Let the excitement begin! You're engaged and the date is set for your wedding: your “best day ever!” Total bliss...right? But everyone is already asking you how “stressed” you are! Whaaat? Let's take a good look at this. In today's Internet and tech-driven world, sadly “bride” and “stress” have become synonymous...and nothing should be further from the truth! With a thoughtful refocus, I can help you put “stress” in its oh-so-proper place...GONE! Think about approaching this once-in-a-lifetime moment from three perspectives:
1. Managing wedding-planning details
2. Dealing with key relationships
3. And nurturing yourself
1. Take an assessment of your support team and of the role you want them to play throughout the planning process. If you prefer professional assistance, hire a wedding designer/planner. Most importantly, embrace delegating–which means trusting those who are by your side and letting them soar.
2. In all weddings, interaction with those closest to you is an enormously important component. First and foremost is staying connected with your fiance! With all of the hub-bub and momentum afoot, take time to have date nights and continue to share quality time with one another. With family and friends, emotions can and do run high and sometimes overflow. Be aware that the folks in your inner circle do have a unique emotional stake in your wedding and this is often at the heart of issues that arise. Concentrating on two things will be invaluable: keep your expectations of everyone realistic...sometimes even lowering these expectations is necessary....and...do realize that most often people are doing their best, even if it seems otherwise.
Remember...no one and nothing has the right to steal your joy.
3. Now on to YOU! Remain in touch with yourself. Allow yourself to acknowledge and honor ALL of your emotions...even being nervous! This is oh so normal. Indulge in pampering yourself...spa treatments, meditation, yoga... aromatherapy...retail therapy...whatever makes you centered and content. Be in the moment every step of the way and enjoy the journey. As “the date” approaches, look at your wedding day as a beginning of a new and wonderful chapter; it truly will be the first day of the rest of your life! Take time to savor each and every detail of your wedding vision, find joy in the faces of the special people with you...most especially treasure and cherish your memory of the first look you see on your groom's face, and celebrate the incredible YOU that you are! Stress…? What stress?!
That’s It! Wedding Concepts
By Wedding Designer, Susan H. Moran
