As a wedding creative, how do you handle conflict?

For a long, long time, I simply didn't.

In the highly emotional wedding world--with a price tag to match--avoiding conflict was way more comfortable for me than letting anyone down, or God forbid, coming off as a ~difficult~ wedding planner.

Y’all know what I mean.

I spent my first few seasons in business saying ‘yes, no problem!’ to tasks outside of my scope of services, adding nonessential meetings to my calendar after an already packed schedule, or even doing free work for clients or vendor friends. And it totally worked!

Until it didn’t.

Turns out, walking on eggshells and people pleasing for your entire career leads directly to burnout, resentment, and not a very good work/life balance.

That’s why I’ve chosen to center Season 2 of Reception to Follow on the thing I refused to name: All of that messy, uncomfortable conflict.

In the next few weeks, I’ll be podcasting about the conflicts I face with clients, fellow peers and wedding vendors, and the ones that bubble up from my harshest critic: Myself.

Don’t worry brides and grooms…I haven’t forgotten about you! I’m going to touch on some of the very real conflicts you’ll encounter as you plan your wedding. It’ll be fun!

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Cheers,

Heather