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Jasmine places a long distance call across the Atlantic Ocean to Nova Reid, the powerhouse woman behind award winning UK wedding blog Nu Bride. Together they discuss creating an inclusive wedding industry, the effects of Brexit, lashing out when you feel overwhelmed with the wedding planning process, and why marriage isn't happily ever after... it's bloody hard work!

A special interactive mini episode about relationship tools! Jasmine shares a nugget of relationship wisdom from jeweler Mariel Ivy, previously on episode eleven "A Touch of Stardust" and talks about contrasting personalities, and the tools we develop to relate to one another. Tell us about your own relationship tools at jasminerlilly.com/wise-words for a chance to appear on a future episode of The Avowed Podcast! Full episode landing on 5/11/17 Theme music by Nic Hamersley Cover Photo by Carey McArthur

Jasmine speaks with wedding planner Erica Greenwold, owner of Folie à Deux Events in North Carolina about humanitarian efforts in the wedding industry, creating a ceremony and reception that reflect your personal beliefs, and creating a totally rad wedding in 5 months on a five thousand dollar budget. Cover Photo by Ashley Posthuma Theme Music by Nic Hamersley

Jasmine speaks with Nate Bagley, the vision and voice behind The Loveumentary Podcast, about navigating the emotional landscape of your partner, developing your marital skill set, and bypassing unnecessary wedding planning arguments with a unique rating system. Cover Photo by Brittni Willie Theme Song By Nic Hamersley

Jasmine is joined by artist and metalsmith Mariele Ivy, to discuss her unique engagement ring sets that marry inlaid stone with brilliant cut diamonds. Together they discuss choosing an engagement and wedding ring that works with your lifestyle, living a creative life, and how the suggestion of a stranger can send your life in unexpected directions. Photo by Jen Siska Theme Music by Nic Hamersley

Jasmine is joined by Katie Stoltz, owner and creator of Venues & Vows, an online marketplace that connects people with a curated collection of privately owned homes, estates, farms, and ranches for their wedding or event. Together they tackle painfully awkward wedding day traditions, being a bridesmaid, invasive questioning from well meaning wedding guests, and why a wedding weekend will always outshine a wedding day. Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

In this follow up to "Love is Love" Jasmine questions New York City Wedding Photographer Amber Marlow about what it was like to go through a divorce, dating, and second marriage while working in the wedding industry. Cover Photo by Amber Marlow Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Jasmine speaks with New York City wedding photographer Amber Marlow about how she creates an elopement experience, the centering of whiteness in our wedding culture, eviscerating the seeds of intolerance, and being aggressively authentically yourself. Cover Photograph by Amber Marlow Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Jasmine speaks with bride-to-be Hannah Easterly about splitting her wedding celebration up into three events, sharing your vows with an audience, allowing your wedding vendors some creative freedom, and choosing between a legally binding marriage or something less defined. Cover Photo By Danford Photography / Cake By Whipped Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Jasmine talks with Catalyst Wedding Magazine's Editor in Chief, Liz Susong, about long distance marriage, racism and sexism in the wedding industry, making peace with discomfort, and finding more reasons to celebrate. Cover Photo by Betty Clicker via Catalyst Wedding Magazine Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

The wildly in love photographers behind Kindred Wedding Co, Elle Wildhagen and Zach Domes, open up about rejoicing in the dark, messy moments of love, gendered narratives, silent discos, the evolving language of “we” and how familial sagas of love and divorce help shape our contemporary perspectives on love. Cover Photo by Sara Byrne Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

In PART II of this two part episode Jasmine and Gabby discuss how working at Junebug Weddings has helped shape Gabby's approach to weeding planning, and vendor-client communication this second time around. Cover Photo by Briana Purser Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

In PART I of this two part episode Jasmine is joined by Gabby LaBarbara, an editorial assistant at Junebug Weddings. Together they expose the complex emotional landscape of planning a wedding as Gabby recounts her experience canceling her "first" wedding, processing her emotions, and starting all over with a smaller wedding that represents the unique love she shares with her fiancé Patrick. Cover Photo by Briana Purser Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Join Jasmine in a no bullsh*t conversation with Lauren Caselli, owner and creator of Boss Lady Bash, as they discuss working in the cutthroat NYC wedding industry, creating a supportive space for female entrepreneurs, getting over "The Princess Complex," and speculate on marriage contract negotiations. Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Happy Valentine's Day and welcome to The Avowed Podcast! Host Jasmine Lilly is joined by Stacy Townsend of Townsend Collective, and Anna Boswell of Cast & Company to discuss everything from the wedding industry's rapid evolution to the difference between needing and wanting a wedding. Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Host Jasmine Lilly introduces herself and describes the events that led her to "incite a revolution of intention" in the wedding industry with The Avowed Podcast. Theme Music by Nic Hamersly

Subscribe today for The Avowed Podcast and join Jasmine Lilly as she explores how and why we are married in the modern world through conversations with wedding industry rebels, real couples, and bad ass people with something to say about love. New episodes landing Valentine' Day 2017! Theme Music by Nic Hamersly