{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"I Changed My Wedding Dress & Other Engagement Year Drama","description":"I've decided to spill the tea on my engagement year and wedding planning!\n\nGetting engaged is often portrayed as one of the happiest, most exciting times of your life. And while there was plenty of joy, I discovered that stepping into engagement was also a huge emotional, psychological and relational transition.\n\nIn this episode, I’m sharing some of the behind-the-scenes drama of my engagement year — including changing my wedding dress — and what the whole experience brought up for me.\n\nI chat about:\n\nWhy my feelings after getting engaged weren't quite what I expected\nThe fear, uncertainty and doubts I experienced around getting married\nWhy I hated wedding dress shopping (and ultimately changed my dress!)\nThe pressure and guilt that came with creating the guest list\nLearning how to work with my fiancé on one very big collaboration\nWhy I chose connection — and my relationship with my fiancé — as my north star throughout wedding planning\nNavigating everyone else's opinions\nWhy I wanted my bridesmaids to choose their own dresses\nHow my engagement year became an unexpected self-healing process\nWeddings, archetypes and the collective unconscious\n\nIf you're engaged, married, planning a wedding, or simply interested in the psychology of major life transitions, this is a very personal episode about everything that can sit underneath the picture-perfect version of getting married.\n\n🌷Links and References 🌷\n\n🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching\n💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:\nhttps://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training\n⭐️ Grab a free course at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/take-a-course\n🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0\nFollow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/\nFollow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach\n\nBook mentioned: The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Paul (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/690515.The_Conscious_Bride)\nMy dress designer: Emma Manley (https://www.instagram.com/manleystudio/?hl=en)\nOur wedding video by David Ryan Photography (https://youtu.be/c9P1DJD60iA?si=DPTxKGsXfmIO5Qfx)\nSome of my wedding snaps on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DW50FMail2n/?hl=en&img_index=1)","author_name":"Menstrual Cycle Mastery","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5074510-menstrual-cycle-mastery","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43827986/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}