Your I Do Crew: A Wedding Planning Podcast

109: Skip the fad diets, throw away your weight-loss shakes, and get ready to nurture your wedding body! Nutritional Therapist Hanna Sender is the founder of Bride and Bliss Bridal Nutrition, and she is on a mission! She wants to help brides-to-be get out of the mindset that they have to deprive themselves of food that they love in order to get the "perfect wedding body".  Hanna is ready to show us how being mindful and making choices by quality over quantity can lead to fulfilling, sustainable lifestyle choices. She is here to empower you to find lasting joy!

#bridalnutrition #weddingbody #foodislove

https://www.brideandbliss.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bride.and.bliss/

108: What type of reading should you have at your wedding? Who should read it?? Should you even have one?!?!  Atonn takes the mystery out of picking the perfect reading to commemorate your wedding day, and offers some guidance on where to look for readings that will fit into your theme, and enhance your whole wedding experience.

#publicspeaking #weddingreading #whattosay

106: LIVE FROM VEGAS, BABY! Since our planned guest was sick, and Lindsay was jetlagged, Atonn decided to talk about FAMILY weddings - meaning a wedding where the couple already has kids - we frequently talk about blended families as "Yours, Mine, and Ours" since it could be kids that were had together, or kids from previous relationships, or both... but whatever the situation, it creates an amazing opportunity to include the children in the wedding ceremony. What a wonderful way to symbolize the full joining together of the new family, into one cohesive unit!  Now. before you make any plans, MAKE SURE THAT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED! You don't want to create extra anxiety or difficulty for a child who feels alienated, who maybe isn't comfortable with the marriage, or public speaking. But if you respect their boundaries, and they choose to participate in a meaningful way, it can be one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences of your life!  

#blendedfamily #yoursmineours #bonusparent #bonuskids #stepparent #stepkid

0105: Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink! What if... you woke up on the day of your wedding, and the news was on high alert - that all of the water in your area was toxic? it couldn't be used to cook, drink, wash, or anything! How do you think that would impact your wedding day? That's what happened in August of 2014 in Toledo, OH! Lindsay has this week's Horror Story, about a wedding that took place during the Lake Erie Water Crisis of 2014 - she's giving us all the juicy details! 

#weddinghorrorstory #toledowatercrisis #lakeeriewatercrisis #toxicalgaebloom #dontdrinkthewater

104: Happy Anniversary! That's right, we've been bringing you weekly wedding tips and interviews for 2 years; that's one hundred and four knowledge bombs, horror stories, and more. So in this episode, we are feeling a bit reflective, and talk about what got us into the wedding industry, and what our first weddings were like!

103: Lindsay and Atonn interview Dalia Atisha, a multi-award winning event and wedding planner, and the owner of 'The Event Planner, Inc'! A Certified Wedding Planner, Dalia has been planning weddings, corporate and social events from conception to completion for over 17 years! We met her at the Knot Wedding Pro workshop in Detroit, which she and her team helped to coordinate. Speaking of her team, they have an extensive and diverse list of clientele from international destination weddings and High-Ranking delegates to NFL players. The events she and her team plan are unparalleled and fashion-forward exemplifying her client’s taste and style. We love it!

http://www.theeplanner.com

http://www.instagram.com/theeventplannerinc

http://www.facebook.com/theeventplannerinc

102: If we preach one message over and over, it's that wedding pros work best when we can all focus on our specialties - photographers take the best pictures when they don't have to pin flowers to tuxedo lapels; DJ's do their best work when they aren't also trying to get the wedding party lined up for the ceremony, and so on! Well, one of our favorite local vendors contacted us to talk about this exact subject! We are so excited to welcome NW Ohio Wedding Planner/Consultant Brooke Lauber-Cobb, owner of Bee for the Day, onto the podcast! Brooke is a 20+ year veteran of the wedding industry, so she knows exactly what she's talking about! She talks with us about how "Staying in your lane" helps the entire wedding process run smoothly, from start to finish - and this doesn't just apply to the wedding pros, either! We discuss how can also apply to the couple, their family, and more - all of which helps to keep everyone happy and stress free!

Find out more about Brooke and her "bees" at https://beefortheday.com  or find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bftdtoledo  or Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/beefortheday/

#stayinyourlane  #beefortheday  #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

101: This one is not for the faint of heart!  Whenever people find out that Atonn works as a wedding officiant, they always ask him "have you ever had anyone say 'I DON'T', haha?" - and while the answer to that question is NO for Atonn... Lindsay has had a slightly different experience! Warning, this one might make you uncomfortable, so strap in and get ready!

#idont #leftatthealtar #callitoff

100: The wedding planning process can be wonderful, significant, and rewarding, but it can also be... a little stressful at times! And when a couple is in the middle of planning a wedding, it can put even MORE stress on their relationship - so if wedding planning can be an emotional minefield, what do you do? Well that's where Dr Courtney Paré comes in! She is a licensed naturopathic doctor and holistic relationship coach with a passion for helping people create healthy relationships, with themselves and others. She specializes in helping couples deal with their underlying relationship issues and anxieties, so that they can really enjoy a happy wedding, and happy life together!  

http://www.facebook.com/drcourtneypare

http://www.instagram.com/dr_courtney_pare

http://www.nhsvirginia.com