This is the first guest episode I ever recorded for this podcast, and I chose my bestie and phenomenal birthworker Katie Painter (who was my own doula!) to be my guinea pig. We talked about everything and anything related to planning a wedding while pregnant and having a wedding with your kids present, including…

• Unsolicited advice versus expertise and how the unique situations of your wedding plan, your pregnancy, or really any big life change are best guided, and how to honour that unique-to-you situation with boundaries

• Balancing parenthood and entrepreneurship

• How your wedding plan might change with a baby, and when a new parent might feel ready to have their wedding

• How it might feel to be planning a wedding while pregnant, with a baby, and with a toddler

• And at what ages Katie and I think we could manage having our own kids as part of the wedding

If you’re pregnant, you’ll definitely want to check out Katie’s website and follow her on Instagram!

Find me on Instagram, where I answer all of my DM'S, and check out my website to work with me, and to learn more about The Jumpstart.

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I interview money expert (and co-host of the Money Feels Podcast) Alyssa Davies about:

• The complex question of buying a home vs. or while planning a wedding, whether it’s better to rent or buy a home, and starter homes vs. forever homes;

• Getting on the same page as your partner, what to talk about before anything else, and how to have a wedding that’s genuinely reflective you;

• How the guest list impacts the overall wedding budget - Alyssa shares her own wedding budget (for 35 people!), and talks about where she spent and where she saved (and what she regrets)…

• And finally, Carrie-Ann gets some free money therapy and Alyssa explains exactly how to talk to your partner about money!

Check out the Money Feels Podcast (I mention the episode “Timelines + Building Your Ideal Life”), find Alyssa on Instagram, and check out her books The 100 Day Financial Journal and Financial First Aid and more on her website.

You can find me on Instagram, where I answer all of my DM'S, and check out my website to work with me, or learn more about The Jumpstart.

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In this episode I share:

• Realistic wedding budgets in three price ranges

• What type of wedding venue you should seek out in each price range

• What you can expect for your money and average costs of a wedding photographer, DJ, and other wedding vendors

• Some wild stories from past events, of course ;)

Find me on Instagram and check out my website.

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Check out all the the resources and awesome humans I mention in the episode:

CARRIE-ANN’S RESOURCES

• My “What’s Missing From Your Wedding Budget?” workshop

• My Planning Files Bundle

• The Jumpstart

• The Wedding Edit, The Journey, The Joy Ride

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Megan Dowd @withmegandowd, a brilliant business coach, about to go on maternity leave but you should follow her if you’re an entrepreneur

• Alyssa Davies @mixedupmoney and The Money Feels podcast

• Ashleigh Coffie and the Hue I Do podcast @hueidowed

My friend, Gaby Balsells - a couple’s therapist and relationship expert, joins me to talk about being your partner’s PR person, designing your own family, and setting boundaries with your parents.

Find Gaby on her website, on Instagram, and on LinkedIn. Her podcast, Love 101, is available wherever you like to listen.

Find me on Instagram, where I answer all of my DM'S, and check out my website to work with me, or learn more about The Jumpstart.

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RESOURCES

In this episode, we talk about Gaby’s podcast, Love 101 - specifically episode #6: “How to Blend Traditions for the Holidays + Setting Boundaries with the In-Laws.” You can find it wherever you like to listen.

Ashleigh Coffie, co-host of Hue I Do, a wedding podcast in its fourth year of production, joins me to talk about some of the things she can’t stand about the wedding industry, and what we want you to know before you start planning your wedding. We talk about how what you typically see about weddings in major publications is misleading, what causes couples to get overwhelmed before they even really get started planning, and why big wedding parties are a nuisance.

Don't be shy to DM me on Instagram and be sure to share the episode and tag both @ca.theweddingcoach & @hueidowed

Find Asheigh on Instagram at @demitashe and search Hue I Do wherever you listen to podcasts, or at @hueidowed on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

To work with me, your very own wedding coach, check out http://bit.ly/jumpstartyourwedding

RESOURCES

The episodes of Hue I Do that Ashleigh recommends at the end of the episode are:

78: Setting Boundaries with Family and Friends with Carrie-Ann Kloda

91: Dissecting Imposter Bridal + Wedding Syndrome with Ebony Foreman, Carrie-Ann Kloda, and DJ Toryn L

108: The Actual Responsibilities of the Bridal Party with Alexis Y. Hardy

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In this episode, I tear Pinterest a new one, and then I share my tips for creating a wedding mood board that will actually be useful to marriers (and their vendors).

I mention two IG accounts I love for out-of-the box wedding inspiration: @offbeatwed https://offbeatwed.com/ @rocknrollbride https://www.rocknrollbride.com/

I also love searching https://unsplash.com/ for backgrounds and design ideas.

And the two sites I use for mood boarding are https://coolors.co/ for palettes, and https://milanote.com/ for your actual mood boarding.

Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ca.theweddingcoach and check out my website https://www.kithandkinweddings.ca/

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