How to Stay Present on Your Wedding Day (Planner + Photographer Tips)

Nov 6

🗺️ EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
02:30 Meet Asher: Wedding photographer, videographer, and podcast producer
05:20 What really matters: Preparing your heart, not your tables
07:15 Visualization: Seeing yourself move through the wedding day
10:00 Mindset for photographers: Manifesting calm, creativity, and connection
17:00 Creating intentional pauses: Breath, space, and emotional grounding
24:15 Releasing perfection: Why the best moments aren’t planned
31:00 Emotion and memory: Honoring those who can’t be there
36:00 Balancing joy and sorrow in storytelling
41:30 How your energy shapes the entire room

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What if the most important thing you bring to your wedding day isn’t a seating chart or a shot list—but your nervous system? What if the secret to “perfect” is learning to breathe, release, and let the day love you back?

Today I invited our producer—and dear friend—Asher James back to the pod. You know him as the calm voice behind our edits, but he’s also a deeply heart-centered wedding photographer and filmmaker who sees a wedding the way I do: as a living, breathing story.

Here’s the truth I’ve learned after 15 years: centerpieces don’t make memories—presence does. And presence is a practice. So in this episode, Asher and I share how we each help couples prepare their hearts, regulate their bodies, and move through the day with more ease, meaning, and yes…magic. (Double rainbows included.)