Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding Drama

There 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 you’ll learn from this episode:

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I 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 fiance or that you shouldn't be getting married.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

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Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

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Get your copy of the book,  Whispers to a Bride: https://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Bride-handle-stress-drama/dp/B0BCRXBQFN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UXWJVJOF3MNI&keywords=whispers+to+a+bride&qid=1662643892&sprefix=whispers+to+a+bride%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1

The 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:

Featured on the show:

Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

Check out The Bridal Prep Academy: https://karamaureen.com

Let’s connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraMaureenBridalCoaching

Get your copy of the book,  Whispers to a Bride: https://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Bride-handle-stress-drama/dp/B0BCRXBQFN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UXWJVJOF3MNI&keywords=whispers+to+a+bride&qid=1662643892&sprefix=whispers+to+a+bride%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1

I 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:

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Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

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Let’s connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraMaureenBridalCoaching

There 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:

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Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

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In 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:

Featured on the show:

Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

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One 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 yourself why this makes sense, why this appeals to you, and why you thought this was important.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

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When 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:

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Becoming 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 you’ll learn from this episode:

Featured on the show:

Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

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I 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 remembering this golden relationship ratio is going to help your relationships so much.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

Featured on the show:

Follow me on Instagram to learn more about navigating your wedding with grace and ease: https://www.instagram.com/karaghassabeh/

Check out The Bridal Prep Academy: https://karamaureen.com

Let’s connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraMaureenBridalCoaching