The Big Wedding Planning Podcast

#211 Military Weddings

08.19.2020 - By Michelle MartínezPlay

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Bree Carroll is a Wedding and Event Specialist, Speaker and Coach who transforms spaces and hearts through authentic design and purposeful planning. With a background in civil engineering, Bree brings her brilliance of problem solving and eye for design to couples so they DESIGN a marriage even more beautiful than their wedding day. She has been featured in Military Spouse Magazine, Military Family Magazine and the B Collective. She is also the 2020 Armed Forces Insurance Air Force Spouse of the Year advocating for strong military marriages & is the Founder of Military Marriage Day.

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Big Takeaways

Often, in military wedding planning, you don’t have control of the timeline.

Timing can be based around deployments or trainings.

Planners are so important. Most times, the active duty member cannot contribute as much in the process. Someone like Bree also has direct person experience in marrying an active duty member. That kind of guidance and assistance is invaluable.

Set priorities, and be thoughtful of the other person right up front, even when they are not there. Know your partner can come into the wedding and feel seen.

Working together is a KEY.

Know the deployment schedule and plan the date off of that. Do your due diligence. If you are in the military, in a military family, you have people everywhere you go! The community is huge and welcoming.

Success of the marriage is more important than success of the wedding! Be intentional, and set the foundation for a healthy, happy marriage.

Show up in and for yourself before you try to show up in the marriage.

Links We Referenced

bcarrollevents.com

alpinerings.com

instagram.com/bcarrollevents

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hearts-stripes/id1489210212

https://www.militarymarriageday.com

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