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Engage with Jamie Wolfer: Wedding Planning PodcastWedding Harmony: Balancing Expectations and Boundary Setting with Kara GhassabehKara would love to chat with you 1-on-1 to work through the hard parts of planning your wedding. Reach out to her HERE!You can also find Kara…Whispers to a Bride Podcast HERETikTok (@karathebridalcoach) HEREAD: Generation Tux for all your suit needs!Two other episodes like this one:Behind the Scenes Bliss: Mastering Low-Key Weddings, Beating Burnout, and Savoring the Journey Together with Kara GhassabehLove and Logistics: Timelines, Officiants, Vendors, and RisksWant to ask Jamie your wedding planning questions? Join her in The Mas...
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Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 92: What We Are Not DoingDo you know you can not do things at your wedding and you don’t need to give an explanation?
There are so many opinions about weddings and what they should and shouldn’t include. One of the most stressful parts of wedding planning can be the marketing and the standards around what you're supposed to do and have at your wedding.
In this episode, we discuss constraints, being unapologetic, and knowing just how powerful and strong it can be to declare and own those nos for yourself.
What you’ll learn...
2023-05-0310 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 91: After the RingHow can you deal with the highs and lows that come with getting engaged?
After receiving the ring from your fiance, you get overwhelmed with excitement and are just on a high of good emotions. But you can get a little caught off guard by the feelings of anxiety or fear that come after that high of getting engaged.
In this episode, we discuss going public with the engagement, fundamental issues, and knowing it’s very normal to feel some discomfort in your relationship as you're starting to look at it with a whole new lens...
2023-04-2612 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 90: How You Do One ThingHow you do one thing is how you do everything.
We seem to think that once our wedding is over our life, friendships, and family dynamics will return to normal. Understanding that the discord and disconnect that we as the bride are feeling around our wedding ceremony may actually point to a much bigger issue.
In this episode, we discuss boundary setting, figuring out the things that bring you joy, and understanding how our life can change after our wedding.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Understanding our...
2023-04-1913 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 89: Loving Boundaries
How do you set healthy boundaries with friends and family around your wedding?
There seems to be a big talk on social media about setting boundaries during your wedding. A lot of people talk about boundaries in this really harsh way. Like setting a boundary, which basically means just keeping people out and I really like to imagine the boundaries much more like picket fences. It is meant to mark your space, your safe haven, and your zone where you are in charge.
In this episode, we discuss setting healthy boundaries during your wedding, your c...
2023-04-1213 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 88: My Fiancé is Over ItHow do you deal with a super stressed-out partner who says they can't wait for the wedding planning to be over?
There are a number of reasons this could happen. It could be because your partner wants to get back into ordinary life where you're not talking about vendors, guest lists, spreadsheets, and all those things that really clutter up your free time.
Your fiancee could also be feeling this way because there is a disconnection between the two of you during your wedding planning process.
In this episode, we discuss understanding why y...
2023-04-0512 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 87: Friendship FalloutsWhat to do when you are planning your wedding and you have a falling out with one of your bridesmaids?
This topic came up from many conversations with brides and bridesmaids on TikTok. Understanding that sometimes it takes spending a lot of time planning a wedding to realize your friendship was over.
In this episode, we discuss friendships falling out, understanding the dynamics of your friends have changed, and realizing the friendship isn’t worth your investment of time, energy, effort, or money.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
2023-03-2917 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 86: Weight Loss & WeddingsWhat is going on with weddings and the weight loss pressure brides have?
This is a question I received from someone on my bridal email list. We talk about what is going on with weddings and weight loss and why the pressure is so intense to be so thin on your wedding day.
In this episode, we discuss diet culture, capitalism, and patriarchy. We dive into how they work together when having a mindset of being thin on your wedding day.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How worthiness is tied up...
2023-03-2220 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 85: What's the Point?There gets to a point in the wedding planning process where you’re just like, what is even happening because there are so many things changing.
You start to notice a conflict between friends or family members during the wedding planning that was not there before and you begin to question, what is the point?
There can be a lot of work, money, and effort and it can just be a lot but remind yourself that your wedding will be worth it.
In this episode, we discuss the bigger picture of why weddings ar...
2023-03-1511 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 84: How to Handle the GoodnessHow do you process and take in all those gifts and good wishes and people showing up for you, people supporting you, and people celebrating you on your wedding day?
This is a question I got from one of my one-to-one bridal coaching calls. She thought everyone who came to her wedding was doing so much for her, and it was amazing and she appreciated it, but it also felt uncomfortable and it just felt like too much.
In this episode, we discuss feeling a little bit overwhelmed by all of this goodness coming at...
2023-03-0814 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 83: Parents Will Have FeelingsAfter putting a post on Tik Tok, I realized there are a lot of brides that deal with their parents having feelings, good or bad about them getting married.
We don't want our wedding to fracture or damage or stress or strain our relationship with our parents.
In this episode, we discuss processing our feelings with our parents so we can avoid conflict and war over your wedding details.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How your parents have feelings about your wedding
Things we can do to avoid conflict with ou...
2023-03-0115 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 82: Bridal BufferWhat do you do on the day of your wedding to ensure you don't fall off the cliff emotionally?
In the last few client sessions I’ve had with brides they have all asked, how they can make sure that on their wedding day, they don’t freak out and have a meltdown.
In this episode, we discuss how we plan ahead to invoke a bridal buffer. How we would designate a person that's gonna be your go-to for everything and take the stress off you on your wedding day.
What you’ll learn...
2023-02-2215 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 81: Bridal Blues: I hate my PhotosWedding drama is usually never what it seems.
Lately, I've been getting a lot of post-wedding phone calls from brides who've already gotten married and they are still processing what just happened.
They are seeking validation for being upset at what happened at their wedding.
In this episode, we discuss how one bride was upset with her wedding photos but what her photos really showed her were the areas of her life that were causing discomfort and pain.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How wedding drama is never wh...
2023-02-1517 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 80: Grief & WeddingsHow do you get through your wedding after you have lost a loved one?
This is something a lot of women deal with on their wedding day.
Today I’m talking with Meredith Lynch about going through her wedding after she lost her mother. She left the emotional part out and did what she felt was right for her on her wedding day.
Meredith is a writer and pop culture analyst who lives in Los Angeles.
In this episode, we discuss hiring a wedding planner instead of having bridesmaids, and the ex...
2023-02-0834 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 79: Bride as DisruptorThere has been so much talk about Megan and Harry with the Netflix series that came out.
This had me thinking about how a bride is a disruptor. Adding someone new to your family dynamic can be uncomfortable.
But so many beautiful new, wonderful things come when the status quo is disrupted in this way.
In this episode, I discuss how being the disruptor can be a good thing even though it’s also uncomfortable and can cause some issues.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How Megan Markle was...
2023-02-0113 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 78: Q&A Bach Party ProblemWondering how to deal with your bachelorette part when you have different friend groups?
This is a question I got from one of my one-to-one bridal coaching calls. The bride originally hadn't invited one group of friends simply because she just thought it would be more complicated. This actually caused more problems by not inviting them.
In this episode, we discuss blending two friend groups, surrendering, and setting expectations when it comes to your bachelorette party.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to blend two friend groups for your bachelorette pa...
2023-01-2515 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 77: Bridal HauntingThere are two people that mess you up in your bridal moment- your past and your future.
With all of the constraints, pressures, and realities of actually bringing these wedding ideas into real life, it can cause such friction that you then think that conflict means you're doing something wrong.
In this episode, we discuss giving yourself grace for both your past and future self and knowing you made the best decision at this moment.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How focusing on the past can make it hard to mo...
2023-01-1812 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 76: Detail DramaThere are just so many details, and when you really think about a wedding. If the whole idea is just two people getting married, besides that, everything else is just details.
We want these details to mean something. We want them to show us who we are. We want it to be this curated image of our best selves and truly show our taste level and our intention and style and depth.
In this episode, I discuss how to let all the little details of your wedding be messy and imperfect.
What you’ll...
2023-01-1114 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 75: Grounding in GratitudeGratitude is the key to your whole wedding experience. I know it can be really trite or obvious or too basic. But it’s fundamental.
When you are frazzled and overwhelmed and anxious or feeling not enough and needy or insecure I need you to ask yourself, am I grateful?
In this episode, I discuss how gratitude can change your relationship, health, and self-esteem.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How having a gratitude practice can save you
Some things you can do to get back to gratitude
The seven things that...
2023-01-0412 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaRebroadcast: Hold Two ThingsI want to give you a really simple reminder that is key for your wedding but also for your life and it’s a phrase I come back to time and time again and it’s, hold two things.
It’s about the duality of life. There are always opposing things happening at the same time.
Listen in as I discuss, the importance of holding two things, how holding two things can make your wedding day better, and the feeling you will get by holding two things.
What you’ll learn from this episode...
2022-12-2807 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 74: Navigating the HolidaysYou've got your holiday traditions and what you envision. Then you've got what you wanna do as a couple. Then there are your in-laws and what they're expecting and hoping for.
It can get to be a lot.
Then you're also carrying with you all of the memories and the history of all of those holidays from your past. For some people, those are all really good memories but for a lot of people, those can be also really a mixed bag.
this episode, we discuss the dynamics that come up during the...
2022-12-2116 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 73:Wedding Wake up CallYour wedding is calling you to wake up in some way.
It’s a powerful time to awaken to what’s going on for you. For some people, it's a wake-up call to art, beauty, and ceremony.
To others, it's a wake-up call to old patterns that don’t serve them anymore
In this episode, I’m discussing how your wedding can open your eyes to so many possibilities and life-changing events.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How wedding planning can open your eyes
Letting go of old patterns
...
2022-12-1417 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 72: Don't Miss the MomentWe are taught to think that getting engaged and planning our wedding are moments of joy, excitement, accomplishment, success, and a feeling of wholeness, completeness, integrity, and all of these things.
But they never feel the way we thought they were going to feel. It's always a bit more disorienting, complex, and overwhelming while being very underwhelming at the same time.
In this episode, I want to help you learn how not to miss the moments. It can be really easy to overlook tending to and preparing that emotional part of the experience.
...
2022-12-0717 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 71: The RepairWhen you are planning your wedding, the stakes are really high. There are so many things to worry about like time, money, family, culture, and tradition.
Not to mention that it’s a huge change in your life!!
Since tensions are high, there are bound to be conflicts.
In this episode, I’m discussing how to de-escalate and calm things down in a loving way so you can have a healthy relationship and bond.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to change the direction of the conversation
The import...
2022-11-3019 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaRebroadcast: Home for the HolidaysIn this rebroadcasted episode, we are talking about the holidays - so many images of family togetherness, elaborate meals, festive decorations, favorite movies, gorgeous gifts, and lots of laughter (or this is what Hallmark movies make us believe it should be).
But the holidays can be a source of anxiety, overwhelm, frustration, and sadness for a lot of people. This makes the holidays a lot like weddings, in our mind it’s all pretty and happy and fun but in reality, it’s so much more complicated than that.
Listen in as I discuss, how to d...
2022-11-2312 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 70 : The Subtle ShiftToday I really want to bring it back to basics and talk about the subtle shift.
It's all about that shift that happens in our relationships when we get engaged and start the wedding planning process. It's kind of this invisible unfolding that goes on once you go through that proposal experience.
You have to reroute yourself. You have to reconsider things. You have to relearn and re-decide your inner landscape and your closest relationships.
In this episode, we unpack the process you go through once you become engaged and the shifts that...
2022-11-1619 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 69: Diamonds & DoubtFeeling doubt about your relationship when you are newly engaged or even knee-deep in wedding planning is a scary place to be. Nobody wants to feel doubt when they've got that diamond ring on.
That's just not the time and our culture doesn't really make room for this.
In this episode, I want to talk about normalizing having some doubt at this time in your life and why the engagement period is the perfect time to give your doubt some space to play out.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Questions to...
2022-11-0916 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 68: The Problem with JoyAre you in the middle of planning your wedding but you can't experience the joy in the way that you thought you would?
With getting engaged and planning a wedding, there's just so much love. It's such a joyful time and yet so many women are having a tough time with how to handle that joy or how to not rob themselves of experiencing that joy that is right at their fingertips.
In this episode, I wanna talk about the problem with joy and why we are not really acknowledging the issues that come with...
2022-11-0213 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 67: Art of the AskYou want to have the perfect wedding right?
You want to have control over your wedding and be in charge of everything.
But you also don’t want to burden people and feel like you should just handle it all yourself.
In today’s episode, I’m discussing building up your muscle of asking for help. You can’t do it all (and you shouldn’t either). People want to help so let them in.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Understanding that unexpected things will come up during the planning...
2022-10-2612 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 66: Mother Daughter DramaAre you worried about how you are going to handle your mom’s energy on the day of your wedding?
Your relationship with your mom is getting harder and more annoying as your wedding day approaches and you really want the dynamic to change before then.
We need to remember that our mothers are going through a lot too. Your wedding day is a very emotional day for her too and it can make her act, well, a little kooky.
In this episode, I discuss how to navigate his new relationship with your mo...
2022-10-1914 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 65: The DressShopping for your wedding dress is one of the major moments where all of the pressures that are unique to a bride come together.
It's one of those moments that you think about as a child.
But it’s not just about the pretty dress, it's all of these undercurrents that are happening too. It can be heartbreaking, stressful, and overwhelming but also poignant and memorable.
In this episode, we discuss the pressure of finding the perfect wedding dress and what that can make us feel like.
What you’ll learn from...
2022-10-1214 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 64: Sweat the Small StuffYour whole life you have been told to not sweat the small stuff.
Well, today I am telling you that you should be sweating the small things especially when it comes to your wedding.
Sweating the small stuff is a way to wake up a little more to the present moment. That is one of the things that culturally is always such a struggle in this sort of go, go, go atmosphere that we're all striving and trying to get somewhere.
In this episode, I explain why you should pause and think about...
2022-10-0510 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 63: When Death ComesThere is a poem I put at the beginning of my book, Whispers to a Bride, called When Death Comes.
The concept of both poetry and weddings is so compelling to me. Weddings and poetry sort of get shunned and discarded a bit culturally because they do seem frivolous and extra and not useful.
I decided to include this poem that has been special to me. I think it encapsulates why this work matters.
In this episode, I dive into this poem and what it means to being a bride.
What y...
2022-09-2809 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 62: The GoodbyeI have so many women who come to me with this feeling of unsettledness and feeling a little bit of grief and anxiety about just saying goodbye to their old lives.
Especially if they've really grown to love the little routines that they've created for themselves, the friendships, the patterns, and the habits and their living space.
In this episode, I want to normalize these feelings. Every transition, no matter how exciting, there's some nostalgia for leaving behind the life we had before.
It doesn't mean anything is wrong with you or your...
2022-09-2113 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 61: The BookThe book, Whispers to a Bride, is finally here!!!
If you didn’t know I have been writing a book. Whispers to a Bride is about the emotional experience that a bride goes through. It also has tips and tricks and solutions for how to handle all of that emotional upheaval.
In this episode, I explain why I wrote this book, who it is for, and how it will benefit you.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Why I wrote Whispers to a Bride
What is covered in the book
The proc...
2022-09-1414 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 60: MuseumI want to introduce you to the museum metaphor.
Think of a museum in terms of your post-wedding, what do we do with all the feelings that come after the wedding?
There's always gonna be sort of a low after a big high of your wedding and it’s hard to let go.
In this episode, I help you understand why you need to put your wedding in a museum and give it time before you revisit it again.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What the museum metaphor is
...
2022-09-0712 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 59: EnoughnessThere is always this question of enoughness in the back of our minds.
Am I doing enough? Is this too much? It simultaneously feels like way too much and yet completely not enough.
That feeling is just so frustrating.
In this episode, we are diving into what to do when this feeling of enoughness creeps in and how you can apply it to other areas of your life too.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Being too much and not enough at the same time
Looking at the ways in...
2022-08-3115 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 58: Pity PartyIn all the past episodes of this podcast, we have been focused on positivity so you can explore this time in your life (your engagement and wedding) with more happiness and ease.
But it is also important that we carve out time for a pity party.
We need to have light and dark. We can’t have one without the other.
In this episode, I want to dive into why we need to experience hard emotions and embrace them.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
The importance of not forc...
2022-08-2410 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 57: WhysOne of the best ways to address so much of the wedding drama you experience is a really simple, beautifully elegant practice of asking WHY.
So much of what happens with weddings is based on all the assumptions and expectations and cultural norms.
We lose track of what’s actually inside. What we really want. What really matters to us.
In this episode, I discuss why it’s so important to apply the question to your relationship first and then apply it to your wedding. As you are brainstorming options continue to ask your...
2022-08-1717 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 56: Anxiety HacksWhen you really think about weddings, the thing most people remember isn’t any specific detail, it’s how it felt.
It’s the energy, the mood, the vibe. We try to achieve this with all of the elements like decor, food, lighting, and music, but the strongest factor in creating the wedding vibe you want is your own energetic presence.
In this episode, we discuss how you set the tone for your wedding day and how to prepare for how you will feel on that day.
What you’ll learn from this episode...
2022-08-1008 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 55: Identity CrisisBecoming engaged changes how a woman sees herself.
For some, it’s the completion of an aspect of their identity. For others, it is more of a threat to the identity they have created for themselves so far in life.
Whether you waited for the ring or it happened faster than you anticipated, you need an adjustment period to integrate this new identity, this new framework for your life into your understanding of yourself.
So, if it feels like you are having an identity crisis, you are doing it right!
What yo...
2022-08-0314 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 54: Golden Relationship RatioI am so excited to give you probably the quickest but most important, profound little thought as you are heading into your marriage.
I call it the golden relationship ratio.
The golden relationship ratio is five positive interactions for every negative one. For every eye roll, criticism, freak out or fight, you need five positive interactions with your partner.
Research shows that couples who have this sort of ratio of positive to negative interactions with each other are the happiest, last the longest, and are the most satisfied.
Listen in because...
2022-07-2707 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 53: Bridal BignessA really fun way to get back to peace is by connecting to your bridal bigness.
Bridal Bigness is the idea that you, as a bride, are part of a much bigger energy, and that energy has the peace, power, and emotional capacity that you need.
Your bridal bigness is the antidote to fear, anxiety, stress, overwhelm, people pleasing, and insecurity. It is your creativity, your calm, your grace. It’s the quiet sense deep within that trusts things will be ok, somehow.
In this episode, we will discuss how your bridal bigness is...
2022-07-2014 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 52: PrenupsLet’s talk about the touchy situation of prenups.
This can be an uncomfortable conversation to have. The automatic response can be to be offended.
We don’t want to ever think that our marriage could end.
I want you to think about prenups the same way you do a fire escape plan. You never want to think that your house will catch on fire but you want to be prepared.
In this episode, I am going to help you think of prenups differently and in a loving way.
What...
2022-07-1310 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 51: Broken EngagementsI can remember hearing stories of a wedding being called off and thinking it was the most intense, heartbreaking yet fascinating thing.
I mean, isn’t being engaged the most exciting perfect time of your life?
How did you say yes and then only a few short months later, you are saying no?
In this episode, we are exploring how one’s mind can change about something so major when so many people were watching.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Understanding that deep knowing you have
Creating space during...
2022-07-0609 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 50: TimeThis feeling of time collapsing around a wedding makes people intensely invested and erratically emotional in surprising ways.
Weddings are important in terms of chronological times that we count with years and days but it’s also important in the other sense of time known as kairos or deep time.
Kairos moments are about intangible things like connection, flow, and celebration and a kairos moment is so powerful it can sustain you for years.
In this episode, we talk about the concept of time and the not so subtle pressure on women to ti...
2022-06-2912 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 49: Love LanguagesToday we are talking about one of my favorite topics - love languages.
Love languages are a framework for how to show and receive love in a relationship.
It helps you understand your partner better and be able to show them love in a way they will respond to.
In this episode, we discuss the 5 love languages so you have a better understanding of how to show your partner love and how you like to be shown love also.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
The 5 love languages
Why lo...
2022-06-2214 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 48: Q&A Day Of TipsToday I am sharing some questions that I get for the day of your wedding.
You want your wedding day to go smoothly but sometimes things happen.
In this episode, we are going to talk about how to stay in the right mindset, gracefully getting out of conversations, and remembering your parents.
My hope is that the answers to these questions will help you feel calmer as your wedding day approaches.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Making sure you are in the right mind frame for the day of...
2022-06-1512 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 47: SurrenderThere comes a moment when you transition from doing to being.
You have to let go of trying to control every aspect of your wedding and just surrender.
Let things be. You can’t control everything but you can accept everything.
In this episode, I’m talking about surrender and how when you do it, you can actually enjoy your wedding.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to surrender
The importance of giving up control
Trusting other people
Understanding what is going on within you
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2022-06-0814 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 46: The Arrival FallacyToday we are going to talk about one of the biggest issues facing brides- the arrival fallacy.
The arrival fallacy is the mental and emotional illusion that when you arrive, once you get there, achieve the goal, and arrive at your wedding day, you will have lasting happiness.
This is why so many brides and couples are willing to suffer through a tough wedding planning journey.
In this episode, I offer 3 ways to combat the arrival fallacy so that you feel connected and understood as you head down the aisle.
What...
2022-06-0113 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 45: The Art of NoticingThis is another framework for getting into the feeling state that you want for your wedding day.
It’s the art of noticing.
There will be a lot to see and take in and the art of noticing will let you be intentional about what you take in, what you notice, and what you celebrate which will have you feeling better.
In this episode, I share how stopping to notice your wedding is magical and fun and makes you appreciate it so much more.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
...
2022-05-2512 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 44: PerfectionismI have noticed with brides and weddings, it really brings out this perfectionist monster.
There's all of a sudden this idea that their wedding should or could possibly be perfect, and they should look perfect and act perfect and everyone else should be perfect.
The whole thing just takes on a life of its own and the perfectionist, the bad part of perfectionism really comes out. I get that it feels really true that you are a perfectionist, you have a very keen eye, you have a high standard, you have a specific sense of...
2022-05-1812 min
Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 43: VibesSo much of wedding talk is about wanting to create a vibe.
So many brides think a lot about how to create the vibe they going for on their wedding day. And while the atmosphere (venue, decor, etc) communicates certain energy or vibe, the strongest factor in creating the wedding vibe you want is to learn how to communicate it with your own energy.
In this episode, we are discussing how you can create the vibe you want for your wedding now just imagining it.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Ho...
2022-05-1110 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 42: I Just Want to ElopeIs it bad to be knee deep in planning and just ask yourself and your fiancé “wouldn’t it make more sense to just elope?”
Whether it's the complicated logistics of hotel blocks and transportation, the unhappy family members who aren’t getting their way, the ballooning expenses, or just the overwhelm of the sheer amount of decisions.
Maybe it’s just that the wedding has become a bit of a monster that has taken over your entire relationship and you miss the life you had before wedding planning.
In this episode, we are talking...
2022-05-0412 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 41: Feel Good on the Big DayHow can you manage your feelings on the big day?
How can you make sure you feel the way you want to feel?
You want to feel good. You want to enjoy it. You want to be happy. You want to be present and soak it all in. But how?
It can feel like it’s the thing you have the least control over. You think that you have to wait to see what happens in order to know how you are going to feel.
In this episode, I just want yo...
2022-04-2711 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 40: The Story of Your WeddingI want to remind you today that your wedding is a changing thing.
At one point, it was a dream, a vision, or a fantasy. Then at some point, your wedding becomes a possibility. You are dating someone you can envision marrying, suddenly the possibility of your own wedding is within your reachable reality.
Then if you are engaged and planning a wedding, your wedding becomes a choice, a reality, and an event. It can become a source of joy, and pain. It can be a dream, a nightmare, or both at the same time.
2022-04-2008 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 39: What Do You Yearn For?When we think about weddings, we think about what we want them to be. Where we want them, what it will look like, the flowers, the music, the dress, the food, the dance floor, the guest list, and all the details.
We think about Pinterest, Instagram, and Tik Tok. We think about the movies we have seen, we think about the weddings we’ve been to, and the images that have been in our minds.
I love that. I want you to have what you want. Whether it is peonies, a mermaid cut dress, a bl...
2022-04-1310 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 38: Your Wedding Demands ItWeddings seem to come with demand.
It requires something of you and you usually aren’t prepared to think about it or tackle it. It can seem really unrelated to your actual wedding, yet it becomes an obstacle that stands right between you and your happy day.
Shouldn’t it be as simple as just making decisions and choosing things that work for our budgets and preferences and cultures and families?
In this episode, I am discussing that whatever your wedding is demanding of you, how to stop trying to scoot around it and...
2022-04-0611 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 37: The FieldThere is a quote by the Persian poet Rumi, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
I mean, can you even take it. This idea is just so fabulous. Just think of all the ways you can apply this to the drama happening in your world right now.
So much of the conflict I see with brides is around wanting to do things right or litigating who did something wrong and our brains get really stuck in right and wrong land.
In this episode, we discu...
2022-03-3007 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 36: Bridal BeautyBridal beauty is a huge industry.
Many brides will whiten their teeth, start botox, start working out, diet, get facials, get manicures, go tanning, or get eyelash extensions.
So many things go on in the glam world when a woman is planning a wedding.
There is so much pressure to look the best you’ve ever looked.
In this episode, we are going to pause and acknowledge the weirdness of the bridal beauty industry. It’s alright to want to look your best, but it’s also okay to keep getting better.
...
2022-03-2312 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 35: What Wants to HappenSo many brides have strong visions of their weddings. Often based on old visions, movies, Instagram, or Pinterest.
We get so so bombarded by trends and images it can be really difficult to know whether what we want is authentically true to our deepest desire or whether we have been specialized to want it.
In talking to brides throughout the pandemic who have had to shift and postpone and replan and unplan, it really drove home the usefulness of this concept- what wants to happen?
In this episode, we are going to be...
2022-03-1616 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 34: Le PauseHave you ever heard the phrase Le Pause?
Le Pause is a french baby sleep training technique where when you hear your baby cry in the middle of the night, you don’t rush straight away to get them, you give it a pause, and see if they resettle.
I love this idea and I am advocating that we bring Le Pause to the bridal journey.
Most brides jump right to wedding planning as soon as they are engaged but what if we took a pause here instead?
In this episode, I...
2022-03-0915 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 33: My Friendship LessonToday I just want to give you a little lesson on friendship from my own wedding.
When it comes to choosing a bridal party, it can be hard to choose between family and friends. For my wedding, I decided I wanted a small bridal party so my friends wouldn’t feel burdened because being a bridesmaid can be draining.
But there’s a lot that happens on your wedding day and I learned that I should have trusted my friends more and have had the nuanced conversation.
What you’ll learn from this episod...
2022-03-0213 min
For Real: Life, Leadership, & Unlearning170: Energy management 101: Serve couples better by taking care of yourself, with Kara GhassabehAs a wedding planner, I’ve found that our jobs are 30% logistics, 30% vision and decor, and about 40% therapy. If you’re a planner - or wedding vendor who works with couples - you know that there’s stress, disagreements with family members, and quite a few (not happy) tears. I always tell the planners I coach that you can expect some sort of full meltdown one to two weeks before the wedding. For me 12 years ago, it was about gift bags. So wouldn’t it be great if we could get some help from someone who’s a certified life coach...
2022-03-0236 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 32: Why BridesToday I want to answer a question I get a lot - why brides? People want to know why I don’t focus on couples.
The answer is simple: the male experience of getting married is very different from a woman’s. Wedding culture shows this focus on the bride and what her wedding means about her.
It all comes back to the history of weddings and the different viewpoints we have had on weddings.
Listen in as I discuss why I am committed and secure in my decision to focus my work on b...
2022-02-2315 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 31: Let Them Be WrongIf you are like me, you want people to understand you, to get you. I have learned that there isn’t always room for it, in the place, time, or setting that you want.
So let them be wrong.
I am obsessed with this mantra right now. There is something so freeing about it and it comes up so much in wedding planning.
In this episode, we are going to dive into relieving your anxiety with this one simple phrase - Let them be wrong.
What you’ll learn from this epis...
2022-02-1615 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 30: Bridesmaid GhostingWhere do my friendships fit in once you get married?
We know weddings cause the relationship group to shift beneath us but friendship really is connected to our survival
In this episode, I am going to be talking about a trend I’ve noticed around bridesmaid ghosting. When your nearest and dearest just sorta going silent and it’s obviously really stressful on a bride.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to define friendship
Why you don’t need to have a ton of friends
Recognizing a toxic friendship
How to handle...
2022-02-0917 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 29: Wedding EssenceWhat is the first thing you should do when planning a wedding?
In this episode, we are talking about the essential ingredient you need before you even start planning your wedding - your intention.
Listen in as I discuss the importance of getting quiet and really deciding what you want out of your wedding.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to determine as a couple what you want your wedding to be
The importance of envisioning the future
How I determined what I valued most for my wedding
Anchoring into wh...
2022-02-0214 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 28: Guest List DramaOne of the biggest issues coming up lately is the guest list drama.
We start feeling badly about not inviting people, like friends that we have lost touch with or certain family members. Plus there’s the issue with people who don’t RSVP or decline the invitation.
There is no rule that you have to invite someone because they expect to be invited.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How there are no rules around who you have to invite
Where to start with your guest list
How Covid impacted who we i...
2022-01-2614 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 27: Hard ConversationsAs you have noticed weddings bring up a lot of things for a lot of people.
You are probably going to find yourself having to have a lot of tricky conversations that you never saw coming.
The most important thing you can do is have them. Giving people you care about the dignity of a face-to-face conversation is a beautiful gesture that can change the tone and trajectory of a relationship.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How we show up is more important than what we say
Taking responsibility
The im...
2022-01-1913 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 26: How to DecideAs a bride, you're going to be making a lot of decisions and it can easily lead to overwhelm. This is one of the biggest causes of bridal blues and overwhelm: just too many decisions.
One of the biggest blocks to knowing what we want is that we don’t let ourselves just simply want what we want. We are afraid of our own desires.
So let’s talk about a few ways to make decision-making easier and less draining.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How not dedication is actually a deci...
2022-01-1212 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 25: Sibling SituationThe sibling experience is probably one of the most under-discussed aspects of the family drama unfolding during engagements.
I think so many times people underestimate the siblings’ thoughts and feelings and what they go through when their sister gets married.
It's so important to remember that you getting married is completely reshaping your family.
Listen is as I discuss, how to help prepare your siblings for your upcoming wedding and why this is a great opportunity to strengthen your bond with them.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Navigating the...
2022-01-0510 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaRebroadcast: How to Write Your VowsHappy Holidays!
I am rebroadcasting my episode all about writing your vows.
In addition to being a life coach and helping brides with their wedding drama, I am also a wedding officiant.
I love helping couples create their own ceremony that is true to them and the history of their families.
In this episode, I’m giving you the 6 part structure to writing your vows that is easy, fun, and keeps your vows balanced.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to avoid the awkward mismatched vows (4:30)
How...
2021-12-2913 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaRebroadcast: Bridezilla MythHappy Holidays!
I am bringing back an old episode today all about bridezilla myths. We are going to take a look at what the term, bridezilla, does for women, brides, and the wedding industry.
The bridezilla myth adds this extra layer of stress for brides. They are so worried about becoming a bridezilla that they are not processing their emotions of what is actually underneath that.
Listen in as I discuss, what the term bridezilla means, how society puts pressure on brides, and what you can do if you feel yourself becoming a...
2021-12-2213 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 24: Simple Stress SolutionOne of the things I hate the most about the dominant narrative around weddings is the image of the constantly stressed-out bride. Stress isn’t meant to be a prolonged state.
Stress is fine and to be expected when tackling big, new, or complex challenges but it should subside.
Wedding stress can be very tricky but listen in as I discuss, identifying your stress, tools to use to ease your stress, and rewarding yourself.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
The three different types of wedding stress (2:40)
A tool to help you...
2021-12-1512 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 23: Regret Proof Your WeddingOne of the reasons making all the wedding decisions can be so stressful is that you don’t want to have any regrets. You are spending a lot of money and the photos will last forever and you don’t want to look back and regret your color scheme or your dress or even your bridal party choices.
What if I told you there were no wrong choices. There were the choices that you made for the reasons and circumstances the present situation allowed.
Listen in as I discuss, the concept of wrongness, the importance of m...
2021-12-0814 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 22: Great ExpectationsIf there is one thing I could tell every couple getting married, it’s that the biggest risk to your engagement journey, from wedding planning to the big day to the newlywed year- is expectations.
Expectations are those notions that live inside our heads that we are mostly unaware of. We kinda think it’s just normal, or we mistakenly think that everyone shares the same expectations. We tend to live inside our own expectations.
Listen in as I discuss, asking for help, understanding your feelings, and the importance of looking at what is happening right...
2021-12-0112 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaRebroadcast: What is Bridal Coaching?Happy Thanksgiving! This week I am enjoying the holidays with my family so I decided to rebroadcast my very first episode!
In this first episode, I am explaining the fundamentals about what is bridal coaching and how it can help you.
There is so much focus on wedding preparation and looking good for your wedding but we don’t focus on how to have more peace in your own mind, your own heart, and your relationships.
Listen in as I discuss, how bridal coaching can help your entire married life, the missing piece I...
2021-11-2417 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 21: Home for the HolidaysIn today’s episode, we are talking about the holidays - so many images of family togetherness, elaborate meals, festive decorations, favorite movies, gorgeous gifts, and lots of laughter (or this is what Hallmark movies make us believe it should be).
But the holidays can be a source of anxiety, overwhelm, frustration, and sadness for a lot of people. This makes the holidays a lot like weddings, in our mind it’s all pretty and happy and fun but in reality, it’s so much more complicated than that.
Listen in as I discuss, how to dec...
2021-11-1712 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 20: How to Start a FightOne thing we know about marriage is that there will be conflict. It’s inevitable.
So many people try to avoid it, thinking if they can just not fight that they will be better off. Of course, avoiding conflict isn’t a healthy move- issues will linger, resentments will build. The most interesting thing about marital conflict is that it’s mostly unresolvable.
Yikes!
So all the energy and passion that goes into those fights doesn’t tend to get us the outcome of resolution that we so desire.
Listen in as I dis...
2021-11-1011 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 19: Help. Thank You. Wow.Wedding planning can be tough- the opinions, the pressure, the money. But we do it because it’s also magical- the ritual, the dancing, the dress. In many ways, the journey from engagement to the wedding day is rocky for good reason.
You are going to have to decide how you are going to manage yourself within this new ecosystem of married life. It can be stressful and draining while also exciting and beautiful.
In this episode, I want to share with you three prayers or mantras that are the perfect anchor points as you go...
2021-11-0310 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 18: Wedding Happiness GuaranteeOne of the most intense things about planning a wedding is that after all the time and effort and money, how do you even make sure you are happy on the actual day?
So many things could potentially happen. There is so much riding on this day- can those 8 hours live up to the hype of your own expectations, your childhood fantasies, months of planning, so many conversations. It certainly is a lot of pressure.
What we know about happiness is that it’s certainly not more likely to appear amid intense pressure. Happiness is li...
2021-10-2711 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 17: TrustToday I want to talk a little bit about a big topic. Trust.
For couples getting married those same trust issues are still there, just slightly different. So often we want a road map or a checklist or a diagnostic test to determine whether the person we love can be trusted. That question “how do I truly trust someone?” is a tough one. But it’s also the wrong one. A lot of what’s underneath the notion of trust is control- we are yearning to control how we will be treated ahead of time and trust is the na...
2021-10-2010 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 16: Nothing has gone wrong hereToday I want to talk about a little mantra- Nothing has gone wrong here.
It’s a sentence or a thought that you can choose when shit hits the fan. When you are planning a wedding, I promise you that will happen.
There is just something so magical about wedding planning but it brings up so much for so many people. Weddings make people super reflective about their pasts, their futures, their hopes, their dreams, their regrets, their heartbreaks.
Listen in as I discuss, choosing your own thoughts, how to overcome bizarre challenges, an...
2021-10-1312 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 15: RestToday I want to talk about rest. I am a huge fan of rest and our culture often vilifies rest and we end up feeling guilty for resting thinking we should be working. When we should be resting, it’s so easy to press play on another episode on Netflix or scroll Instagram.
But today I want to talk about a type of resting called Intentional Resting. It’s a concept developed by Dan Howard and I have found it to be really powerful.
Listen in as I discuss, a powerful way to use rest to p...
2021-10-0608 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 14: Can You Just be Happy for Me?Getting engaged is that short window in life where everything is magical and full of hope and possibility.
So why would anyone need a life coach during this time?
Most people who have been through this season of life will tell you that it is far more of an emotional rollercoaster than most people anticipate.
Listen in as I discuss, how maybe more time is needed, looking at the way you talk about your engagement, and giving others grace.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How people react to ou...
2021-09-2916 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 13: Love MapsIn today’s episode let’s talk about marriage prep. So little focus is placed on marriage prep.
It’s so important to take the time to reflect on what our marriage is going to be about and the principles and pillars that make up the years ahead of us.
Listen in as I discuss, laying out a road map that works for both of you, why you should start practicing your love map, and how love maps can help conflicts in your marriage.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What is a lov...
2021-09-2215 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 12: Weddings without ReligionMore and more people are marrying people of different faiths, cultures, and traditions. This means that the default church wedding that we always see in movies doesn’t play out that naturally for so many of us.
How much of what we believe in is just because it’s what we were taught growing up?
Listen in as I discuss, why you don’t have to have a religious ceremony, keeping your identity in your wedding, and the magic of creating something new.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Making the decision...
2021-09-1509 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 11: Hold Two ThingsI want to give you a really simple reminder that is key for your wedding but also for your life and it’s a phrase I come back to time and time again and it’s, hold two things.
It’s about the duality of life. There are always opposing things happening at the same time.
Listen in as I discuss, the importance of holding two things, how holding two things can make your wedding day better, and the feeling you will get by holding two things.
What you’ll learn from this episode...
2021-09-0807 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 10: Premembering Your WeddingI want to talk today on the podcast about a fun little exercise that helps brides with energy management and preventing those bridal blues.
Once it’s all said and done, all we have left of our wedding is the memories. But you don’t have to wait until it’s over to start remembering.
Listen in as I discuss, the visualization that you can use to premember your wedding, how to stay in control of your emotions, and controlling your energy.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What is premembering (1:31)
How not...
2021-09-0111 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 9: How to Write Your VowsIn addition to being a life coach and helping brides with their wedding drama, I am also a wedding officiant.
I love helping couples create their own ceremony that is true to them and the history of their families.
In this episode, I’m giving you the 6 part structure to writing your vows that is easy, fun, and keeps your vows balanced.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How to avoid the awkward mismatched vows (4:30)
How to make writing vows easy (4:57)
Ways to start your wedding vows (6:24)
The importance of looking to t...
2021-08-2513 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 8: What's in a Name?The name change. It’s a big part of getting married. Most of us assumed we would change our names when we got married. Until the time comes to change your name. It’s weirdly unnerving.
Suddenly you are supposed to just have a different name. Talk about an identity crisis. Even though you expected it, it feels weird.
Expect it to be uncomfortable. Decide for yourself what you want to do. Think about your career, your kids, and then talk to your fiance. You might be surprised to hear how much it matters to him...
2021-08-1813 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 7: Creativity & ConstraintAs I am recording this, it’s the summer of 2021- we are crawling out of a pandemic after nearly a year and a half. A pandemic that locked down most of the country, and the world, and obviously also shut the wedding industry down in its tracks.
The rescheduling began. Things got complicated but also, people got really creative. People started to have these insanely intimate and beautiful ceremonies. They zoomed them. They wore their dress, they had incredible floral installations, they had them in yards, in front of fireplaces. We called them micro weddings but th...
2021-08-1112 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 6: Your ParentsOur culture is so singularly focused on the romantic love narrative that I think it really misses out on the love story that’s also wrapped into the wedding day- specifically with our parents.
Parents think about the day- who they will be on that day, how they will feel, it’s a completion of their job in many ways. They think about how they pay for it.
The bottom line is your parents are going through a major change and all of the emotion that comes with it. They are dealing with the relationship resh...
2021-08-0413 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 5: Weddings & FriendshipsSometimes our friendships can suffer when we get engaged and start planning a wedding.
Yes, change changes things. Nothing has gone wrong, avoid the instinct to cut people off and try to make them understand. Allow your friends to have that processing time.
In this episode, I am going over the five different themes as ways our friendships can suffer when we get engaged.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What to do when your friend doesn’t like your partner (2:46)
How to handle when your partner throws off the frie...
2021-07-2819 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 4: Bridezilla MythIn today’s episode, we are going to take a look at what the term, bridezilla, does for women, brides, and the wedding industry.
The bridezilla myth adds this extra layer of stress for brides. They are so worried about becoming a bridezilla that they are not processing their emotions of what is actually underneath that.
Listen in as I discuss, what the term bridezilla means, how society puts pressure on brides, and what you can do if you feel yourself becoming a bridezilla.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Where the...
2021-06-2813 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 3: Bridal Blues & ChangeIn today’s episode, we are talking about all the negative emotions that brides feel that we don’t really make space for in our culture.
We expect brides to be all smiles and pretend that nothing is wrong. We don’t give brides the opportunity to have the full range of emotions that a change like this requires.
Listen in as I discuss the 4 squares of the change cycle you go through as you prepare for your wedding.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
How brides go through a death and rebi...
2021-06-2815 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 2: What is Wedding Drama?In today’s episode we are diving into wedding drama and why is it never about what it’s about. Wedding drama is real but it has the potential to be magic.
So much of wedding drama is letting go of your old life and stepping into a new one. Brides feel so much pressure leading up to their weddings and that’s when the drama can set in.
Listen in as I discuss, the pressures of social media, listening to everyone else and not ourselves, and the impact your wedding can have on your friend...
2021-06-2814 minWhispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding DramaEpisode 1: What is Bridal Coaching?Welcome to the Whispers to a Bride Podcast. In this first episode, I am explaining the fundamentals about what is bridal coaching and how it can help you.
There is so much focus on wedding preparation and looking good for your wedding but we don’t focus on how to have more peace in your own mind, your own heart, and your relationships.
Listen in as I discuss, how bridal coaching can help your entire married life, the missing piece I discovered to planning a wedding, and the importance of relationships during this time.
...
2021-06-2817 min
Uncommon CouchForging a New Path: From Therapist to Bridal Coach with Kara GhassabehAs an uncommon therapist with unique ideas, you might find that you create a brand new service that fills an important need! That’s exactly what my amazing client, Kara Ghassabeh did. Kara is a bridal coach that helps brides navigate the stressful engagement period, build strong relationships with those that matter most, and manage wedding drama with grace. She talks about how she recognized the need for this service throughout her own experience as a bride. Kara and I discuss some of the big changes that occur for brides after they get engaged and what challenges thi...
2021-03-1632 min