Creating Positive Wedding Experiences for LGBTQ+ Couples
Release Date: 10/27/2021
Our wedding recipe for the cosmic kitchen
Your Individual Wedding
Heidi met the wonderful Betti and Afnan when they were modelling on a styled weding shoot she was part of. When Heidi chatted with them and found out about their wedding plans and spiritual journey she knew they would make brilliant podcast guests. In this deeply insightful epsiode, Betti and Afnan discuss sprituality, manifesting their relationship and plans for their Bali wedding with their head Shaman. A great listen, which will really open up your mind to new ways of thinking and being. Betti & Afnan (Wild Flower Couple) www.instagram.com/wildflowercouple
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Making weddings more accessible for all
Your Individual Wedding
This week Ross is joined by Kathryn Palmer-Skilling, a Humanist celebrant who is passionate about making weddings more acessible. Kathryn chats about her own experience of planning a wedding as a bride with additional access requirements, and shares tips on how couples, businesses and the wedding industry as a whole can create more accessible weddings that welcome and celebrate all abilities. You can find out more about Kathyrn by visiting her instagram or wesbite (details below).
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Planning our 'blended family' wedding
Your Individual Wedding
One thing we don't see celebrated enough, are second and third-time around weddings. These can be just as beautiful and meaningful as first time weddings, so we thought it high time we address this topic. In today's episode, we chat with Ellie & Eddie who very openly and honestly talk about planning their wedding day with their belnded family of 5 children clearly at the forefront. It's a conversation filled with both laughter and poignancy, and one we are very grateful to this lovely couple for sharing.
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Planning Our City Wedding
Your Individual Wedding
City weddings are nothing new, but rarely do we hear tips and adivce tailored specifically to couples planning a wedding in an urban setting. There are endless reasons why city weddings are a great idea but also quite a few considerations to bear in mind before planning your favourite city. In this episode we chat with Keely & Bryony about their Manchester wedding and their advice is invaluable! Ross Willsher Photography Glorious By Heidi
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Great examples of inclusive practice
Your Individual Wedding
We often chat with couples who have really struggled to find inclusive suppliers to help them on their wedding planning journey. However, we know that there are lots of wonderful wedding professionals working hard to make all couples feel celebrated and seen. In this epoisde we share examples of great inclusive practice in the wedding industry and discuss ways of ensuring all you wonderful couples have the weding experience you deserve. The incredible wedding suppliers featured in this episode are well worth a follow on social media and can be found via the links below. ...
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How I felt as a bride in her 50s
Your Individual Wedding
We chatted to wedding celebrant Juliette (@Juliettebythesea) on the last series of the podcast, when she shared her frustrations at planning her wedding as an older bride-to-be. She's now tied the knot and so we wanted to invite her back to ask how it went and to see if - and how - she overcame some of the obstacles she encoutered as a bride-to-be in her 50s. Over the course of the conversation, Juliette and Ross (Heidi was away for this one), discuss mental health, represeantation, feeling celebrated and sticking to your values. If you love what Juliette has to...
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Where are the brides that look like me?
Your Individual Wedding
In this week's episode Heidi and Ross chat to Mercedes who runs an eco-friendly wedding styling business. As a plus-size, bisexual black women, Mercedes has struggled to see herself represented in blogs and on Pinterest. She is now modelling for styled shoots and her mum has opened a plus size bridal boutique, in order to be the change they want to see in the industry. In this insightful epsiode, Mercedes talks openly about her sexuality, disability and what she does and does not want from her upcoming wedding. You can find out more about Mercedes by visting her instagram page at Her mum's...
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My experience as a plus size bride
Your Individual Wedding
If you're sick of being bombarded with images of wedding couples who are no larger than a size 8, and want to see more reepreatation for bigger bride and grooms then this is the podcast episode for you. We chat with the fabulous Lily Screen-Gear () who talks candidly about her experiences of being a larger woman, her journey towards self-acceptance and how she made sure she had the wedding day she really wanted. An inspiring listen.
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Tips for neurodivergent couples
Your Individual Wedding
Our first guest this series is the wonderful Rachel Bull. Rachel has been in the wedding industry for many years and has recently setup a platform to provide advice, guidance and recommended suppliers for couples who are neurodivergent. Rachel shares lots of tips for both wedding suppliers and couples themselves, and offers ways in which we can create a more open and welcoming environment to discuss any additional measures that can be put in place to make wedding planning more welcoming for those who are not 'neurotypical'. To find out mroe about Rachel and access her resources,...
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Looking Ahead
Your Individual Wedding
After a (more than) brief hiatus, Ross and Heidi are back sharing stories from unseen and underrepresented couples to promote inclusion in the wedding industry. We have some fantastic guests lined up covering topics such as body positivity, neurodiversity and ageism in the industry. In this first episode Heidi teases Ross' "Hi" We have a quick gloat over the reaction to our previous season / series Ross shares his passion for diversity and why he started the podcast Heidi speaks candidly about her experience of being a parent of a child with Downs Syndrome We share our appreciation over...
info_outlineLisa Vine works with schools, businesses and charities across Leicestershire and the UK for all their LGBT+ training and advocacy needs.
This alone makes her a perfect interviewee for the podcast, but add-in the fact the Lisa is also planning her her own special day to her wedding videographer girlfriend, and we just knew we had to have her join us for a chat.
Insightful, informative and full of wonderful wisdom for both couples and wedding suppliers, this is a must-listen for everyone seeking a little more inclusivity in their lives.
You can find out more about Lisa by visiting www.lisavine.com