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The journey to the wedding day may be a winding one. I’m happy to share some tips and tricks along the way. I continually offer ways to strengthen your relationship, and provide additional resources & tools. Scroll on down, and click on a post that interests you. The comments are always open, and I would love to know what you think!

Wedding Yoga: Partner Yoga on Your Wedding Day

Wedding Yoga: Partner Yoga on Your Wedding Day

Imagine the morning of your wedding. There may be butterflies in your belly based on the excitment or stress of the day ahead. So you grab your partner, and jump on your yoga mats. After an hour of breathing deeply, and moving with intention, you give each other a kiss and say farewell as you start getting ready. How cool is that?

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Premarital Counseling: PARENTING and CHILD RAISING

Premarital Counseling: PARENTING and CHILD RAISING

Amazingly some couples never discuss whether they are on the same page about having kids. If you want kids, but your partner does not, is that a deal breaker in the relationship? Since this is not an area one can compromise, that needs to be the first discussion. We can certainly do that in premarital counseling!

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Vendors I Love: THE VOW COLLECTIVE

Vendors I Love: THE VOW COLLECTIVE

I met Stacie at a Tuesday Together NYC meeting a few months ago. There was an immediate connection as we talked about the power of words and just how meaningful promises are. Usually I say farewell to my couples at their weddings. That’s when she says hello! I love her outlook on love and commitment, on partnership and longevity. Without further ado, here’s STACIE STINE of THE VOW COLLECTIVE.

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5 Reasons to do Premarital Counseling

5 Reasons to do Premarital Counseling

The reasons couples come to me for premarital counseling are as diverse as the couples themselves. It pleases me to report that most couples do not reach out because they have major problems, although though some do. More often than not, they want to strengthen the relationship they already have, as they plan for the future.

Here are the top reasons that couples like YOU may benefit from premarital counseling!

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Appreciation and the 5 Love Languages

Appreciation and the 5 Love Languages

Just as all of us were starting to shelter-at-home, Amy Shack Egan of Modern Rebel asked me to join her on Instagram Live to talk 'emotional wellness' in our current crisis. Amy posed 5 questions, but with limited time together, I was only able to offer limited responses. Two weeks ago, I wrote about Respecting Boundaries. Today, I answer the question, "What are small ways to show appreciation for your partner during this time?" However, when I think appreciation, I first think of Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages.

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Respecting Boundaries in our Current Crisis (part 1)

Respecting Boundaries in our Current Crisis (part 1)

On Friday, I got an email from one of my PM Counseling couples with their agenda for the next session. I usually see "Family Relationships" or "Finances," but what I got was "Respecting boundaries during isolation." So when wedding planner, Amy Shack Egan from Modern Rebel asked me to join her on Instagram LiveStream to talk about couple's wellness and her first question was "For couples working from home - what are small ways to draw boundaries + be intentional about alone time?" I was totally ready!

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Strengthening Relationships: SIBLINGS

Strengthening Relationships: SIBLINGS

At the end of April, I had the opportunity to do something new: a sibling counseling workshop. The groom from a past counseling couple reached out and told me that he and his sisters were starting an annual sibling retreat weekend. Their mother suggested they not only spend quality time together, but also meet with a counselor to help them strengthen their relationships. How cool is that?

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Building Community

Building Community

We live in a growing world that’s growing smaller every day due to the ease of communication through social media. But those connections while miraculous and easy, don’t usually result in true friendships. In building community. In my pre-marital counseling program, we discuss topics that tend to trip couples up in their marriage. Talking through social activities and time spent together in and out of the relationship is on that list.

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The Ceremony Reading, Alain de Botton [video]

As a wedding officiant, I work with couples to create unique wedding ceremonies. One of my current wedding couples is a pair of writers who are very picky about how certain ideas are expressed in their ceremony. I mean who can blame them? They're writers!

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