Can you believe we hit the one year mark here at the Getting Married Multiculturally Podcast?! Woohoo! 

Come and celebrate with me as I share a gift and a fun giveaway with you!

Plus listen to my interview I had on the Borderless Stories with KC, where I talk about my life story and intercultural marriage.

Thank you so much for being part of the GMM podcast community, regardless if you are new to the show, (there is a lot of binge listening to do!), you are a long time follower, or somebody who tunes in occasionally!

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I’m so excited to introduce you to Carly Petracco, who is an American wedding celebrant and founder of the Your European Wedding Celebrant, based in Portugal. In this episode she shares her journey traveling and moving to different countries, and how she had three weddings with her Portuguese husband.

Carly talks about:

• What was her biggest culture shock when learning about different cultural wedding traditions and rituals?

• How does she help intercultural couples create their personalized wedding ceremony that’s not dry, boring, too long and overly formal?

• What do wedding celebrants do beside marrying couples and creating personalized wedding ceremonies?

• What’s the best way to blend (or in her own words, bring together) different cultural traditions together? Should couples have two separate ceremonies, or one blended?
• Differences between legal and symbolic wedding ceremonies.
• Family dynamics and expectations. And how to start your intercultural marriage in the right way?

Carly really helped me understand that in the end, it is really about what you believe in. Religious, legal or symbolic ceremony. It doesn’t matter!

“Yes, marriage is a contract between two people, but I think you can also approach it in a much more beautiful way. And I think you just have a lot more flexibility when doing a symbolic wedding ceremony.”

Carly is very much involved in helping couples who want a personalized wedding ceremony that is really is about the two of them, so she created a few courses that teaches couples to write their wedding vows and speeches.

“How amazing is this job!? People who I've never met are sitting down with me to share incredibly intimate personal stories about themselves and about their love. They're asking me to then be a part of one of the most intimate rituals that we have as a culture, as a people, as a species. That was the moment when I said, okay this is what I want to do! This sort of intimacy is something that I really cherish. It’s a big honor and a responsibility that couples invite me to be part of their day. And I do everything I can to honor that trust.”

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Part 2 of our conversation:https://editvasadi.com/bilingual-ceremonies-carly/

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Connect with Carly:

Website: https://youreuropeanweddingcelebrant.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourweddingcelebrant/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youreuropeanweddingcelebrant/

Udemy courses: https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-write-your-perfect-wedding-speech/

https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-write-your-perfect-wedding-vows/

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Marcela is from Mexico, and she lives in Texas with her American husband, Brian. They had a blended Mexican-American wedding, spiced up with some Game of Thrones and Harry Potter themes.

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In this episode I have some exciting news about the GMM podcast, plus sharing four reasons why Adam and I love to travel together. Tune it!

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After talking about my personal story in part 1, in this episode I’m sharing 13 tips on what to do when we start to feel isolated in a foreign country. After all, why would we even get lonely?!

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Resources mentioned:

- "The Moving Abroad Blues: Can It Cause Depression?" by Harley Therapy Counseling Blog: https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/moving-abroad-cause-depression.htm

-"The Expat Blues: Coping with the Loneliness of an Overseas Move" by Making Here Home: https://makingherehome.com/2017/09/26/expat-blues/

Everything was amazing in the beginning when I moved to America. We were so happy to finally be together, and I got familiar with the place pretty quickly. But shortly after we got into our everyday routines, I started to feel disconnected from my husband, and isolated from my new environment. I was struggling to fit in.

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You should not waste your time taking curated pictures, spend it with your loved ones!

I’m here to convince you to find a wedding photographer who will capture those real, unexpected and imperfect moments. Somebody who is focusing on documenting this day, instead of staging and creating fake memories.

Some of the moments I've captured: Documentary Experience

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Bridechilla article: How to make your wedding day not about photography.

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“Should everything always be amazing, perfect and bubbly when you are together with your family 24/7 for weeks?!”

This summer I spent 5 weeks visiting my family in Europe. We did a lot of traveling together and made a ton of memories. It was -by far- my longest stay, and by the end of it the question I’ve wrote above popped in my head.

What happens when you are compressing a year worth of time with your loved ones in just a couple of weeks? How does it feel to move in with your parents for a month and a half? Is it possible to enjoy a vacation with different generations?

This podcast episode is a bit different than the others. I’ve recorded it during my vacation in Croatia, and I sure had a lot to say about the ups and downs of vacationing with your long distance relationship family. A little bit of guilt, frustration, and a lot of love! 

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Most of us had to learn or adopt other languages during our intercultural relationship, so let’s not forget this important piece, when it comes to wedding planning. We want to make sure everybody feels included and understands what’s going on. Right?!

In this episode I’m sharing some ideas to incorporate different languages into your multicultural wedding. Enjoy!

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Everybody who wants to build a life together in a foreign country needs to think about this. How much of a responsibility are you taking and how big your commitment is to this relationship? 

I know there are thousands of reasons you want or need to move, but not everybody is experiencing this process in the same way I did. 

In episode 34 I’m sharing some tips and ideas to prepare yourself and get more confident about this big move.

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