Cold Feet Before the Wedding? Here’s How to Deal! | E337

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

You’ve hired the caterer, booked the venue, and spent hours curating a playlist that is danceable and family friendly, while also conveying the story of your love. You think you should be feeling excited for your wedding — you love your partner deeply and this is supposed to be the best day of your life! But instead you’re feeling a little bit nauseous, and considering possible escape routes à la Julia Roberts in “Runaway Bride.” If this is sounding familiar, then you my friend have a case of cold feet before the wedding. It’s a common occurrence, and something that premarital counselors even expect. When thoughtful, responsible people prepare to make the biggest commitment of their lives, they’re bound to feel some uncertainty and apprehension. The good news is, these thoughts and feelings probably don’t mean that you’re making a big mistake. But they’re also not something that you should ignore. This episode of the podcast will help you get to the bottom of cold feet before your wedding, so you can gain the tools to walk forward into marriage with joy and confidence. My guest is my Growing Self colleague Brenda F., a marriage and family therapist, premarital counselor, and teacher of our “Lifetime of Love” premarital counseling class. Brenda has helped countless engaged couples address their cold feet and lay the foundation for a strong, happy marriage together. I hope our conversation will help you too. With love, Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby GrowingSelf.com

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:07.0	We think of being engaged and preparing for marriage is this beautiful, joyful experience, and it certainly can be.
0:15.0	But it's also true that in the lead up to the big day, many engaged people can feel nervous rather than excited,
0:23.9	totally normal to have doubts, maybe some second guessing.
0:28.0	This is a major life decision.
0:29.8	So what should you do if you're having cold feet before the wedding?
0:33.7	That's what we're talking about on today's episode.
0:35.9	Color-flying, don't remember it, don't know what I say. that's what we're talking about on today's episode.
0:56.5	Friends, we're listening to the song, Into the Blue by Low Island.
1:02.7	It's from their new album, Life in Miniature, and I chose this one for us because I think it speaks to this confidence, this trust, this certainty in a relationship that it is exactly
1:09.7	what one hopes for when you're about to get married.
1:12.5	And so I thought that would set us up for our mood today.
1:16.5	You can learn more about Low Island on their bandcamp page, lowislandmusic.bancamp.com.
1:24.2	Today we're talking about something that is a lot more common than you might think, which is
1:30.2	getting cold feet before your wedding. If you're someone who wants to be married someday, you've
1:36.4	probably imagined having this beautiful wedding day that's full of love and joy and it's all happy
1:41.4	and great. And we think that that's maybe how we're supposed to feel
1:46.2	on our wedding day and leading up to it, right? It's like the best day of your life. You should be
1:51.0	so happy. And there are so many elements of weddings that are all that. But as someone who has
1:58.4	done quite a bit of premarital counseling over the past decade or so
2:02.7	and has talked to so many people, I can tell you that many, if not most, engaged people
2:10.7	sometimes have mixed feelings about this whole thing.
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