Posts tagged gender roles
Creating Conscious Wedding Planning Roles: An Interactive Exercise for You and Your Partner

We are all about using engagement to create a conscious foundation for your marriage. This Kinship Moment will help you talk about your wedding planning gender roles with your partner! The exercise below will ask each of you to think and share about your roles in wedding planning, to help determine how to delegate responsibilities, how to support each other, and how to use this time to connect more deeply.⁠

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Dismantling Wedding Gender Roles: Part 1

How familiar does this dynamic sound: The bride-figure creates the Pinterest boards, starts brainstorming with their friends, begins research for vendors—the groom-figure takes a step back to "support" and give their "approval" when necessary. The bride stresses about family dynamics, table settings, and *the* dress—the groom offers his advice but may be shut down or dismissed. When the wedding is done, the bride reflects on what she could have done to make the day smoother, and feels responsible for any issues or mishaps.

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