Want to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage? Make Sure You’re in Love — with Yourself

Julie McClung Peck
Nov 1 · 4 min read
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash

“Where did that old, confident Julie go?”

I’ll never forget my ex asking me that one day. And he was right, she was long gone.

My ex and I first met on a night when I was making a presentation to a group of my peers regarding a subject about which I was highly conversant. Unfortunately, the confidence he’d…

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Julie McClung Peck

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Mom, daughter, writer for Bustle, Elite Daily, Romper, & Grok Nation…& for you, right here. Coming to you live from the American South. Opinions my own.

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