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Join Ross from Ross Willsher Photography and Heidi from Glorious by Heidi for fortnightly wedding-related chat that gives a voice to underrepresented and unseen couples in the wedding industry. We chat to real couples and industry experts about their lived experience in relation to a number of important topics such as LGBTQ+ inclusion, racial diversity, and ageism in the wedding industry. By providing a platform for people to share their stories, we hope to inspire change in the industry and ...
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Our wedding recipe for the cosmic kitchen
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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 relationshi…
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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 weddi…
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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 …
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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 Ma…
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Great examples of inclusive practice
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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 (https://www.instagram.com/lilyscreen) who talks candidly about her experiences of being a larger woman,…
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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 cre…
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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 gloa…
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This series has been one that we are super proud. That is thanks to our wonderful guests who opened up their hearts, and shared some deeply personal experiences of planning a wedding as a marginalised or underrepresented group. If you're new to the show, this epsiode will give you a small insight into what we are about and why we are passionate abo…
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Sustainability is - rightly - a topic at the forefront of many conversations at the moment. In this episode we chat to Charlotte, who planned her own sustainable wedding last year and shares her tips and wisdom on how to create a day that is kinder to the planet. Like Charlotte says, it's not about trying to be perfect, but instead making little ch…
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Inclusive weddings for the deaf community; why it needn't be a drag
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In this episode Ross chats with the fabulous Martin Fox-Roberts, a wedding celebrant who incorporates his skills as both a drag artist and as a British Sign Language intepretor to make you day extra special. We chat about how the wedding industry can do more to support the deaf community and Martin shares his rather awesome hashtags and drag name! …
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We all have issues with self-esteem and body confidence from time to time. Planning a wedding when you feel less than self-assured can be especially daunting. In this episode, Ross and Heidi share their own experiences with body confidence and provide some advice to help you feel good about yourself on your wedding day.…
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Planning a wedding as a more mature couple
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Continuing our theme of hearing the wedding planning experiences of those who are planning a wedding deemed a little 'outside of the norm' by the wedding industry, today we talk to celebrant Juliette (Juliettebytheseacelebrant.co.uk). Juliette is currently planning her wedding at the age of 56 and here, in a very funny and frank interview she share…
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Ewan and Greg's wedding had it all... 🌟 Nods to Ewan's Scottish heritage 🌟 🌟 Traditions honouring Greg's Jewish Faith 🌟 🌟 Decor and seating plans based on their Long distance relationship between New York & London 🌟 🌟 Drag Queens 🌟 🌟 A Ceilidh Band 🌟 🌟 A best man falling i the canal 🌟 How did they plan it all and make it their own…
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Mussara married her husband Roy just over 5 years ago in Essex, and Ross had the absolute pleasure of capturing the day. Here, Mussara talks candidly about how they both met, her family's reaction to her marrying a non-Muslim man, and which British wedding traditions they were relieved not have incorporated in their day. A truly inspiring listen.…
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Creating Positive Wedding Experiences for LGBTQ+ Couples
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Lisa 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…
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Planning one of the first weddings post-Covid restrictions as a couple with Downs Syndrome
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Earlier this year we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing James and Heidi about what it was like planning one of the first weddings that took place after the lifting of some of the Covid restrictions. James and Heidi are a wonderfully positive couple, so obviously in love and a great example of how having the right outlook helps you to navigat…
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After a longer than planned hiatus, Ross and Heidi are back discussing all things weddings. This season we're taking a much deeper look at weddings for people who are underrepresented in the wedding industry; be that due to their age, race, sexuality, faith or ability. In each of the upcoming episodes we chat to couples who have previously, or who …
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For our final episode of Season 5, we take a look back at a few of our favourite moments from the past few months. Moments that made us think, moments that made us laugh and moments that made us feel better informed. We've loved teaming up to share lots of wedding tips and advice and are planning some really exciting content for season 6. We'll be …
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Hooray Heidi’s back and in this episode we talk about how to plan for those tricky moments that could potentially ruin the enjoyment of your wedding day. From dealing with guests you really don’t want to invite, to bad weather and fallouts with a supplier, we provide you with tools to navigate any tricky elements of wedding planning you might encou…
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If you didn't already know, this podcast was inspired by Ross' wedding planning book 'How to Have a Wedding as Individual as You Are'. To celebrate World Book Day, in this bonus episode Ross shares some tips from his book to help you have the smoothest wedding planning experience possible. You can grab your very own copy of this book by clicking he…
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We love celebrants on Your Individual Wedding, they are always so full of wonderful stories and ideas for a truly unique wedding. We were lucky enough this week to be joined by Deborah from True to You Celebrancy who is an incredible lady. Combining life as a mental health nurse with her role as an award-winning wedding celebrant, Deborah shared a …
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Trends come and go, and they should never dictate the look and feel of your wedding day. However, they can be a great way of discovering what products and services will be readily available over the coming year to 18 months. In this episode Ross and Heidi share their favourite trends for the season ahead to inspire you and reignite your excitement …
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