What's The Juice - THE CEREMONY BEFORE THE CEREMONY - Nick and Olivia share pre-wedding rituals, the good, bad, and ugly + how to make an unconventional wedding feel intentional

THE CEREMONY BEFORE THE CEREMONY - Nick and Olivia share pre-wedding rituals, the good, bad, and ugly + how to make an unconventional wedding feel intentional

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08/07/23 • 90 min

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Ep 82. This week Nick and I are on the mic basking in our wedding glow and answering some of the most common questions we've received. A year ago we had no idea where we wanted to have our wedding, how to find a planner, and what we wanted to do to make our day feel like "us". We pulled it off and managed to achieve our perfect day!

Here's the juice:

what we loved and what we didn't love
things worth spending on versus things we didn't need to spend on
the ceremony and ritual elements that we worked into the flow of our day
our private ceremony that we did all alone
the rituals we did before the wedding day to help us step into our new roles as husband and wife
the pros of having a welcome party the night before
why we chose not to drink during our wedding and the benefits of being sober during your wedding day
how we worked with our officiant beforehand to weave our own tradition into our ceremony
the changes we felt after getting married and our post-wedding plans!

Links from the ep:

Take 10% off Mood Juice and Flowers For My Love with code WEDDING10 on organicolivia.com

Here's the juice:

what we loved and what we didn't love
things worth spending on versus things we didn't need to spend on
the ceremony and ritual elements that we worked into the flow of our day
our private ceremony that we did all alone
the rituals we did before the wedding day to help us step into our new roles as husband and wife
the pros of having a welcome party the night before
why we chose not to drink during our wedding and the benefits of being sober during your wedding day
how we worked with our officiant beforehand to weave our own tradition into our ceremony
the changes we felt after getting married and our post-wedding plans!

Links from the ep:

Take 10% off Mood Juice and Flowers For My Love with code WEDDING10 on organicolivia.com

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Links from the ep:

Take 10% off our Probiotic with code GUTHEALTH10 on organicolivia.com
Blog post on medicinal bone broths HERE
Regrenitiave meats HERE

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Links from the ep:

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