Emily Bernstein, Alexander Broad

Emily Ehrich Bernstein and Alexander Sherman Broad were married Aug. 10 at Morgan MFG, an events space in Chicago. Daniel Kandy, a friend of the couple who was ordained through the American Fellowship Church for the occasion, officiated at a ceremony incorporating Jewish elements. Ms. Bernstein, 29, is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at…

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Molly Johnson, Paul Balmer

Molly Katherine Johnson and Paul McClintock Balmer were married Aug. 10 at House on Metolius, a private nature reserve and events space in Camp Sherman, Ore. John Beiers, an uncle of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. Ms. Johnson, 29, is an assistant and program associate for Meadow Fund,…

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Audrey Uong, Gregory Dibelius

Dr. Audrey Michelle Uong and Dr. Gregory Scott Dibelius were married Aug. 10. The Rev. Boniface J. Ramsey performed the ceremony at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. Dr. Uong, 32, is a pediatric hospitalist at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. She graduated cum laude from Amherst College, received a medical…

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Katrina Forrester, Jamie Martin

Katrina Max Forrester and Jamie Robert Martin were married Aug. 10 at Lyman Estate, a national historic landmark in Waltham, Mass. Devorah Baum, the wife of the bride’s half brother, Josh Appignanesi, and who received a one-day marriage designation from Massachusetts, officiated. The couple met in 2008 at the University of Cambridge, from which each…

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Wilson Dunlavey, Victor Eng

Wilson McClelland Dunlavey and Victor Chang Eng were married Aug. 7. in Santa Barbara, Calif. Conn Abel, a deputy commissioner of civil marriages at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, officiated. On Aug. 10, the couple also exchanged rings and vows in a ceremony led by Emily Jirout, a childhood friend of Mr. Dunlavey, at Rancho…

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Suzanne Hatfield, Andrew Tran

Suzanne Remington Hatfield and Andrew Tran were married Aug. 10 at 26 Bridge, an events space in Brooklyn. Bennett Tran, the brother of the groom who became a Universal Life minister to officiate, led the ceremony. The bride, who is 32 and works in Manhattan, is a project manager in the advertising sales, presentation and…

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When Did Self-Help Become Self-Care?

Image Before she was running for president, Marianne Williamson was an author.CreditLucas Jackson/Reuters “Wellness” is a word that has come to encompass our latest dominant sociocultural obsession — how to take care of ourselves in the world. It may, at one point, have been popularly understood as an extension of self-help, a category of literature…

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