Wedding Planning Stress

Experiencing Wedding Stress – Not a Problem

Welcome to our video series of the top 20 questions brides ask when planning their wedding. One of the big problems I see when I work with brides is how tired and stressed they are by their wedding day—-never mind their wedding night.

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How do brides arrive at their wedding day so stressed and tired? No one PLANS to have that happen, yet I see it over and over again.

The usual culprit is uncertainty. You make a decision you really aren’t sure of, but you make it and it is done. Then you build on that decision by making another decision, and now you really are unsure. But, you ignore that feeling, and keep going. Things need to get done, and you are running out of time. Then a family member questions your decisions, and you feel even more unsure, but, time is running out. So you keep going, and you try to ignore that feeling in the pit of your stomach.

This is what I like to call the “stress cycle”. Just think how much easier it would be if you could just pick up the phone and ask someone in the wedding industry what they think! Someone who knows wedding stuff, and has experience with all the wedding options and choices, and is available to you every day.

Well, that is what you get when you become a member of The Bridal Coach.ca. Every day, we have a live coaching hour where you can phone, email or text in your questions, and discuss your decisions. Best of all, you get a competent, professional opinion so you can feel good about your choices, and you can get that pesky problem solved once a for all.

Although we have many fun, video modules giving you information, and great SmartBride Action Plans to follow, the real benefit of the membership site is the fact that you have a coach—a real, live, knowledgeable, certified wedding planning consultant to talk to—every day if you want to. Unsure about something? Don’t wonder. Just call in. Wondering if you should spend a certain amount of money on a specific wedding package or if there is something better out there? Just send a quick email and ask. But all our coaching is not just on the coaching hour.

When you join us, you become a SmartBride member, and a wedding planning consultant will contact you and set up a telephone appointment. We assess where you are in the wedding planning process, and we give you a tailored guideline to follow to get you to your wedding day. No need to watch all our videos (although you can if you want to), or to read all our SmartBride Action Plans—your coach will direct you to just those things that you need, based on your personal wedding plan, to get to your wedding day relaxed and confident that you have it together. And, we don’t just leave you hanging out on the website. We follow up with you to make sure you are on-track and getting things done, and of course, we are there to help you with any problems that might come up.

Planning your wedding need not be a stressful experience. Get the answers you need to make this a fun experience for you. It is your wedding after all, and why shouldn’t it be a joyful experience instead of a stressful one?

Good luck, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.

Stuck with your Wedding Planning? Some Great Advice that Can Help You…

Welcome to our video series of the top 20 questions brides ask when planning their wedding. I often get emails from brides who get stuck in their wedding plans. What I see is that there are those brides who get stuck once, get their answer and can move on. Then there are those brides who are overwhelmed and keep getting stuck.

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The overwhelmed and stuck brides usually have a lot of responsibility in their life, and have little time for wedding planning—and they need help. In order to make the right wedding planning decisions, you need information. The stuck bride usually doesn’t have the time to do the research necessary to feel informed and confident in making a decision. It’s not that they aren’t capable, but not everyone has the time to spend to research all their options and figure out what they want. So, they tend to be unsure, and then “get stuck”. Are you a “stuck bride”?

The problem is, if these brides don’t get help making their decisions, well, they tend to start procrastinating. Then, they are scrambling at the last minute to get everything done. What happens then, is that they don’t take the time to research their options, and they often overpay for simple things. Bad decisions are made because they are in a hurry. And all that hurrying gets them to their wedding day totally stressed out and they turn into BrideZilla! It’s amusing until it happens to someone you know—and, really, no one believes that it will happen to them.

One of the nice things about having an online wedding planning coach is that they keep you on track, and help you when you get stuck. They are there to give you all of your options so you can make realistic, intelligent decisions, and most importantly, help you not inadvertently overspend when you don’t have to. Having a coach gives you a break from the constant research and planning that goes on during the wedding planning process. The average 250 hours it takes to research and plan your wedding is reduced to less than half when using a wedding planning coach. Through the various modules on our wedding planning membership site, you can watch fun, quick videos to educate yourself on what you need to know, access the SmartBride Action Plan with detailed instructions on what needs to get done, and if you have questions, you can ask your bridal coach during the daily coaching hour. If you want one-on-one personal wedding planning with your own personal consultant, you can have that too.

Everyone’s life is busy, busy, busy. Planning a wedding can make you even busier, and then the stress comes in. Get some help—whether it is a wedding planner, a friend, your bridal party, or an online wedding planning coach, it doesn’t matter. Get someone knowledgeable who knows the wedding industry who can just help you get things done so you can get to your wedding day relaxed and organized. Of all the days in your life, that is the day you should arrive at relaxed and full of energy so you can truly enjoy your day.

Good luck, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.