits aside so you can figure out what really matters and find the partner who is right for you. Full of exercises and practical tips, this is a guidebook for people who are serious about finding real love, right now. "Her advice is astute and well articulated." ( Publisher's Weekly ) "Kailen is looked upon not only as an innovator in her fireld of elite matchmaking, but also as a true 'love whisperer'." (Oprah Winfrey Network) "Always great advice." (Al Roker) "The super-sophistiacted and oh-so-funny Rosenberg is such a relationship ace that she's been featured offering her gentle yet 'get real' (in the sweetest way possible) advice on everything from the Today Show to CNN. (Mary McKenna) "Kailen is one of a kind... This I've witnessed, as she gives celebrity clients 'real' life advice that bring them to a place of truth and reward." (Michael Cohen In Touch magazine ) "It is no secret that Kailen Rosenberg knows the secrets of love. Now she shares them with everyone." (Keith Ablow, MD, psychiatrist, Fox News Medical A Team, New York Times bestselling author) "Kailen Rosenberg teaches us how to love ourselves, open our hearts, and therefore attract true love into our lives. A truly enlightening book that is a must read for anyone seeking their soul mate." (Alana Stewart, actress, television host, and New York Times bestselling author) Kailen Rosenberg is the founder of The Love Architects matchmaking service, relationship expert for Minnesota’s Cities 97 , and host of OWN’s show Lovetown USA . She has appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America , and CNN, among others. Real Love, Right Now: A Thirty-Day Blueprint for Finding Your Soul Mate – and So Much More! CHAPTER ONE My Life’s Journey I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN that my purpose in life was to learn and to teach others about love—what it is, how to experience it, and, most important, how to share it. I’ve had a unique life so far that has allowed me the opportunity and ability, through continued trials, wounds, failures, and successes, to help make a difference in the lives of others. Every experience that I’ve had along the way has taught me something about people and relationships, about what love is, and what love is not. I have learned that two of the most important things in any relationship, including your relationship with yourself, are trust and honesty. And the only way that you are going to trust me in this process is if you know who I am. So here goes. My story, like all our stories, begins with my mom and dad. My mother came from a well-to-do family in Minnesota. Her high school yearbook says it best. She was Best Looking, Most Likely to Succeed, cheerleader, and Homecoming Queen. Her successes came fast and early. She had an incredible singing voice, and by the young age of sixteen, she was the voice in many popular advertising jingles played on the radio and was well on her way to a successful singing career. Then one day she met my dad at the local drive-in and it was love at first sight. They fell in love immediately, despite the fact that my dad (as my grandfather put it) was “no good and from the wrong side of the tracks.” He had a reputation for being one of the toughest dudes from the toughest part of town. He was also handsome, funny, and extremely charming. For those he cared about, he had a huge heart. If you were in his circle, you felt very loved and protected. My parents fell deeply in love, and when my mother was eighteen, God sent me into their lives. Unfortunately, his bad-boy image caught up with my dad, and he was arrested for selling drugs, among other things. His background, home environment, and financial stress carried him too far in the wrong direction—right into prison, where I remember visiting him many times as