Meet Elizabeth Overstreet,
The Love Strategist

I’m here because of a lifetime of love stories – not all of them with happy endings.

I’ve lived many love stories that I thought would turn out differently. I got married at a young age, then divorced – having to learn how to identify my blind spots when it came to relationships and gain a broader understanding of what a healthier relationship encompasses. I went on to navigate the uncertainties of dating as a single parent. Later, I got remarried and began to figure out the love that comes with having a blended family.

As I struggled in many relationships that I thought would last a lifetime, I also observed multi-decades-long marriages of so many family members: aunts, uncles, cousins, and family friends – people who’d found meaningful love without sacrificing their needs, confidence, or desires to do it. My parents were married for 57 years. My grandparents were together for 60+. These healthy love stories seemed to be teaching me that having one was possible.

So, after my first marriage didn’t work out, I began to look back with a more strategic perspective – leaning on my background in the business world – critically considering what role I’d truly played and identifying how and where I could have taken more action. In this reflective journey, I finally realized that I did play a part in relationships ending, and I’d been self-sabotaging. The gift is that through doing this important work, I discovered a practical path forward to both heal myself and build a more satisfying relationship with my now husband.

I only got to this place by studying what makes lasting love last. As I became a relationship strategist, what I found is that the fluffy theories don’t work because they aren’t actionable, and they don’t involve you in the action. They don’t involve the value of knowing who you are, what you want, and what’s been holding you back.

Because so often, the hardest person to see (and to love) is yourself. Yet, if you could have the tools and the guide to be able to do that – to be able to love and bring your whole self into a relationship – there is a way forward to a more lasting love story. But that journey has to start with those resources – those strategies.

That’s why I became a relationship strategist in 2016 – why I wrote a book on the subject – and why I speak and serve as an expert for leading platforms like ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and others… because you deserve a true roadmap to a real love story.

I know the twists and turns that happen along the way to love. I’ve lived many of them myself and learned from others as they have successfully weathered the storms. Finding your practical path to love is possible – and it always starts with you.

Featured by ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times, and others, author Elizabeth Overstreet is a trusted love and relationship strategist who keeps things real. Through her expert coaching and motivational speaking, she’s known for creating personalized, practical roadmaps to happier, more satisfying relationships with others and yourself. Based in Raleigh, NC, Elizabeth partners with individuals, couples, and companies globally.