Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

Last November we were lucky enough to fly to Maui, in Hawaii to celebrate Belinda and Luke’s wedding. Belinda is my cousin and bestie who has appeared on the Bridechilla Podcast in the lead up to their wedding- she’s laid back and funny. We recap their wedding week, what they learned from the experience. We talk traditions, meaningful details, wedding planners and how really focusing on incorporating genuine aspects of who you are as a couple, leads to an awesome day. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am a huge advocate of supporting local businesses especially when it comes to wedding planning. I am also an advocate of good customer service and making sure that the vendor is that you hire are reliable, have good references and testimonials and don't rip you off! Today on the show I share three stories from bridechillas, who have had less than exemplary service when it comes to dress suppliers and designers. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about money is not always easy- in any facet of our lives. Most of us aren’t raised to speak openly about what we are spending our money on and how much we earn and it can be hard to ask friends and family to contribute financially to things and talk openly about cash. Knowing where you stand, who is paying for what and how it is all going to play out will leave you so much calmer and prepared and far outweigh the temporary awkwardness, some of us feel about speaking about money. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have been a little under the weather this week and have lost my voice so instead of heating croaky McCroke on the show, I present to you this Best of Bridechilla episode! I’ve been working on my new book… which is all being a bridechilla (of course) and I started to create a list of wedding planning truths, things that will just happen when you are wedding planning and basically the sooner we accept them the sooner we can get over them and move on. As soon as I finish the list I realized this would be a great podcast topic. In this episode, I cover everything from… the gargantuan amount of wedding dresses on offer that all seem to look the same, why I believe wedding magazines are on the way out, how to avoid getting sucked into creating an over the top themed, extravaganza wedding and your inevitable move into becoming a bridechilla politician, one of the many hats that you will wear over your wedding planning time. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Groomchilla OG Rich (Aleisha’s hubby) co-hosts the show this episode. Bridechilla Mallory booked her venue in winter (when it was covered in snow) and now upon her return sans snow, there is a big fat ditch where they aisle will be! What to do? We talk overseas tipping and dressing for a same-sex wedding. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weddings and parties are great but as my guest, Shawn Miller says ‘what good is an amazing wedding without an amazing marriage to back it up?' Shawn (along with his wife Erica) is the founder of Young Hip & Married. Most people spend more time training for the job than they do for their marriage and I know that this episode will encourage you to invest some time into the success of your marriage by dedicating time and energy to not just wedding planning but also your relationship and the future. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, manners, guest etiquette and what we can do to help our guests not make us cray! Inspired by a blog post by one of this episode's guest Kristen, I know you will find this episode valuable in your wedding planning. My guests, friends of the Bridechilla Podcast, Cristina from plantheday.com and Kristen from lovenotery.com. Kristen's post 'Don't be that Wedding Guest' explores some of the ways that other people's behavior and poor judgment can negatively influence your experience as a Bridechilla. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a Bridechilla isn’t always easy but with this podcast, wine and access to a field to scream in, you will be on your way! Today on the Bridechilla Podcast, it’s Q&A time, where I put on my virtual bridesmaid shoes and help you out with some different perspectives on wedding planning problems and hopefully solutions too! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the things that I love about producing the Bridechilla podcast is the diversity of the bridechilla community. We all come from different backgrounds, family Histories, religions, and cultures and there are so many wonderful ways to incorporate these details and traditions into modern weddings today on the show I welcome Bridechilla Chloe who left me a fantastic voice message explaining the highs and lows of her wedding planning so far. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The one thing we can’t do, as much as it would be helpful (but perhaps a tad totalitarian and evil) is control other people and how they feel and act. A lot of questions that we receive on the Bridechilla Podcast are about how other people are reacting and communicating during YOUR wedding planning…how their behaviour is making your life unnecessarily stressful. We feel obligation and pressure to make choices that don’t fit with our plans or ‘dreams’. It can be hard. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla, Comedian and Girl Code star Jamie Lee joins me to share some marvels from her new wedding planning book Weddiculous. She brings her first-hand experiences and hilarious hard-won insights. Putting the madness into perspective, Jamie and I talk all about how the label of Bridezilla should be finally retired, how to juggle having a life and planning your wedding and why there is someone that is always in need of the attention (and big hint, it 99% of the time is not the bride). 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am so happy and PROUD that the Bridechilla community came out in droves to share your feedback, stories and personal responses to my recent body image episode (ep 248). I received an enormous amount of emails and voice messages from you all, from all over the world, which made me smile, shrug, laugh and want to come and hug every one of you for your honesty, compassion, and strength. Body image issues and perception is an ongoing conversation that we should be talking about way more often in the press. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every second Wednesday I am lucky enough to share an hour with today’s guests Cristina and Kristen. They are my friends and fellow wedding business ladies. In this episode we talk about post engagement stress, the pressure you feel to instantly have all of the answers when you really just want to feel the joy of being in love (not giving people dates and details). We also talk about money and the challenge that some couples can feel talking about money in new relationships. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Simone is looking for advice about music for smaller weddings. Should they book a DJ for their wedding pf 30 people? Is it weird? Bridechilla Morgan is not only hilarious she is a true member of our Bridechilla community...her voice message hits on so many points about traditions, wedding forum psychos and how frustrating (and ridiculous) it can be to be pressured to make decisions immediately…guaranteed enjoyment here! All that and more on Bridechilla! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am so happy to have Jen Glantz back on the Bridechilla Podcast, to share some of her adventures, to talk about her theory that Bridesmaids are really warriors and some very handy and truth talking advice when it comes to selecting who you want to be a part of your big day and who you should ditch when it comes to your bridal party. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So much to say about today’s Bridechilla Podcast Q&A Thursday episode. My Mother-in-Law Veronika is back to help me answer your questions! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode explores body image and how as Bridechillas we are constantly being told that we should be having a great time and enjoying every moment of the planning process, that we should look our best…but who decides what ‘our best’ that is? We’re told we should strive to look a certain way on our wedding day (and in life in general) but the great injustice is that we should be putting that energy into how we feel and being healthy! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fabulously eclectic collection of questions from Bridechillas in need! Today I am delighted that we will be following Bridechilla Brittany, from www.happilyeverborrowed.com and her wedding planning. Bridechilla Elena shares some hardcore time and money-saving tips that will absolutely help you get your shit in order and really focus on tasks that will get your wedding planned and not just looking at ‘pretty things’ that you probably won’t use in your big day. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mixing new family relationships, party planning and a bunch of cash isn’t always the easiest formula to success. You’ve got a lot of opinions and occasionally some pretty cray power plays at work…add that to different ways of communicating, (yelling, sarcasm, bossiness) and planning a wedding can turn out to be a somewhat challenging task. Today I am joined by my Mother-in-law, Veronika to talk about building new family relationships and answer some of your family-related wedding planning questions! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Bridechilla Kate updates us on her pre-election engagement party…were there dramas? Bridechilla Meg is the definition of cool… they’ve locked in all of the details without a hitch but her one big problem is her worrying MIL. How can she tell her to CALM DOWN without being rude and abrasive? I invite my MIL Veronika on (who also loves a worry!) to help answer that wonderful question. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So many couples just whack together a playlist and hope for the best. This episode we crack the case of creating the ideal wedding music for your big day! The job of a wedding DJs has evolved and today’s podcast guest, Tony Winyard has been Dj-ing for over twenty years! He’s worked at over two thousand weddings and has an enduring passion for helping to make weddings both memorable and fun with the entertainment that he provides. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Best of Bridechilla episode, Aleisha looks at some of the wedding traditions that can consider ditching (or changing) to suit your needs. Historically the world of weddings is choc a block with old timey superstitious from yesteryear. When we delve deeper into their beginnings, it’s puzzling to see why we have clung on to them for so long…today’s show features some suggestion from Aleisha about wedding traditions that you can ditch or make your own! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s BEST OF BRIDECHILLA episode I welcome Dr Lindsay Bira, a clinical health psychologist who is here to help us with the tools to put into place to prevent stress or at least lessen the burden especially when it comes to wedding planning. Being stressed doesn’t mean you aren’t happy, or not coping…everyone manages (and recognises) stress in different ways, so in today’s show, Dr Lindsay gives us some very practical ways to alter our communication, be more mindful and hopefully by the end of the show you will be on your way to being more aware of your stress triggers and how to settle the anxiety and communicate with friends and family more productively. Dr Lindsay Bira is a clinical health psychologist functioning as a therapist, consultant and speaker in San Antonio, TX. In these episodes we hope to reduce stigma related to mental illness and mental health treatments. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Amy from Calgary and her fiancé have been together for 5 years. Amy proposed to her boyfriend 6 months ago but now she's asking for our advice about how to motivate her fiancé to be interested and involved in the actual planning. Bridechilla Tatiana is dealing with grumpy vendors who have email response tude. How does she get them to up their game? Should she call them on it or just move on? 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechillas continue to push the envelope with unique and experiential wedding details. Couples are wanting their guests to be more involved so they are picking non-traditional venues and asking friends to help decorate, add personal touches like providing their favorite cakes, soundtracks and loosening up on traditions that aren’t meaningful to them. Guest Kim Sayatovic from Belladeux Event Design shares how you can add extra experiences and personality to your day. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Katie has decided not to have bridesmaids at their wedding but wants to include all of her close girlfriends in fun activities without the pressure of actually dressing up and being in a formal role. How does she ask and explain without offending her friends that did have bridesmaids? Kirsty is getting married this week! She’s keen to know how to calm her nerves and feel in control and ready to enjoy all of her guests and celebrations! Happy wedding Bridechilla Kirsty! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Claire is the epitome of Bridechilla… she’s planning a wedding for 400 people in 4 months on $15,000. Yep! How is she doing it? Claire generously shares her amazing tips (that you can steal) on prioritizing with your planning, budget and time. She is a flexible, creative and resourceful #Bridechilla who knows what she wants! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have many wedding planning questions and we...yes, he's back, have the answers. Rich is co-hosting the show, (whilst cooking dinner). Bridechilla Anna form Manchester is feeling anxious about being the center of attention, especially walking down the aisle- how does she combat those feelings and enjoy the day? We share a hilarious voice message from Bridechilla Kate who was concerned about her engagement part falling so close to the election. Can you ask people to stop talking about politics!? 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is nothing more satisfying than hearing from Bridechilla and Groomchilla graduates after they have celebrated their wedding day. In this episode, Bridechilla Graduate Erica, who is also a wedding planner managing her company Folie à Deux Events, so it is especially helpful hearing her perspective as a bride in the know and how she handled the pressure of potentially having ‘too much info’ and separating her professional knowledge and personal wants and needs when it comes to wedding planning. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a level-headed, take no bullshit, Bridechilla Kaitlyn quickly figured out that the wedding planner that she and her fiancé hired wasn’t pulling her weight and was subcontracting the work instead of handling the job herself. She shares some practical advice about how to decide if people are legit and stay calm when things go slightly off course. I know you will enjoy this show and find value in her advice and experiences! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wedding forums- they're either great or can feel like a scene, straight out of Mean Girls. In this episode I share my observations of these communities but also encourages again involved in online communities that suit you finding friends all over the world are organizing their weddings, being able to share your highs and lows can be really supportive, it's just finding the right people. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week’s Q&A episode was recorded on a plane…this week? My studio is in a hire car in a Starbucks carpark while Rich is on a site visit (he is an Architect). No matter where I record the show, my focus is always on helping you my Bridechilla and Groomchilla friends! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest, Holly Smith, who returns to the Bridechilla Podcast, to share her wisdom about preparing for your wedding ceremony, which surpassingly is something that many couples neglect. Holly drops one info bomb after another, giving you a bunch of things to add to your guest list to ensure that you are super prepared and that no matter where you are getting married and who is marrying you, you know what is going to happen when. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You will find Rich and I hosting today’s Bridechilla Wedding Planning Q&A in our ‘studio in the skies’ aka on a plane. Be warned, we are hungry, the sound is a little airplane (y) but we do bring the good chats and answer a couple of very fabulous questions from Bridechillas, Elyse and Catalina. It’s great to have Rich back on the show…(he’s my husband for anyone who is wondering who this bloke is!) and as always, we love hearing from you and answering your wedding planning (and life) questions. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your to-do list is no doubt super long and let’s face it, sampling wedding cakes is far more fun than researching, negotiating and securing a block of hotel rooms for your out-of-town guests. Unless you’re Melanie Marconi, today's fabulous guest from wherewilltheystay.com. Melanie shares helpful advice about securing the best deal, negotiating and how to ensure that you don’t get tied about in a contract for rooms that you no longer need. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Bridechilla Podcast, I am happily joined by the fabulous Bridechilla graduate Erica who is also a wedding planner and general all-around cool chick to answer your wedding planning questions. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For one of the biggest financial transactions in our lives, a lot of us don’t treat our wedding in a very business(y) way. We work hard for our money and hopefully find value and are mindful of the things that we invest in and spend our money on. I bring you an interview with an entrepreneur and author Danielle Tate. Danielle shares insights into shifting your perspective when it comes to planning your wedding by taking a business mindset and using it in tasks to make wedding planning easier. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would a bridesmaid have to do to you to ditch them from your wedding? On today's Bridechilla Podcast, I share two stories from fellow Bridechillas who have been through some dramas with their bridesmaids and have decided to call it quits. As I explain in this episode, it's a big decision that will no doubt affect your friendship for years to come, so it's very important to be mindful of the consequences of such a move. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Episode of Bridechilla Katrina from thefeministbride.com and I talk about the reasons women cite for taking their spouse’s surname: some like the tradition of it, and others find it romantic. In some cases, it’s more important to their husbands, and some feel it will be more convenient once they have children. Some women even argue, counterintuitively, that taking their husband’s name is a feminist choice. I know that this episode will empower you to make the choice that is right for 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Doriean is getting hitched in but a few weeks and would like some last-minute advice about adding an interactive component to help friends and family who may not be able to make the big day. She also shares some insight into the tradition of jumping over the broom (the act symbolizes a new beginning and a sweeping away of the past, and can also signify the joining of two families)…something she wanted to research after hearing episode 169 with The Feminist Bride. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wedding Virus is a term that describes how all things love and marriage seems to spread like a virus across groups of friends and women regardless of location or status. Today on the Bridechilla Podcast I share a delightful half-hour with fellow author and Aussie, Natalie Shell, who wrote a candid, fun and optimistic book that offers an insightful look into topics of love, engagement, weddings, sex and other scribbles about being a woman. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So much to love about Bridechilla Wedding planning Q&A, where I throw open the virtual bridesmaid advice-giving doors and help you with your wedding planning questions! Bridechilla Jeni is being challenged by how to pick bridesmaids when you don’t necessarily have a lot of close lady friends and don’t want a big fuss made about you. How do you explain that to people? Bridechilla Suze isn’t really into all of the ‘weddingy stuff chair covers and silly wooden decorative hearts’…the cliched stuff. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show, I welcome back a favorite guest of mine, the lovely Jessica from thebudgetsavvybride.com, to talk all about budgeting and the reality of going into debt to create your ‘dream’ wedding day. Dealing with a budget, and creating a budget in the first place, can be more stressful than most grown-up things. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As your virtual Bridesmaid, I am here to solve problems and answer your wedding planning questions like the one that Bridechilla Tiffany sent. She lives in Dallas but is getting hitched in Detroit in December. She asks about candles, can she go budget-savvy or does she need to buy the expensive fancy candles? She would also love some advice from the Bridechilla community about seasonal weddings? 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weeks leading up to your wedding will be exciting, that I can guarantee. The one thing you don’t want them to be is stressful, so today on the Bridechilla Podcast, I have gathered 10 tasks that you should add to your to-do list, to make sure pre-wedding prep goes smoothly and you glide through the weeks approaching your wedding, instead of feeling any panic/insanity. From wedding day underwear to hair removal to preparing an in case of emergency kit, I know you will find value in today’s show! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's wedding questions aplenty on the Bridechilla Podcast, Q&A Thursday episode. Where I answer your wedding planning questions and share some of your fantastic words of wisdom, wedding hacks and personal experiences to make your wedding planning fun, smooth and super chill! 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Bridechilla Podcast, I get us all jealous of sunshine and sand as I talk about weddings and honeymoons in tropical destinations with Megan and Rebecca from desitnationweddings.com. How getting hitched somewhere gorgeous and sometimes remote is the thing to do (and it will save you a bunch of cash)… personalization with packages is super easy and I was surprised that Destination Weddings are still family-friendly with 88% of the weddings booked via destinationweddings.com include children. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Trisha is having problems with her in-laws with the news that they are choosing to move their wedding closer… Like a year earlier something that her mother-in-law particularly is struggling with. Bridechilla Haley is seeking some advice about inviting a cousin who she doesn't particularly like to the wedding. The conundrum that she faces is that her cousin was not going to be in town at the time but has suddenly become available and her aunt is trying to give them into inviting the cousin. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridechilla Grace is a true Bridechilla Graduate and today she co-hosts the show to share her wisdom and experience from her recent wedding. As a very savvy and organized Bridechilla, Grace shares some amazing (and very practical) anecdotes about saving money and getting great deals on her wedding day. She ‘makes a case’ for hiring a day-of wedding coordinator, who ‘swooped in and added a bunch of little details that we didn’t think of’. 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie Bridechilla Sara has a dilemma of sorts with her dream wedding venue (with its beautiful tree) only being available in the afternoon, which leaves her guests possibly hanging around for three hours before the wedding reception. Should they pay for some activity or move the ceremony? What other solutions are there? 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-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices