Book to Blog, Chapter 1: The Happiest Time of My Life? Yeah, Right.

7/31/2014

Emotionally Engaged Book to Blog Chapter 1

In Chapter I of Emotionally Engaged: A Bride's Guide to Surviving the "Happiest" Time of Her Life, I disclose details on my relationship, engagement, and ultimately my wedding.

By putting my personal story in the first couple of pages of the book, I was hoping to speak directly to the reader, and somehow say "I’ve been where you are."

Below are a few snippets from the chapter that embody my message, my honesty, and my truth.

More than two million brides

During my engagement, I learned how to turn my conflicting emotions into important personal growth. I wanted to help other brides-to-be do the same.

So a few months after our wedding, I founded Emotionally Engaged Counseling for Brides and focused my psychotherapy practice solely on brides-to-be.

I took a chance, starting my practice for brides with this premise:

If I felt that discombobulated during my engagement, some of the 2.3 million American brides might too

Either that, or I was one in 2.3 million and a complete freak.

Most brides attended my workshops hoping to learn how to eliminate their negative feelings

They were afraid to give in to their sadness and fear, thinking that once they turned on the faucet, they’d never be able to shut it off.

In reality, emotions work the opposite way.

When strong emotions are not felt, they grow in power and intensity

When they are felt, the sadness and fear pass through your system. Facing and feeling negative emotions can have a cathartic effect. It cleans house of the fear and sadness, doubt and worry, and makes room once again for positive feelings of joy, excitement, and happiness.

Click here to find out more of what Chapter 1 holds

Please share your thoughts in the comments below, and stay tuned for next week’s installment of "Book to Blog: Chapter 2"!

Allison Moir-Smith

2 Comments

Emie

7/1/2017 05:57:14 pm

I had come to the point in our wedding planning when we completed the final step in getting all of our papers in order and securing our date with the priest and that's when my anxiety and stress levels became like a volcano and I wasn't able to stop them for hours. I became sort of like violently emotional and started blaming my partner... he listened and argued with me for hours, then he began planning a day trip for us for the next day and started doing our laundry and I realized how insane I must have seemed. I thought I was right that it was him and not me this time and I thought my next step should be to call off the wedding if I was feeling this horrible. I was amazed at how much I still wanted to be in the relationship and confused by what had just happened so I started seeking out better resources online. I did not know this was normal...It was a temporary insanity that I thought would always be there but a few hours later it died down and I was relieved when I found this site!

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