S4E6: These Ladies are Ready for the Dance Party | Married Humans + Entrepreneurs

Your friends and family are wildly invested in your wedding day, but they may not know the best way to support you.

Kara O'Brien Ghassabeh, the woman behind Kara Maureen Bridal Coaching, joins us to dish about how to handle stress and anxiety during the wedding planning process without burning bridges.

Weddings are amazing celebrations of love and happiness. But, that doesn't mean there isn't a whole bunch of drama or even just minor anxieties that can happen during the wedding planning journey.

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S4E5: A COVID Wedding in Charleston with a Funny Twist

We’re joined by Taylor de la Fuente (Griffith) once again — but this time, her husband is here, too! Taylor and David share their experience planning a destination wedding during the pandemic. The guest list dropped down to 11 (with one unexpected visitor), but their day was amazing!

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S4E4: No Crazy Diets at our Table! Just Intuitive Eating | Married Human and Entrepreneur

Setting unrealistic expectations and crazy dieting should be a thing of the past. With the body positivity movement, you'd think it's old news. But, it's still very much the case for most people. Katelyn Parsons is on a mission to change that.

Sara is joined by guest co-host Taylor de la Fuente of Lemon Tree Editorial.

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S4E3: Grab Your Dessert Fork! From Corporate Boss to Sugar Artist

On this episode of The Wedding Dish, Sara is joined by Taylor of Lemon Tree Editorial. The ladies dish with Sahar Masarati, CEO of Sugar Alkymi.

Sahar shares her journey and how she creates edible art for each couple. Hear how having a unique style makes you stand out.

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S4 E2: From “Yes” to “I Do” with Neela Asaadi

Engaged and Entrepreneurial

A few years after founding Asaadi Graphics, Neela Asaadi got engaged, moved down the east coast of the United States, and helped her fiancée embark on his own entrepreneurial journey.

From her unique perspective, she realized that everyone who is planning a wedding needs additional support. So, what did she do? Neela launched The Wedding Collective!

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S4 E1: Sippin' and Dishin' with Lexie Smith

The neighbors called the police the night Lexie and CJ swiped right because they were laughing so hard. You can’t make this sh*t up. And, it just gets better from there!

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You'll Find this Photog in the Tropics or DC — Dealer's Choice

This destination wedding photographer is located in Bermuda, but photographs all over the world. And, she's from the DC area! Find out all about how her island life inspired her to open a destination photography business and what a destination wedding entails.

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Swining and Dining with Living with Pickles

We're hosting a bit of a "relaxed fit" episode this week. We're dishing with Maddie, the CEO of Living with Pickles, best known for their Instagram "Farmily" — but that's just a small piece of the magical things this mixed human-animal household does to make the world a happier place.

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Kylie + Omar

On this week's episode, we dish with a #CoronaWedding couple; after their destination wedding in the groom's hometown was cancelled in May 2020, this couple decided to head to the courthouse with their newly adopted senior (super cute!) puggle and elope. And, the photos are fantastic!

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Tara - Banner Day Films

Tara Garwood, CEO of Banner Day Films, specializes in using videography for marketing. She’s dishing with us so you have everything you need to know about creating the perfect marketing video for your wedding business!

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A Loft that Lifts the Wedding Community

A collaborative space for wedding professionals, couples, and the community. A Wedding Loft has everything from studio space to office space to a podcasting studio — and even event space!

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Your Dance Floor will be Hopping with DJ Black Rabbit

Choosing the right DJ for your big day is more important than you might think. Find someone who doesn't just *get* your vision; make sure they LOVE your vibe

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Style to Fit Your Real Life

Real-life Style, Lani & Kyle offer the unique perspective of working in the styling industry. Kyle just got engaged, and is currently navigating the difficult time of having to figure out what to do with her September wedding. Lani got married in 2010 and had two weddings in two cities and three bridal showers in as many cities! These ladies are pros at what they do!

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Spreading Joy — with puppies!

Couples invite adoptable puppies to their wedding in lieu of flowers

To quote Sara's neighbor, even if you're not a dog person, EVERYONE is a puppy person! Couples invite adoptable puppies to their wedding in lieu of flowers. Holy cuteness, Batman!

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There are No Boundaries Here!

On this week's episode, we dish about honeymoon planning — from yurts in Patagonia to horseback riding in Tuscany to beaches and more!

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Weekend Glamping Retreat Turned Mawwiage

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is wat bwings us togeder today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam wifin a dream… And wuv, twue wuv, will fowwow you foweva… So tweasure your wuv—" Don't worry, Buttercup, you'll get all the details about planning a wedding (aka weekend glamping retreat) during the time of corona.

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Blue Ribbon Floral - Cutest pastel blue flower truck in DC!

Ali Chrisler is not your typical florist. She has a PhD, which makes her a perfect florist in DC! She is a third generation florist who instead of a food truck has a flower truck! It’s pastel blue and it’s adorable. Listen in as we talk with Ali about why she decided to start Blue Ribbon Floral.

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Lucky Penny Floral - Flowers for brides on a budget

Lucky Penny Floral is a just the basics floral shop. They have a fun quiz on their website to help you figure out your style and voila-wedding flowers done basically! Listen in as CEO Carey tells us about her biz.

Lux Wedding Flowers for Less...Meet DC startup Poppy

If you live in DC you’ve probably heard of popular florist Urban Stems. Well, this flower startup has spawned another flower startup in the wedding space called Poppy. Founder Cameron Hardesty is the former Head of Product at Urban Stems. Listen in as she explains how she started wedding flowers on a budget company Poppy.

Taking care of you when your wedding is postponed

Former NASA engineer and wedding fitness coach Laila Alieh offers tips for how to cope during this time when many brides are having to cancel their weddings. Check out her 5 free tips pdf for wedding fitness at Slim Down for the Gown.

Couples invite adoptable puppies to their wedding in lieu of flowers

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