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Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Funny Marriage Advice On Her 16th Wedding Anniversary With Freddie Prinze Jr.

After 16 years of marriage, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, 41, knows a thing or two about successful marriages. So, when she celebrated her 16th wedding anniversary with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., 42, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Sarah Michelle hilariously took to Instagram to share what every married couple needs after spending years together. 

“Anniversary #Latergram Someone told me — Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond. But years later, you wish you had a club and a spade. #HappyAnniversary @RealFreddiePrinze,” she wrote alongside a photo of herself and Freddie. 

The Hollywood actors previously met while filming the 1997 movie I Know What You Did Last Summer and later tied the knot in 2002. They have two kids together, daughter Charlotte, 8, and son Rocky, 6, and when People previously asked Sarah Michelle how she makes her marriage work, she simply said that she always puts her family first.

“Take the 10 minutes — put the phone down. Have a cup of coffee together. Walk the dog at the end of the night. Read a story with your kids,” she said. “Make the most of the time that you have. We are all pulled in so many directions, so make sure that, whichever one you are focusing on, you’re present.”

When Freddie and Sarah Michelle first started dating, he knew that he wanted to continue seeing the actress after he realized that they shared many common interests — including their mutual love of food! During a previous Facebook Live interview, the actor recalled an amazing time when he dined out with Sarah Michelle.

“Sarah Michelle came to dinner with me, and we sat down and she ate everything, including a crab that they let walk across the counter, then kill while it was alive in some oil and said, ‘It’s popcorn, try,'” he remembered. “And she ate it without even blinking, and I was like, ‘Yo, my girl is legit.'” Happy Anniversary, Freddie and Sarah Michelle!

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Kevin Bacon, 60, posts a heartwarming duet with wife Kyra Sedgwick, 53, on their 30th wedding anniversary

Kevin Bacon, 60, posts a heartwarming duet with wife Kyra Sedgwick, 53, on their 30th wedding anniversary

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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are the gold standard for Hollywood relationships and they’re celebrating a remarkable 30 years of marriage together.

The Footloose star, 60, took to social media on Tuesday to commemorate the milestone with two totally melt-your-heart-adorable posts about his wife.

In a seflie video, Kyra, 53, and her husband sang a love ballad by the Beegees together.

Goals: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick celebrated 30 years of marriage together on September 4th with two adorable social media posts

Goals: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick celebrated 30 years of marriage together on September 4th with two adorable social media posts

Happily married: The Footloose star posted this image on Instagram of his longtime wife with the caption 'I Love this person'

Happily married: The Footloose star posted this image on Instagram of his longtime wife with the caption 'I Love this person'

Happily married: The Footloose star posted this image on Instagram of his longtime wife with the caption ‘I Love this person’

The JFK actor also posted a photo of Kyra smiling in front of picturesque desert back drop. 

He captioned the photo simply: ‘I Love this person.’

Crooning out To Love Somebody, which has been covered by various artists over the decades, the couple could not have looked more enamored with each other.

Seated in front of a rustic looking wall, the Bacons looked relaxed as they belted out their duet.

’30 years! I can’t believe it,’ the actor marveled on social media. ‘@kyrasedgwick is the woman of my dreams and the music in my life.’ 

Strumming along to the tune, the pair finished the song while looking longingly into each others eyes. 

They sang the last few words of the lyrics, which were quite appropriately, ‘I love you’ to one another and ended the performance with a smooch. 

A lot of love: As the song ended the two sang the last lyrics while staring lovingly at one another

A lot of love: As the song ended the two sang the last lyrics while staring lovingly at one another

A lot of love: As the song ended the two sang the last lyrics while staring lovingly at one another

'Music of my life:' Kevin gushed over his wife of 30 years on social media after posting a duet with the pair

'Music of my life:' Kevin gushed over his wife of 30 years on social media after posting a duet with the pair

‘Music of my life:’ Kevin gushed over his wife of 30 years on social media after posting a duet with the pair

90s style: In 1997 Kevin and Kyra hit the red carpet bedecked in a collection of shiny materials. The Footloose star actually rocked a vintage inspired three piece crushed velvet suit

90s style: In 1997 Kevin and Kyra hit the red carpet bedecked in a collection of shiny materials. The Footloose star actually rocked a vintage inspired three piece crushed velvet suit

90s style: In 1997 Kevin and Kyra hit the red carpet bedecked in a collection of shiny materials. The Footloose star actually rocked a vintage inspired three piece crushed velvet suit

The Closer star’s blonde hair was in enviable loose ringlets that fell over her glowing makeup free skin as she sang.

She wore an embroidered bohemian smock top with red skinny jeans and giggled at the camera when her husband apologized mid song for an unnoticeable flub.

‘My bad,’ the Apollo 13 star muttered quickly and then went right back to singing.

Singing is nothing new for the A Few Good Men actor, he and his brother Michael Bacon created The Bacon Brothers band in 1995. 

The Philadelphia native wore dark black Wayfarer style sunglasses and a black T-shirt while he belted out the love song for his long time partner.  

In the beginning: Kevin and Kyra were already married for two years when this photo was taking at a Gala in Los Angeles in 1990

In the beginning: Kevin and Kyra were already married for two years when this photo was taking at a Gala in Los Angeles in 1990

In the beginning: Kevin and Kyra were already married for two years when this photo was taking at a Gala in Los Angeles in 1990

Looks like they made it: This photo from April shows the couple still together on the red carpet after three decades of marriage

Looks like they made it: This photo from April shows the couple still together on the red carpet after three decades of marriage

Looks like they made it: This photo from April shows the couple still together on the red carpet after three decades of marriage

Kevin and Kyra have acted together on several projects over the years like Murder in the First and The Woodsman. 

In fact, the pair met on the set of the PBS adaptation of the play Lemon Sky. 

They wed on September 4, 1988 and have two adult children together, Travis, 29, and Sosie, 26. 

Sosie is following into the family business and currently stars as Skye Miller in the hit Netflix teenage drama 13 Reasons Why.

The family business: Sosie Bacon, 26, is following her parents footsteps into Hollywood. She currently stars in the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why

The family business: Sosie Bacon, 26, is following her parents footsteps into Hollywood. She currently stars in the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why

The family business: Sosie Bacon, 26, is following her parents footsteps into Hollywood. She currently stars in the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why

The Bacon’s decades long marriage is something of a miracle in Hollywood and their romance hasn’t always been easy. 

Statistically, money problems are one of the most common reasons that couples call it quits and these two have had their share of financial woes.

The Upper West Siders famously lost a substantial chunk of their fortune after investing it with infamous fraudster Bernie Madoff, who operated the world’s largest Ponzi scheme. 

The couple is frequently asked by reporters for advice on the secret to sustaining a long term marriage. 

However, on multiple occasions they’ve each divulged that their best tip is not to take marriage advice from celebrities.

 

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Hailey Baldwin Responds to Criticism About Her Engagement to Justin Bieber

Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber have only been engaged since July, but the couple’s upcoming nuptials have already faced the harsh criticism of, well, the entire world. But rather than crumble under the pressure, the 21-year-old bride-to-be is apparently refusing to let it bring her down.

Ever since the pop star and model announced their whirlwind engagement (while they have known each other for years, they only rekindled their romance a few months before getting engaged), mean comments have abounded scrutinizing the subject. Any piece of new information—like how the celebrity couple is planning on an intimate wedding, Baldwin’s enormous glitzy diamond engagement ring, or who will be her bridesmaids—sets off a frenzy of Internet hate mainly about the validity of their love and the reasons for their engagement. (No, Baldwin is not pregnant.)

But, it seems, Baldwin has learned to embrace her excitement despite it all. The model told Stellar magazine of Australia’s Daily Telegraph about taking the high road and ignoring critics. “I’m beyond excited,” she said per BuzzFeed. “I have learned to just try my best to ignore the negativity at this time so that I can enjoy this season of my life,” she said.

Even though the model has 14.6 million gabby Instagram followers and over a million on Twitter, she doesn’t let all of their opinions give her pause on her feelings about marrying 24-year-old Bieber. “I don’t think [the negativity] has affected me really,” she mused. Could she have learned this cool attitude from reading Bieber’s favorite marriage advice book?

See more: Ariana Grande Defends Her Whirlwind Engagement—and Justin Bieber’s, Too

Be Prepared to Handle Entrepreneurship's Mental Toll

Being an entrepreneur can be likened to being a concert pianist frantically playing “Flight of the Bumblebee” where each piano key represents only one aspect of running a business. If you are not researching, networking or self-guided learning, you’re reworking your marketing, chasing avatar clients and trying to get rid of the 20 percent of clients who inflict 80 percent of your headaches. Being an entrepreneur is tiring!

While mental exhaustion is an inevitable part of being an entrepreneur, there are simple, significant changes that can make all the difference not just now but for an entire lifetime.

Make rest and recovery one of your highest priorities.

Harvard Medical School psychiatrist Dr. Srini Pillay explains that if you have never engaged in positive, constructive day-dreaming then you truly are wasting 46.9 percent of that time. We daydream every single day. By creating vivid imagery that sees you kicking your challenges to the curb, you drastically reduce mental exhaustion. Regular, daily practice changes your brain’s biological structure and constantly attunes it redirect you down the yellow brick road to success.

To double the impact, slow down to speed up. Do focused activity for 45 minutes, then pause. Close your eyes and breathe diaphragmatically. Spend five minutes visualizing the natural attrition of those painful clients. Rehearse pitching confidently to that capital investor. Do this several times daily, and you’ll step yourself off the mental merry-go-round to unleash the genius from within.

Develop your own strategies to shift your mental state.

Mix self-flagellating labels with deprecating inner dialogue and dark emotions, and you have locked yourself in a mental dungeon that will imprison you in every aspect of your business. By crafting your own mental techniques such as thought stopping, you can press pause on that miserable mental movie.

Think of words which short-circuit your rumination….anything that makes you pause. Find your own words that shake up that energetic stagnation. Examples might be “Wait a minute….” or simply, “Hang on…is this thought helping or hindering me?” Develop simple phrases which make you laugh and start questioning the negative spin you’re in. Say these out loud to further help yourself step out from under the weight of your mental exhaustion.

Related: 4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Exhaustion

According to Dr. Joan Rosenberg, the greatest intensity of our emotions lasts for about 90 seconds. Don’t fight what you are feeling. As the energetic sting subsides your mind relaxes, and your brain has a freer capacity to shift into a new gear. Relieve mental exhaustion by also dedicating time-bound expression of your dread, worry and panic. Honor those concerns for a sort time, and those feelings too shall pass.

Take time to reset your life.

Entrepreneur or not, none of us signed up to be emotional and mental punching bags to those who don’t value our input, don’t reciprocate support, and constantly ask for freebies. Being unconditionally available to incessant whining and complaining will quickly drain your mental and emotional reserves dry. Their disinterest in your solutions is a giant kick in the guts, and you’ll increasingly resent giving them airtime.

Related: To Be Successful Stay Far Away From These 7 Types of Toxic People

As an entrepreneur, your mental and emotional energy are highly precious commodities. If you’re not swift at protecting and preserving them, you can suffer to a point of no return.

Get better at teaching those friends, family or colleagues they can no longer download with you — never on you — without your permission. Negative verbal diarrhea is permissible for 10 — not 20 — minutes before the direct focus needs to shift to generating solutions. Develop two or three opening sentences to screen unexpected desperate phone calls and reschedule them for times that suit you. Find the relationship and activity vampires in your life that suck your mental and emotional energy. Refresh and reset by doing some uncomfortable but necessary culling.

Increase the quality of your support network.

There is no “I” in team. However, getting support and advice from a team not qualified to give it can quickly deplete your mental and emotional reservoir. We wouldn’t ask a lifelong bachelor for marriage advice yet in our isolation as entrepreneurs, we can scramble to get business advice from people who have never run successful businesses.

Related: 25 Entrepreneurs Share the Worst Advice They Ever Received

By applying the qualifying questions, you can greatly reduce heartache and mental anguish. What type of help and guidance do I feel I need? Would I recommend friends and other clients to go to these people and resources for the same advice? What relevant credentials does this person or resource have to help my needs? Does the source of where I am getting help have ulterior biases or agenda? Friends and family can be great support but brilliant business coaches, not likely.

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