Cold Feet

“Doubt Means Don’t” Is Wrong. How To Use Your Cold Feet About Your Wedding As Data

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. Most brides – and grooms-to-be find me by Googling “cold feet about my...

Why Cold Feet Are a Good Thing

Many brides and grooms experience cold feet. Most write their feelings off to "normal jitters" or "something to...

Dear Newly Engaged Me

Dear Newly Engaged Me: My Engagement Was Harder – and More Of An Education – Than I Expected

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. This is another installment in the wonderful Dear Newly Engaged Me...

Dear Newly Engaged Me: Wisdom from a COVID Bride That Applies to All Wedding Planning

Here's a post written by a bride-to-be who was engaged throughout COVID. This is what she would tell her Newly Engaged...

Dear Newly Engaged Me: I Wish I Knew This From The Start…

This bride worked with me for 6 months. She wrote this blog 3 months after her wedding. Dear Newly Engaged Me: First, slow...

Dear Newly Engaged Me: My Anxiety Shifted When I Realized These 3 Things

By bride-to-be L. I’ve been engaged for 6 months, and I have more than a year before the wedding. I must say: engagement...

Brides Feelings

Public Bride and Private Bride: The Power of the Notes App

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. Have you noticed that, with some people, you’re now just “a bride”?...

Engagement Anxiety? Ask Yourself This Question

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. Nearly every bride – or groom-to-be whom I meet for a free 15-minute...

When The Wedding Dress Doesn’t Feel Quite Right

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. An oldie, but a goodie, this New York Times essay "Say No to the...

Brainiac Brides: The Challenges You Face

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. I work with a lot of super-smart brides -- academics, lawyers,...

Engagement Anxiety and Engagement Depression: 5 Causes Brides Need To Consider

Nearly every bride I work with asks me: "Where is all this stress, depression, anxiety and worry coming from?" "I thought...

Sweet Relief from Engagement Anxiety

Here's a roundup of success stories and journeys of brides and grooms I've worked with. The common denominators among them?...

Family

It’s A Family Affair: Why Everyone’s Going A Little Crazy

Chapter 4 of my eBook "Emotionally Engaged: A Bride's Guide To Surviving The Happiest Time Of Her Life" dives into the...

The Stories of 7 Brides

7 of the brides I worked with got married. I thought it would be interesting for you to hear a little about the issues we...

Dads, Daughters & Weddings: Why He’s Acting Weird

Weddings are rough on our dear old Dads Traditionally, they pay for our weddings. And they pay, emotionally, too....

Happy Engaged Thanksgiving! 5 Psychological Tips to Set You Up for Success

Where are you spending Thanksgiving this year? With your family, or with your fiance's? In this 2-minute video, I offer up...

Grooms Feelings

A Groom’s Report: 32-year-old Kyle Works Through Cold Feet

"When I got engaged, I was sure I was making the right decision. However, a few nagging thoughts escalated in the months...

Emotionally Engaged: A Groom’s Experience

After I work with clients, I like to get feedback about our time together. It not only helps me improve my craft, but I...

Relationship During Engagement

I Hate My Engagement Ring: How To Talk About It [Part 3]

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. I described the content of this article to my 18-year-old son. His...

I Hate My Engagement Ring: Brides, Consider This [Part 2]

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. You hate your engagement ring. It’s just not right. It’s not “you.”...

I Hate My Engagement Ring. What Do I Do? [Part 1]

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. Oh no. Your engagement ring is just not right. Whatever the reason –...

3 Simple Things to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. I know that you and your fiance are busy, busy, busy. You've got two...

Press

How NOT to Invite People To Your Wedding — Thoughtfully

I'm honored to be included in this thoughtful, sensitive piece in Good Housekeeping by Dina Gachman, "I Didn't Invite My...

Featured in the New York Times: “Why Stress When You Can See A Wedding Therapist”

You are not alone, if you've found this site and are wanting help with your wedding stress. Here's a whole article in...

Wedding

The 6 Stages of Wedding Planning: Fun, Ouch, Work, Abstract, Flurry, and Here!

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. Wedding planning sucks at times. There. I said it. In fact, I say it...

What’s Normal To Feel When Your Wedding Is 6 Weeks Away?

Click play button to listen to blog in audio format. 6 weeks before your Big Day, your feelings start to shift. Because you...

How NOT to Invite People To Your Wedding — Thoughtfully

I'm honored to be included in this thoughtful, sensitive piece in Good Housekeeping by Dina Gachman, "I Didn't Invite My...

Low-Key Weddings: The Emotional Benefits to Doing What You Want

Happy to be included in this Well + Good article, "Once A Pandemic Necessity, the Low-Key Wedding is Still Trending -- And...

“I Could Focus on the Meaning of My Wedding Day, Not My Anxiety.”

A recent note from a bride: Thank you so much for helping me work through the transition of single to married woman. ...

Engagement Advice: Let’s Talk About Your Ring!

Is your ring perfect? Lucky you! Consider yourself blessed. Because I often hear from brides (and again, just last week,...

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