Excerpt: Give yourself credit For some, it’s much easier to focus on the shortcomings rather than the successes of their year. Sure, you made some mistakes. Maybe you even fell a little short on some of your goals. But you also had some peaks and experiences that warrant a celebration. As Los Angeles psychologist Dr….
Excerpt: Not Your Grandparents’ Elopement If you ask your grandparents, they might define eloping as secret and rushed, where the couple-to-be was unexpectedly pregnant beforehand. This is an outdated motivation to elope, and luckily, couples don’t have to run away to get married these days. This is partly due to changing ideologies around eloping, and…
The Perfect Answers to Your Family Members’ Most Intrusive Questions EXCERPT “As Los Angeles-based psychologist Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D. explains, you have the right to decide how much — or how little — you want to share. There are ways to answer these annoying inquiries with respect for both yourself and the person putting you on…
