Annabelle Seife, Ph.D., is the founder of Before the Leap, a course for contemporary commitment. She teaches couples the necessary skills to build a strong foundation for their relationship and helps partners have important conversations. We highly recommend this episode to anyone contemplating commitment or who has already taken steps to build a shared life with their partner.
On Episode 59 of The Bouquet Toss, hosts Sari and Jessica of TheBudgetSavvyBride.com invite Dr. Annabelle Seife to look at wedding planning through a psychological lens. After all, a wedding is about so much more than what color flowers you choose, or whether or not you wear a veil.
A wedding is a celebration of your marriage. And while the terms wedding and marriage are often used interchangeably, they actually describe two very different things. Therefore, not only do couples need to navigate wedding planning, but marriage planning as well.
On today’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Annabelle Seife, Ph.D., Couples Therapist + Founder of ‘Before the Leap’. We discuss how much fighting is healthy vs. ideal, how to properly deal with your in-laws, skills you need to take into your marriage, avoiding spiraling once a fight starts, how to know what pace to go at, interfaith relationships, getting in depth about parenting styles, all the topics that need to be discussed before the leap, and more. This episode starts with a solo where I discuss identity crisis in relationships, verbiage to nudge for engagement, how to say no to a friend's wedding, being more confident in your 30's, how long is too long to have a FWB, balancing time with SO and friends when you don't live together, practical sex advice, and the pros and cons of dating someone who "isn't your type.”
