Ashley and Chris discuss all things related to choosing your wedding photographer. As wedding photographer's themselves, they have a unique perspective and give you a behind-the-curtain look into things to watch out for and what's likely the real aspects that are important to you.

They dive into all things priorities, figuring out how much you "should" budget, why you should care about seeing full galleries and more!

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PDF DOWNLOAD: CHOOSING THE RIGHT WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

Because we're into it: SHOOTING THE SHIT

Before we dive in (16 minutes), Ashley dishes on the coolest homemade gift her brother made her (and how no one can believe he MADE it. Ashley and her husband, Justin, also signed up for The Adventure Box Challenge and they're absolutely obsessed. On the opposing side of the mic, Chris had a first this weekend. He officiated a wedding! In other Chris-news, Chris and Lara enjoyed a new trash-TV show and divulged all things Bling Empire. Guest-starring background sound-effects from Chris' son Sterling doing good things on Fortnite.

Episode topic starts at 15:30 minute mark

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This week, Chris shares on Family of Origin with Ashley and how it's helped him understand and improve his relationship with his wife, Lara. This episode is intended to introduce what family of origin means, how your family of origin impacts your relationships, and how understanding your family of origin can potentially benefit your marriage.

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PDF: for Family of Origin

BOOK: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality *author writes from a religious perspective but there are great takeaways for anyone.

PODCAST: The Allender Center, Family of Origin Archive

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At the top of this week's episode, Chris and Ashley talk about their awful sleep habits, some of their favorite, most-entertaining influencers, and what they were like in High School.

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This week, Ashley and Chris dive into their (least) favorite monster, the Comparison Trap. The Comparison Trap plagues us all throughout our lives, and comparison was intended, at the most basic level, to be a tool for us to continuously push ourselves to be better. However, in the age of social media, this took on a new form and became a mental health disaster. Throw in wedding planning into the mix and the beast takes over.

In this episode, explore The Bridal Breakdown's signature method to handling The Comparison Trap, why you should consider a gratitude practice, how to find inspiration to avoid comparing and using social media in a less mentally-destructive way.

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PDF DOWNLOAD: BEATING THE COMPARISON TRAP

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224

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At the beginning of this week's episode, we shoot the shit about our common love for the Emo/Alternative genre, Ashley's editing cave and Lightroom frustrations as well as Chris having a really important moment where he puts his 9ness to the side (enneagram lovers) and has a pretty confrontational conversation.

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Planning your wedding isn't for the faint of heart in the first place. Add in planning during a global pandemic and multiply that feeling by 1000. It's not fun for you. This week, Ashley and Chris dive into a conversation surrounding this, mindset shifts, and pivoting expectations so you're happy with your wedding celebration's outcome. As wedding photographers, they've seen couples go through this first hand and share the way other couples have spun getting married in 2020 + 2021 to improve their wedding day and their mental health leading up to it.

Between the unpredictable nature of new mandates and having to sit in the feeling of 'this isn't how I always thought my wedding would be,' you don't have to feel blindsided.

SHOOTING THE SHIT

At the beginning of the episode, Ashley shares her new relationship hack where she convinced her husband to do all of the grocery shopping and cooking, and Chris dishes on his conservative in-law's binging the one and only Breaking Bad!

Episode Topic Starts at 13:00 min mark

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EMOTION WHEEL: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/emotion-wheel

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Did you grow up thinking planning your wedding was going to be the absolute best... just to realize that now that you're engaged, it's kind of the worst? If you're nodding your head yes, you're not alone.

This week, Ashley and Chris dive into why wedding planning can be mentally taxing and what you can do about it to improve your mental health while actually having FUN being engaged to the love of your life.

We'll discuss the idea behind how planning your wedding with intention will ground you throughout the process, how to building boundaries with family and friends to maintain positive relationships, and why defining your "Wedding Why" first above all else can be so pivotal.

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Wedding With Intention by Karen Hopkins

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During this episode, Ashley and Chris unpack how they met, how The Bridal Breakdown got started, what kind of content you can expect to hear, how much planning has gone into launching this show, and the importance of self-awareness!

You can expect to hear us hitting on the following topics during an episode:

-Intentional Planning

-Mental Health
-Marriage

-Relationships

-Personal Development

We are passionate about creating a community around these topics for brides and couples who are navigating marriage. Follow us to join in on conversations we are having online!

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