Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

In the first of regular money based Bridechilla podcast episodes, I welcome the host of Your Millennial Money Shannah Game. we talk about joining finances, working as a team and dealing with student debt when it comes to planning your wedding and beyond. I am excited to extend this conversation and hopefully help you change your money-saving and budgeting game! Be on your way to wedding Planning Z...

Wedding stress and pressure can happen in lots of different ways and we all cope and manage it individually. Today’s episode, I share voice messages from Bridechilla’s those who are in the last months of wedding planning. I know that whatever stage you may be at you will find value and connect with their stories and hopefully look at the ways that you’re managing stress and pressure and most impor...

The wedding industry is still fairly blinkered when it comes to the topic of feminism, with so many patriarchal attachments and ye olde traditions attached to the world wedding…so can you still be a feminist and get hitched? My guest says 'It's possible to rage against the machine while wearing a white wedding dress!'. I'm joined by returning Bridechilla guest Katrina Majkut aka 'The Feminist Brid...

Searching for a wedding photographer can become overwhelming very quickly. With endless options of places to search and people to discover, you might be wondering where to start. In this episode of bridechilla Cavin Elizabeth Urquhart, from Cavin Elizabeth Photography shares her tips and insights into navigating the seemingly endless list of photographers and honing in to find the right photograph...

Recently I invited the Bridechilla community to share how health has factored into wedding planning decisions. We had a wonderful response that really showed how little we talk about these issues. This episode's guest is writer, appearance activist and Bridechilla Graduate, Carly Findlay. She challenges people's thinking about what it's like to have a visibly different appearance and is a wealth o...

A well overdue episode of the Bridechilla Podcast celebrating marriage equality and diversity of our community. I’m joined by Kirsten Palladino from Equallywed.com, a fantastic hub for modern LGBTQ weddings and equality-minded wedding pros. We talk about being progressive with the terminology we use and working with the LGBTQ community to keep things moving in a more positive and open direction. B...

If you are suffering from Pinterest and inspiration overwhelm, then this episode of The Bridechilla podcast might help you find clarity and ways to focus on using Pinterest to your advantage. Honing in on colors, textures and aesthetic details are can help you develop your own vision for your wedding. I am joined by designer Michelle Edgemont who shares her easy to follow technique to pin like cra...

Bridechilla Brittany (who is also the founder of the fabulous Bridal accessories rental company Happily Ever Borrowed). Brittany shares a hilarious story about her Mums deep interest in her hair length for the wedding (and knowledge of updos) and also being a very efficient Bridechilla Brittany and having lots of details already planned, is struggling to give her family and friends things to do to...

Sometimes it’s the little details that make a big difference especially when you are focusing on planning a big event like a wedding. In this episode of the Bridechilla Podcast, I’m joined by wedding coordinator and planner Erica Greenwold Reisen from Folie à Deux Events who shares some of the most essential smaller details that are often forgotten or left to the last minute that will make your we...

So you’ve created a wedding budget… now to the often tricky and challenging phase of trying to stick to it. I am delighted to welcome back one of our first guests on the Bridechilla podcast, Jessica from thebudgetsavvybride.com to share some of the insights that she has learned over the last decade of running her blog and also that she sharing in her new wedding planning book. Be on your way to we...

Part 2 of Your Wedding Planning Regrets, where we talk family wedding regrets, which includes allowing them to have to have too much control and input, money not starting to save early enough and jumping into vendor agreements sooner than necessary out of FOMO. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off yo...

I recently asked members of the Bridechilla Community to share some of their biggest wedding planning regrets and boy did the flood gates open! Money, FOMO, pressure from some vendors, bridal party, overcommitting of time. The list goes on. In part 1 of this 2 part show, I share some of the best regrets and also how we can all learn from them and use them to create more peaceful and focused plans...

Food and what catering to choose can be big decisions when it comes to planning your wedding. Guest is Sarah Hall, shares her insights into navigating your culinary tastes balanced with special diets picky eaters kids and all the intricacies of planning a meal for your nearest and dearest. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the C...

In this classic Bridechilla Podcast Episode, I bring you EASY Ways to De-Clone Your Wedding, removing the cookie cutter element and adding more YOU! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-f...

Weddings and parties are great but as today’s guest, Shawn Miller says ‘what good is an amazing wedding without an amazing marriage to back it up?’. I love talking about all of the details about weddings but hopefully, by now you have also become aware that the Bridechilla Podcast is all about focusing on relationships and communication- all the stuff that is emotionally connected to planning a we...

Comedian, Bridechilla, and Podcaster Talia Pollock talks about the cult mindset of '#sheddingforthewedding', managing stress and we look at different mindsets for relaxation and we also share our tips for giving yourself permission to be different and not follow the crowd, Talia is a total Bridechilla, she even asked her best friend to 'not be her bridesmaid' and is including her love of healthy f...

Creating Your Wedding Day Timeline. I share the secrets to creating an easy to follow wedding day timeline, to being organized and most importantly, ditching the bridezilla and becoming a Bridechilla! Inspired by a listener question, these episodes are must-listen if you are scheduling your big day (that’s everyone). Even if you are working with a wedding planner, it can be stressful working out t...

Looking after yourself ahead of wedding planning is often something we can forget how to do. Guest, Bridechilla Tracy is a CPC-I (Clinical professional counselor Intern) in Las Vegas, NV who contacted us, keen to share her experiences as a Bridechilla and a mental health professional. I am so happy to share this episode and hope that it inspires you to step back from the stress and be mindful of y...

Recently I invited members of the Bridechilla Community to share what has inspired or aspects that they have found a turn-off, attending other people's weddings. If you haven't heard (and read the fabulous blog that accompanies) Part 1, jump back and check it out. There are so many great suggestions that will guarantee to delight and inspire you! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bri...

Recently I asked members of the Bridechilla community, our Facebook group, what were some of the experiences and observations from past weddings that have inspired their own wedding planning, either by giving them ideas or cementing the details an aspect that they don’t want include in their wedding day. In the next couple of episodes of the podcast, I share some of our favorites. There are so man...

This week I was invited by fellow podcasters Lisa Mark & Rebecca Lozer to appear on their show, The Secret Life of Weddings. As professional wedding photographers with over 20 years of combined experience, they share wild wedding stories from around the globe. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off you...

Getting married is all about committing to being a team! Often weddings are portrayed as the ‘Brides day’, an event that she has been ‘dreaming about since childhood’ and that weddings are a one-sided event that only women care about. I can speak confidently for the Bridechilla community when I say that a majority of our community didn’t grow up dreaming about the little details of a wedding, more...

This episode of Bridechilla, we feature two messages from Bridechilla Graduates Hilary and Dani. Hilary is having trouble with their photographer, who is pushing the friendship with the delivery of their wedding photographs, three months post-wedding. She asks for advice on how to deal with the situation, maintain her chill but also ensure that they get the much-awaited images of their wedding day...

A jam-packed Bridechilla Wedding Podcast thing week, with wedding planning Q&A, where I answer your questions and in the second half of the show I bring you an interview with lighting expert Kevin Dennis to drop some serious knowledge about the power of lighting and how good lighting can change a venue for the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly and Susannah are the award-winning creative duo behind Revelry Events - London-based wedding planners who love rulebook-free weddings and in this episode of the Bridechilla Podcast, they join me to bust some common wedding planning myths! We cover everything from the myth that vendors are all out to rinse you of your hard-earned cash to hiring friends and suppliers and the pressure of all of...