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Whispers to a Bride: Emotional Insight for your Wedding Drama

Welcome to Whispers to a Bride where we address the emotional aspects of getting married so you can navigate the stress and drama with grace and ease. This podcast talks about what it means to be a bride and how it impacts your identity and your closest relationships. You will learn how to prepare mentally and emotionally not only for your wedding day but for your married life as well. Kara Maureen is a Bridal Coach and Therapist who helps brides solve wedding drama with grace. Connect with

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Episode 26: How to Decide

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2022/01/12

As a bride, you're going to be making a lot of decisions and it can easily lead to overwhelm. This is one of the biggest causes of bridal blues and overwhelm: just too many decisions. One of the biggest blocks to knowing what we want is that we don’t let ourselves just simply want what we want. We are afraid of our own desires. So let’s talk about a few ways to make decision-making easier and less draining. What you’ll learn from this episode: How not dedication is actually a decision The

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Episode 25: Sibling Situation

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2022/01/05

The sibling experience is probably one of the most under-discussed aspects of the family drama unfolding during engagements. I think so many times people underestimate the siblings’ thoughts and feelings and what they go through when their sister gets married. It's so important to remember that you getting married is completely reshaping your family. Listen is as I discuss, how to help prepare your siblings for your upcoming wedding and why this is a great opportunity to strengthen your bond with

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Rebroadcast: How to Write Your Vows

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2021/12/29

Happy Holidays! I am rebroadcasting my episode all about writing your vows. In addition to being a life coach and helping brides with their wedding drama, I am also a wedding officiant. I love helping couples create their own ceremony that is true to them and the history of their families. In this episode, I’m giving you the 6 part structure to writing your vows that is easy, fun, and keeps your vows balanced. What you’ll learn from this episode: How to avoid the awkward mismatched vows (4:30)

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Rebroadcast: Bridezilla Myth

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2021/12/22

Happy Holidays! I am bringing back an old episode today all about bridezilla myths. We are going to take a look at what the term, bridezilla, does for women, brides, and the wedding industry. The bridezilla myth adds this extra layer of stress for brides. They are so worried about becoming a bridezilla that they are not processing their emotions of what is actually underneath that. Listen in as I discuss, what the term bridezilla means, how society puts pressure on brides, and what you can do if you

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Episode 24: Simple Stress Solution

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2021/12/15

One of the things I hate the most about the dominant narrative around weddings is the image of the constantly stressed-out bride. Stress isn’t meant to be a prolonged state. Stress is fine and to be expected when tackling big, new, or complex challenges but it should subside. Wedding stress can be very tricky but listen in as I discuss, identifying your stress, tools to use to ease your stress, and rewarding yourself. What you’ll learn from this episode: The three different types of wedding stress

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Episode 23: Regret Proof Your Wedding

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2021/12/08

One of the reasons making all the wedding decisions can be so stressful is that you don’t want to have any regrets. You are spending a lot of money and the photos will last forever and you don’t want to look back and regret your color scheme or your dress or even your bridal party choices. What if I told you there were no wrong choices. There were the choices that you made for the reasons and circumstances the present situation allowed. Listen in as I discuss, the concept of wrongness, the

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Episode 22: Great Expectations

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2021/12/01

If there is one thing I could tell every couple getting married, it’s that the biggest risk to your engagement journey, from wedding planning to the big day to the newlywed year- is expectations. Expectations are those notions that live inside our heads that we are mostly unaware of. We kinda think it’s just normal, or we mistakenly think that everyone shares the same expectations. We tend to live inside our own expectations. Listen in as I discuss, asking for help, understanding your feelings, and

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Rebroadcast: What is Bridal Coaching?

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2021/11/24

Happy Thanksgiving! This week I am enjoying the holidays with my family so I decided to rebroadcast my very first episode! In this first episode, I am explaining the fundamentals about what is bridal coaching and how it can help you. There is so much focus on wedding preparation and looking good for your wedding but we don’t focus on how to have more peace in your own mind, your own heart, and your relationships. Listen in as I discuss, how bridal coaching can help your entire married life, the

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Episode 21: Home for the Holidays

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2021/11/17

In today’s episode, we are talking about the holidays - so many images of family togetherness, elaborate meals, festive decorations, favorite movies, gorgeous gifts, and lots of laughter (or this is what Hallmark movies make us believe it should be). But the holidays can be a source of anxiety, overwhelm, frustration, and sadness for a lot of people. This makes the holidays a lot like weddings, in our mind it’s all pretty and happy and fun but in reality, it’s so much more complicated than

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Episode 20: How to Start a Fight

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2021/11/10

One thing we know about marriage is that there will be conflict. It’s inevitable. So many people try to avoid it, thinking if they can just not fight that they will be better off. Of course, avoiding conflict isn’t a healthy move- issues will linger, resentments will build. The most interesting thing about marital conflict is that it’s mostly unresolvable. Yikes! So all the energy and passion that goes into those fights doesn’t tend to get us the outcome of resolution that we so desire. Listen in as

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Episode 19: Help. Thank You. Wow.

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2021/11/03

Wedding planning can be tough- the opinions, the pressure, the money. But we do it because it’s also magical- the ritual, the dancing, the dress. In many ways, the journey from engagement to the wedding day is rocky for good reason. You are going to have to decide how you are going to manage yourself within this new ecosystem of married life. It can be stressful and draining while also exciting and beautiful. In this episode, I want to share with you three prayers or mantras that are the perfect

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Episode 18: Wedding Happiness Guarantee

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2021/10/27

One of the most intense things about planning a wedding is that after all the time and effort and money, how do you even make sure you are happy on the actual day? So many things could potentially happen. There is so much riding on this day- can those 8 hours live up to the hype of your own expectations, your childhood fantasies, months of planning, so many conversations. It certainly is a lot of pressure. What we know about happiness is that it’s certainly not more likely to appear amid intense

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Episode 17: Trust

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2021/10/20

Today I want to talk a little bit about a big topic. Trust. For couples getting married those same trust issues are still there, just slightly different. So often we want a road map or a checklist or a diagnostic test to determine whether the person we love can be trusted. That question “how do I truly trust someone?” is a tough one. But it’s also the wrong one. A lot of what’s underneath the notion of trust is control- we are yearning to control how we will be treated ahead of time and trust is the

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Episode 16: Nothing has gone wrong here

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2021/10/13

Today I want to talk about a little mantra- Nothing has gone wrong here. It’s a sentence or a thought that you can choose when shit hits the fan. When you are planning a wedding, I promise you that will happen. There is just something so magical about wedding planning but it brings up so much for so many people. Weddings make people super reflective about their pasts, their futures, their hopes, their dreams, their regrets, their heartbreaks. Listen in as I discuss, choosing your own thoughts, how

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Episode 15: Rest

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2021/10/06

Today I want to talk about rest. I am a huge fan of rest and our culture often vilifies rest and we end up feeling guilty for resting thinking we should be working. When we should be resting, it’s so easy to press play on another episode on Netflix or scroll Instagram. But today I want to talk about a type of resting called Intentional Resting. It’s a concept developed by Dan Howard and I have found it to be really powerful. Listen in as I discuss, a powerful way to use rest to prepare for your

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Episode 14: Can You Just be Happy for Me?

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2021/09/29

Getting engaged is that short window in life where everything is magical and full of hope and possibility. So why would anyone need a life coach during this time? Most people who have been through this season of life will tell you that it is far more of an emotional rollercoaster than most people anticipate. Listen in as I discuss, how maybe more time is needed, looking at the way you talk about your engagement, and giving others grace. What you’ll learn from this episode: How people react to our

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Episode 13: Love Maps

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2021/09/22

In today’s episode let’s talk about marriage prep. So little focus is placed on marriage prep. It’s so important to take the time to reflect on what our marriage is going to be about and the principles and pillars that make up the years ahead of us. Listen in as I discuss, laying out a road map that works for both of you, why you should start practicing your love map, and how love maps can help conflicts in your marriage. What you’ll learn from this episode: What is a love map (4:52) How we just

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Episode 12: Weddings without Religion

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2021/09/15

More and more people are marrying people of different faiths, cultures, and traditions. This means that the default church wedding that we always see in movies doesn’t play out that naturally for so many of us. How much of what we believe in is just because it’s what we were taught growing up? Listen in as I discuss, why you don’t have to have a religious ceremony, keeping your identity in your wedding, and the magic of creating something new. What you’ll learn from this episode: Making the

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Episode 11: Hold Two Things

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2021/09/08

I want to give you a really simple reminder that is key for your wedding but also for your life and it’s a phrase I come back to time and time again and it’s, hold two things. It’s about the duality of life. There are always opposing things happening at the same time. Listen in as I discuss, the importance of holding two things, how holding two things can make your wedding day better, and the feeling you will get by holding two things. What you’ll learn from this episode: Where the concept for

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Episode 10: Premembering Your Wedding

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2021/09/01

I want to talk today on the podcast about a fun little exercise that helps brides with energy management and preventing those bridal blues. Once it’s all said and done, all we have left of our wedding is the memories. But you don’t have to wait until it’s over to start remembering. Listen in as I discuss, the visualization that you can use to premember your wedding, how to stay in control of your emotions, and controlling your energy. What you’ll learn from this episode: What is premembering

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