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Post Wedding Blues Can Be Avoided and Here's How
Added: (Thu Apr 12 2007)
For immediate release 10th April 2007
Post Wedding Blues Can be Avoided and Here’s How
Nowadays, 1 in 10 brides in the UK suffer such a severe comedown after their wedding that it can take several months for them to adjust to normal married life. This phenomenon of modern weddings leaves some women so aimless, low and dissatisfied with their lot that their personalities are seriously compromised and their zest for life is obliterated.
Instead of beginning married life with a sense of looking forward, thousands of newly weds end up being treated for a recognised condition known as Post Nuptial Depression.
The chances of this distressing outcome happening can be greatly reduced and, at best, it can be avoided altogether.
Lesley Stratton Hughes is a life coach, who helps people who are getting married to prepare themselves, emotionally and psychologically so that the transition from being single to being married is an enlightening, enjoyable and positive experience.
She has devised Getting Married from the Inside Out, a step by step process of preparation that she originally used herself, to great effect, when she married in 2000.
It is a thoughtful approach which places as much emphasis on preparing oneself for the changes ahead, as it does on creating a wedding that is a true reflection of the people involved. It restores balance to the whole business of getting married and puts this great life event into a healthy and very helpful perspective.
The three principles of the Inside Out method will keep the Post Wedding Blues at bay.
1) Attitude-think beyond the wedding day and seriously contemplate what you are doing, why you are doing it and what it means to you. Getting clarity on ones attitude and intention towards the decision to marry increases self-knowledge, broadens the mind and begins the process of mentally preparing for the changes.
2) Approach-get ready to get married on every level instead of focusing solely on planning the wedding. Tune in to your thoughts, feelings and emotions and acknowledge what is going within as you go through this Rite of Passage and face an imminent change of identity. Preparing emotionally and psychologically means there’s a chance of arriving at your wedding day feeling ready to get married.
3) Perception- understanding that getting married is not just about one day but a process with a series of ends and new beginnings and the wedding day is effectively a bridge into a brand new phase of life. This healthy view can take the pressure off the wedding day and provide an uplifting opportunity to see that the entire wedding journey is significant making the transition into married life so much smoother.
For more information/comment/interviews etc contact:
Lesley Stratton Hughes, 01273 239869 or lesley@gettingmarriedinsideout.co.uk
Editor’s notes:
The Getting Married from the Inside Out website at http://www.gettingmarriedinsideout.co.uk
is the base-camp where Lesley hopes to cultivate an alternative getting married community. The information, inspiration, encouragement and practical help is there for anyone who feels ready to embrace Getting Married from the Inside Out and all it has to offer.