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8 Wedding Planning Secrets From the Insiders

8 Wedding Planning Secrets From the Insiders I thought it would be helpful for couples to hear from Stephanie and Jeff Padavoni of BookMoreBrides.com who are the best kept secret among wedding vendors.  They are the #1 marketing resource for the wedding industry – teaching vendors how to effectively communicate with and serve wedding couples.  […]

When Loved Ones Aren’t Very Loving

With the holiday season approaching, this is a good time to take stock of our own behavior in relation to our loved ones. For many of us, gathering with our families and friends for holidays, weddings, funerals and other events is a dreaded experience. Unless we have deeply worked on our own personal growth and/or […]

Can You Trust Yourself?

Trust is an interesting concept — and far more exciting as an action. Trusting yourself involves the willingness and confidence to rely on your own integrity, abilities, and character to meet the challenges of a particular experience, or all of life for that matter. For me, trust is not only a psychological factor, but has […]

How to Get the Best Wedding Pictures

Aside from choosing the right photographer, there are a number of specific things that you can do to support your photographer in doing his or her job really well. I interviewed the following four photographers* for this article and have included photos from each in the slideshow: Cynthia DelConte www.dayfornightproductions.com cynthia@delcontephoto.com Jean Kallina www.hudsonvalleyphoto.com jeankallina@gmail.com […]

Do You Have a Healthy Attitude About Death?

Steve Jobs’ last words, spoken with great delight, were, “Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow!” What was he seeing? Perhaps what those returning from near-death experiences consistently report — a sense of moving through a dark tunnel beckoned by a compelling bright light, feelings of peace and well-being, the knowledge of being outside of the body, […]

There Are Many Ways to Say “I Love You”

Each February, we are bombarded by commercial proddings to prove our love to our sweetheart with the obligatory greeting card, roses, and candy.  For some, the ante is far more expensive and raises year after year.  I think the really lucky sweethearts are those who don’t buy into this external pressure, but rather find little […]

Are You Letting Your Heart Sing?

As a mentor, I often find myself working on the same bottom line with clients — are you letting your heart sing? This is a powerfully loaded question that deserves some unpacking here. First, let’s look at what it means to let your heart sing. Think of a time or times when you have been […]