PHOTO BY STEPHANIE HULL
SECRETS & LIVES BY KATE LAUTENS
ROBIN ARNOLD, 36
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FOUNDER OF LOCATE YOUR SOULMATE
Who are you, Robin Arnold? I am a matchmaker and love coach. I teach people how to locate their soulmate. Really, what I show people is that everyone comes into our lives for a reason and the journey of searching for a partner can be just as joyful and rewarding as finding them.
What has been the most rewarding part of your work with Locate Your Soulmate? Empowering people to go after what they want in life rather than doing it for them.
If you weren’t a matchmaker, what would you be doing? I’d be a motivational speaker inspiring people to be their most loving, brightest selves. I plan to speak at the “I Can Do It!” conference one day soon. I’ve also dreamt of being a world famous singer. Dream big, right?
What’s the perfect day for you? My perfect day includes time with my family, a rigorous workout and productive 54
workday. I’ve also committed to meditating every day. The perfect ending is crawling into bed early with a great book, then falling asleep next to my husband David.
growing up. We continue to make it a yearly vacation with our kids. I still get butterflies as we drive into town and spot the lake.
If you could time travel, where and when would you go?
Using “LOL” by text or email. I refuse to do it. I write, “Hah!” or “That’s hilarious” instead.
I would go back in time and spend just one more day with my twin brother, Reece, before he passed away.
If you could play matchmaker for anyone, living or dead, who would it be? I’d play matchmaker for my brother, Blake, who lives in Texas. If he lived closer, I would have found his wife by now. Any wonderful, single women in your 30s, call me if you are willing to relocate for an amazing man. Seriously!
What is your most compulsive habit?
What popular trend baffles you?
What is your all-time favourite book? Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. I read it in Grade 12 and it changed my entire perspective on life.
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? Giving birth. Twice. Now when my strength or stamina is tested, I say to myself, “Robin, remember labour!”
What would the movie of your life be titled?
Eating dark chocolate nearly every day.
Love Wide.
Your favourite place?
This interview has been condensed and edited.
My heaven on earth is Lake Okanagan in Vernon. I spent every summer there