THE COURSE FOR BRIDES IS FOR ALL THE BRIDES OUT THERE WHO KNOW YOU WANT TO DO BETTER, HAVE BETTER & BE BETTER. 

 

YOU DESERVE A GREAT LIFE. 

Don't let the wedding industry ruin your marriage before it even starts. 

The Course is the first and only place for brides to learn transformational, action-based practices, for dealing with everything that comes up during wedding mode. Our mission is to provide the best of personal development and emotional wellbeing tools to brides all over the world.

 

The Lie of the Wedding Industry

There’s this weird belief in the wedding industry, that wedding planning is expected to be hell for 6-18 months and then somehow brides will forget about all the stress, and have an incredible wedding day... But human memory doesn’t work that way.
 

We all know how easy it is to receive tons of praise and still focus on the one piece of criticism. This is normal and natural human behaviour, and – yes – it applies to weddings.

Wedding planning brings up baggage for you, your parents, in-laws, siblings, friends, and sometimes the most surprising people. It’s supposed to be a happy time, but “we all know” in reality it sucks.

 

But what if it didn't suck?

THE MOST COMMON EXPERIENCES OF WEDDING PLANNING

Approximately HALF of all brides find wedding planning a highly motivating and empowering time in life.

The other 50% describe it as stressful, triggering and sometimes traumatizing.

 

Based on an extensive study of real-life brides, the most common issues are:

  • 83% Anxiety (47% also reported stress-related physical illness)

  • 77% Body image issues

  • 72% Financial worry

  • 67% Time management stress

  • 64% Indecision or self-doubt

  • 53% Conflict with parents

  • 52% Conflict with future spouse

The main causes of conflict are managing expectations (72%) and control issues (60%).

38% also experience post-wedding blues, lasting from one week up to more than 6 months after the wedding.

But some women have the opposite experience: they LOVE wedding planning.

Why? What makes them different?

 

Brides who report feeling emotionally supported during their engagement, say the wedding is a major source of motivation to accomplish long-desired life goals on a deadline.

Brides Experience:

  • Improving their physical and mental health

  • Changing their diet and exercise

  • Trying out new classes

  • Developing relationships with their in-laws

  • Paying off debt

  • Saving more money than ever before!

The possibility for positive change is astounding.

Hi, I'm Kate O'Connor founder of The Course for Brides.

I have photographed over 200 weddings in the last ten years, working with hundreds of brides and their families… And I have Seen. It. All.

 

Weddings bring out the best and worst in people, but I've learned that embracing the good, the bad, and the ugly all leads to the beautiful, if you have the support system and tools you need.

I am a seeker, a romantic and an optimist.
A nerd and a bit of a hippie.
Sometimes I say the f-word, but always in good taste. 

After working with countless couples and families over the last decade, nothing comes as a surprise. No one – from the most “normal” families (there’s no such thing, by the way) to the most eccentric – escapes wedding stress…

 

And that's okay.
Because what an opportunity to heal.

What a gorgeous, glorious opportunity to finally obliterate the patterns not serving you. To start your marriage off on the right foot. To set the foundation for a lifetime of strong, healthy relationships with your in-laws. To step into your power and become the woman you’ve always known you could be.

Change starts here: learn the most radical, effective, loving tools and practices in the industry, and make this year – and right now – the beginning of the life you love.

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